'King of South' T.I. Makes Up for Lost Time ; After Stint in Jail, Rapper has New Album, Aspirations

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NEW YORK -- Though he bills himself as the "King of the South," T.I. was just beginning to earn his royal coat of arms when a prison sentence threatened to knock him all the way down to serfdom last year.

Just as his popularity was surging off of "Rubber Band Man," the second infectious hit from his breakout album "Trap Muzik," he was locked in a jail in his native Atlanta for violating probation on a drug conviction and sentenced to three years behind bars.

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'King of South' T.I. Makes Up for Lost Time ; After Stint in Jail, Rapper has New Album, Aspirations

But the rapper known for his healthy dose of confidence didn't panic. Instead, he used his lockdown as an opportunity to do some strategic career planning.

"It was just a little setback, a ste...

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