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January 16th, 2009 at 1:20 am

T.I.’s Road To Redemption Trailer Video

T.I. at Diesel XXX Rock and Roll Circus, October 11, 2008

Here is the trailer for T.I.’s Road To Redemption: 45 Days To Go, an MTV docu-series that chronicles the Grammy winning rapper’s year on probation before serving his prison term. The program premieres Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 9pm ET. The trailer reveals an emotionally compelling documentary of his attempts to change the lives of young people who seem destined to live lives cut short by street crime and violence. According to the press release,

The series will follow T.I. as he talks to school and community groups about how to avoid the trouble he now finds himself in, but it will also follow a search for personal redemption. “T.I.’s Road To Redemption: 45 Days To Go” chronicles the rap icon’s dedicated mission to educate today’s youth on the issues of his past that have come back to haunt him today. Along the way, we will see the birth of his sixth child, the release of his most ambitious, reflective, and mature work yet, “Paper Trail,” his long and serious journey to transform the lives of a group of at risk teens, his ongoing struggle to manage his personal life while completing 1000 hours of community service and most importantly, coming to terms with going to jail at the height of his career.

Source: NahRight (where the entire press release can be seen)

Trailer video

As MTV reports, in the final days of freedom before his March 2009 sentence begins, T.I. is maximizing his time and capitalizing on his past year of remarkable success and planning his future beyond prison.

Presumably, while I’m there, I’ll be able to strategize my comeback,” Tip told MTV News last week. “All those days will be spent speaking to people who are interested in being in the T.I. business. Preparing myself for the days those doors open, when I put my feet back on the ground of the free world. It’s just months of planning. It’s just a long time to roll the project out. I ain’t gonna just be sitting still doing nothing. The wheels will be turning, just the car ain’t going nowhere.”

While still able to move relatively freely, Tip is working. He’s already begun recording his next album, there’s the possibility of a tour, and he would like to sneak in a movie.

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“The film I’m producing over at New Line, ‘For Sale,’ we’re trying to put that together, and hopefully we’ll be able to do that before March,” he said. “We’re getting offers every day, checking on our availability, on whether or not we’ll be able to take advantage of certain opportunities, film-wise.”

Source: T.I. Gets Ready For Jail

Photo: T.I. at Diesel xXx Rock and Roll Circus, October 11, 2008 (Photo credit: Getty Images)