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Check this interview of Atlantic Records/Grand Hustle recording artist Clifford "T.I." Harris, as he speaks to Sonia Murray, a noted Atlanta Journal-Constitution journalist and upcoming THUG Awards honoree. Every child who cares for or idolized T.I. should read this!

Here is an excerpt:

Q. What have you learned bout yourself, being on house arrest for months?

A. Patience. Just a lot of patience. If I can sit at home all day and wait on people to bring me what I need. Wait on getting permission to be able to do this and do that it's not as serious as I used to make it sometimes. Sometimes it was like, 'If I don't get this right now I'm just going to lose it'...When you're going 350 mph it tends to be that way. But when you are stopped — halted — not slowed down, but halted, you figure 'Well I could have just slowed down. I didn't have to be stopped.' I thought it was bad just to slow down. Now I see in me being stopped, I could have done this, been this, myself, instead of being forced to do it.

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One of the things J.Write and myself were discussing this weekend was the government authorities' treatment of T.I. compared to, say, Michael Vick. How do YOU feel? We will offer our thoughts this week. Check back later for more!