Background
Shortly after the release, and major success of 2006's both his big screen acting debut film ATL and his critically acclaimed fourth studio album King, T.I.'s friend, personal assistant and an employee of his Grand Hustle Records, Philant Johnson was shot dead after a nightclub brawl between T.I.'s entourage and some Cincinnati thugs. After Johnson's death, T.I. mentioned that the business of rapping no longer felt good and admitted that he was seriously considering quitting music altogether.
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