Rapper T.I being TURNED AWAY at some ATLANTA SCHOOLS!

T.I has a ton of fans here in Canada. As you know, he was here with us in Toronto last summer to promote T.I versus TIP. This is a story that truly perplexes me! I used to go to schools Wednesdays, my day off to talk as a volunteer to students in Baltimore County and City in my 15 years in B-More. In fact I received so many awards that I was chosen as Maryland's Most beautiful Person in 1997 for Baltimore County. I went as a Pharmacist and preached about drugs, hip-hop and gang culture. My 1997 kids in 11th and 12th grade are all married, graduated from college and even have kids or single parents whatever, they have fared well. I did it for 5 years because I loved doing it. This is how I got involved with BET's Teen Summit and V103FM Baltimore's Teen Talk show "Pause For The Cause" with Lorenzo "Ice Tea" Thomas now at WEDR in Miami.

In fact some of you kids out there know that I just visited your schools in Toronto recently to talk about Hip-Hop 101, the myths and facts. C.W Jeffries Collegiate High students gave me my first Canadian award for serving their school. Remember I wasn't gonna accept it. It is our civic duty to get involved with our young men and women! CWJ is the school that Canada's first school shooting victim claimed----R.I.P Jordan Manners!

Now comes word that some schools in Atlanta don't want Rapper T.I anywhere near their schools despite the fact that the Feds have given him 1000 hours of community service to tell youth about the dangers of guns and drugs! If that is what it takes to rehabilitate T.I, then GIVE HIM THE CHANCE! Are they now going to ignore a Federal Judge's request? What is wrong with the system? Some School administrators who I have always worked with have now let so many of us MENTORS DOWN!

Kids, you have to draw a petition to allow a Rapper who wants to mentor you on avoiding his BAD experiences to come in!. This petition should be targeted towards the school board. This is the problem in America! The EDUCATORS think they know it all. I am speaking from the experience of an AWARD WINNING MENTOR! (I'm actually very angry as I write this post) Sandra has the entire story on her blog.