MTV has always given artists a platform to get their stories and music out to their fans and this series reveals the unknown side of T.I.-one of the world's greatest artists at the most precarious time in his life.

If you're not worth speaking on, then you haven't adequately done your job.

Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.

I think you have to drop an album to truly see the effects of your following.

Even when I lose faith in myself there is something in me that speaks through and says I am not finished yet.

I could see myself in the fur coats, turtleneck sweaters, with the Kangol hats like Slick Rick and Dana Dane. But I could also see myself in a leather Troop suit like LL Cool J.

I can't really see myself as an artist.