T.I. previously revealed that he turned to Eminem for help after fearing that he developed a drug habit last year. Speaking with Billboard.com’s The Juice, Tip says that he depended on the prescription pills oxycontin and hydrocodone to help relieve his pain from oral surgeries. While he hasn’t seen him since he’s gotten out of prison, he commends him for supporting him through the difficult time.
“I haven’t had a chance to speak to Em since I’ve been home,” T.I. said. “I heard that while I was down, he was trying to get in contact with me, but I don’t know if the dots just didn’t connect. [Eminem] overcoming his own adversities, winning the battle against his own demons and continuing to break the mold and re-set the standard of what it means to be the most successful hip-hop artist in the game … I salute that to no end.”
He also shared some words on what addicts can do to help kick their habits. “It starts with you on the inside,” he said. “I can give all the advice in the world, but at the end of the day you just got to make that decision internally with yourself. You have to see that you are ready to make a change. Until that moment comes, all advice in the world is going to be in vain cause I’m going to be talking to a brick wall.
“Everybody can tell you what you need to do, how to do it, when you need to do it, how bad you need to do it,” he continued. “But until you get that right ass whipping, as they say, and until you have hit rock bottom or have seen something in yourself that is so out of character and it displeases you so much that you just have no choice but to change it … then you ain’t going to see it.”
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YAWN… 2 WASHED UP BITCHES.. 1 A WIGGA 1 A WASHED UP SNITCH… YMCMB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>GRAND FUMBLE & GAYDY RECORDS
fuck u , how bout u aint nothin but a racist shitstain breathing all the white mans air
ahahahah fucking porch monkey.
Lmaoo ur too funny..seriously we all know ur a joke so why dont u give up and go get a fucking life u loser commenting young money BS on every fucking article
I’M SORRY THAT I EAT YOUNG MONEY DICK!!! I JUST GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL & MY MOMMY MADE ME BAGEL BITES AND I HAVE DISNEY CHANNEL ON IN THE BACKGROUND.. DONT MIND ME!!
DAMN NIGGAS REALLY TRYNA SLANDER THA KIDS NAME.. FUCK YALL HATERS.. JUST THE TIP & FEMINEM ARE WASHED UP..
ur incessant trolling motivates me to go out and be somebody.
Lol feminem? If eminem is feminine in any way then drake (ur apparent fuckbuddy) and weezy (skinny jean, leopard skin tight pants wearing dude) have vagina’s coz if u haven’t noticed they’re way more feminine
really feminem?thats how your gonna look for recognition and attention…thats whack dude!!!you dont even measure on a scale of 1 to 10.This is what justin beiber would say or a retarded idiot.You must be one of those……dude grow up
I DIG THE DICK!
wow, every time i read a t.i. article lately its all some smart ass shit. i gotta lotta respect for him em and yela, always got somethin smart to say
Why do people reply to trolls?
Those YADIG’s are fake, I’m the real homo
TI WAS OFF THEM 80’S BLUD…
junkie
I’m the worst attempt at a troll ever but I promise to work harder in the new year
…T.I.’s beanie defies gravity…
Stfu yadig, you mad cause tip back for crown
YMCMB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>THE UNIVERSE
I LOVE LIL WAYNE’S SEXY ASS IN HIS LEOPARD SKIN TIGHTS.
fuck lil wayne.
EM, TI, j Cole-
I suck droopy ball sack
lol was he smoking an 80MG on foil every hour? Or snorting $1,000 dollars worth a day?
I highly doubt it.
Matter of fact, was he doing anything close to what Eminem was doing when he almost died?
I highly doubt it.
Nice gimmick Tip.
He still could have been addicted. Doesn’t need to be a huge dose. If it was, it would have been harder to kick. Like your addiction to stupidity. Or is that a gimmick as well?
That’s why Marshall is the G.O.A.T.
AND THATS WHY YOUR A WHITE BOY
lets say lil wayne and ymcmb are the best cuz we dont know shit about the real hip hop culture. fools. these two have been driving forces.
OMG THATS SO CUTE WHAT WILL THESE PUSSY’S PUT ON TV OR THE RADIO NEXT YEAR
LMFAO@ this YADIG dude. I bet he’s not even serious…but if you are serious then damn you are either 1Female or 2.Between the age 10-16. Don’t get me wrong i like YMCMB or should i say weezy drake and nicki minaj “the rest are whatever”but you gotta b smoking crack 2 b dissin Em or T.I. That whole Wigga thing just make you look stupid and ignorant cus Em is one of if not the nicest dude out there he’s in the top 5 easy. Em lives n breathe real hip hop its not a white thing or a black thing this nigga is just nice. Hell Redman even gave him his props saying he don’t care if he’s white that shit don’t matter he’s just nice. As for T.I there’s about a handful of southern artist who bring real hip hop/lyrics and T.I is one of them. Would you rather have a Waka Flocka Flame/Gucci Mane or T.I.
As for this interview it don’t take much to get addicted to pain pills if your use 2 smoking weed. Chris Rock said it the best America don’t want you to get high off of Weed “and the best weed come out of the US” they want you to get high on there stuff. They give you some strong pain pill for whatever reason “his reason was after oral surgery” when you come down off that high your gonna want it again and its way more risky to get illegally compared to weed. So if he was hooked on oxycontin im glad he’s trying to get helped cus his last arrest was dumb and who’s better than Em since he went thru it 100x worst.
I LIKE PANCAKES