“King of the South”
Posted by Media Outrage on May 28, 2008
T.I. who has done a complete 180 since his little episode of when keeping it real goes terribly wrong, is now joining the likes of other Reality TV stars by shooting his own show “King of the South” that got picked up by MTV for 8 episodes.
Via SOHH:
According to Variety, the network will go with the self-proclaimed “King of the South” as he performs the remainder of his community service hours and prepares for a one-year prison sentence next spring. The network plans to air the show some time soon after T.I. goes to jail in early 2009.
The series, by Ish Entertainment,has already gotten an eight-episode order from MTV.
“We began the conversations in the middle of deliberations over what would happen to him,” said Ish’s Michael Hirschorn, whose executive producing with partner Stella Stolper. “The original idea for the show had him staging a series of interventions in each episode with people in danger. But when we visited him under house arrest, it felt much bigger and more powerful than we anticipated.”
“Hopefully the mistakes I’ve made will be a lesson to today’s youth and they won’t go down that same path,” T.I. said.
Tip didn’t need the court’s permission to do the show, but MTV will stick to the rules of the artist’s home confinement. The show will also cover the release of Tip’s upcoming album, Paper Trail, heavily inspired by the latest legal woes and the birth of his newborn son.
Mediaoutrage- Nothing like seeing someone turn a negative into a positive cause little machine gun mania was definitely on some other ish.
May 28, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I can say that is something I would watch. I’m so glad he is turning his life around and making lemonade out of those lemons he picked for himself.
May 29, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I actually would watch his show.