T.I.'s Road to Redemption

This episode will define T.I. as a world famous rapper, father of 6 and a man facing 30 years in prison. T.I. begins his year-long journey to try to redeem and change himself as well as the lives of 7 at risk teens. Pee Wee, an 18 year old from Atlanta will get a wakeup call from T.I. and hopefully be inspired to stop hustling in the street and start working on getting an education.

Trey is an Atlanta teen affiliated with a violent gang. His father and older brother are in prison, leaving him on a path that will only lead to prison or death. T.I. implements his four-step intervention, confronting Trey's life choices. Unaffected by T.I.'s surprise meeting, Trey must now meet with his Uncle Quint, an ex con who spent ten years in prison but has since turned his life around.

18-year-old Anthony is a member of the Harbor City Crips. Claiming he left the gang to pursue his dream of being a chef, his pregnant girlfriend says otherwise.

Edwin, a struggling young father, is at risk of breaking his family apart by committing burglaries and getting arrested. His girlfriend, Leighann, is terrified that these crimes will send him to prison and leave her alone to raise their young son. T.I. must show Edwin the error of his ways, the consequences, and how education is vital to him becoming the father his family needs him to be.

Nothing makes T.I. more upset than meeting a young person who hasn't learned anything from the all the mistakes he has made. Mario, an 18 year old gang member from Compton CA, has chosen to make many of the same mistakes T.I. made, including buying machine guns. With Mario, T.I. will take his intervention style to a whole new level, including giving him a ride that just might save his life.

15 year old Cynthia's brother died in a gang related shooting two years ago. She decided to join the gang and avenge her brother's death. Even though Cynthia says she has "gotten her revenge" she has remains in the gang and doesn't see herself getting out any time soon. In perhaps his biggest challenge yet, Cynthia is brought to tears as T.I. shares the realities of the road she is on.

18 year old Donald lives in a half way house. Abandoned by his mother at the age of 9, forced to steal in order to eat, and then being left to sit in a juvenile detention hall by his grandmother for two and a half years, Donald refuses to give up on himself. T.I. celebrates Donald with a day of indulgences and a glimpse into his possible future, should Donald continue on his chosen path.

T.I. is slowing down to the end of his Road To Redemption with only a few days left before incarceration. He has helped so many teens in the past few weeks but now it's time to focus on one last case- himself. T.I. talks about his downward spiral into a life of drugs, money, and jail. Eventually, he was caught in a parking lot trying to buy machine guns and silencers. In order to redeem himself, T.I. met with 7 teens on the same wrong path he was on as a kid. As he finishes the last few hours of his community service, he tries to make an impact on as many lives as he can. With less than one week until his sentencing, T.I. makes a final appearance in New York to promote the biggest album of his career.

T.I. prepares for the end of this chapter in his journey by bringing the kids he's tried to help to Atlanta to witness his sentencing first hand where he recieves a minimum sentence due to his non-stop community service.