T.I.

Once described as "the Jay-Z of the South," R&B artist, actor and all-around entrepreneur T. I. was no stranger to success, or to the seemingly predestined pitfalls that so often come with the tumultuous rapper lifestyle. Emerging as a rising star in the R&B greenhouse environment of Georgia, T.I. built a growing reputation with early albums like 2003's Trap Muzik and Urban Legend the following year. His album King made it to No. 1 in the …