"T.I.: On The Record with Fuse"

FUSE UNCAGES T.I. IN REVEALING INTERVIEW
"T.I.: On The Record with Fuse" Airs Tuesday, July 6th at 8pm ET

Check out a preview clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7evILak-f8k

New York, NY (July 1, 2010) - Fuse, Madison Square Garden's national music television network, sits down with the self-proclaimed King of The South for "T.I: On The Record with Fuse." Airing on Tuesday, July 6th at 8pm ET, Fuse host Toure goes one-on-one with the Southern emcee for a candid conversation touching on T.I.'s opinion of keeping it real, the difference between jail and prison, and how this conviction has affected his rights as an American citizen.

Check out additional T.I. programming including "Loaded: T.I." a half-hour compilation of the hip hop artist's greatest music videos, directly before the interview special. Extra footage from the interview will be featured in "T.I.: On the Record with Fuse: The Lost
Tapes" airing on August 16th right before T.I.'s latest album King Uncaged hits stores on August 18th.

Images are available by request. The following are selected sound bites from the interview:

On his rights as an American citizen:

"As long as there are other criminals out there who have them, then I definitely wish that I had my second amendment right. But you know I understand that I live in America and the law in America states that if you're a felon, that you lose that second amendment right to bear arms. After I'm done with, you know what I'm saying, the conditions of my sentence, I'll be able to vote."

On how to "keep it real:"

"You see that's not a part of keeping it real, in my eyes. Anyone who equates keeping it real to doing time or buying guns, I think that they are sadly mistaken on what keeping it real entails."

How he was treated in Jail:

"It was a mixture of both. I didn't go in there with the thought that I would be treated any differently, you know, any better. You know, I just went in there prepared to do what I had to do to get on back on up out of there."

The difference between Jail and Prison:

"No, I've been to jail before, it was my first time in prison. Prison is for people, prison you actually be around people who been there for 10s, 15s, 20s of year. Jail is where you stay before you go to court you know for maybe 6, 8, 9 months, 12 months at a time."

SHOW: "T.I.: On The Record with Fuse"

AIRS: Tuesday, July 6 at 8pm ET

CHANNEL #: DirecTV 339 - Cable subscribers, check local listing at Fuse.tv

ONLINE: Fuse.tv

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