Charlamagne Tha God's Letter To T.I.

<p>Charlamagne Tha God recently wrote a letter to incarcerated Atlanta rapper T.I. Read it below:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p>Peace what&rsquo;s cracking Black Man? The Original Dope Boy in the Trap, Rubber band Man, King of The South. First off, respect to you and I hope this kite finds you in good spirits my brother. They got your physical locked down but your mental is free. I&rsquo;m typing this and giving it to the world to see because the truth to the matter is we live in a society where we don&rsquo;t give our black stars enough respect. We live in a world full of negative criticism of our people and I&rsquo;m guilty of dishing out a lot of it my damn self. Recently I had to ask myself, &ldquo;Am I a hater or is the quality of the products being put out by these artists just that bad? The answer is&hellip;it&rsquo;s just that bad.</p><p>Because most of the products out there now-a-days <em>are</em> bad, people have every right to talk about just how bad it is. Some say that if you don&rsquo;t have something nice to say don&rsquo;t say anything at all. I don&rsquo;t subscribe to that philosophy. I believe the person who created that saying probably knew what he or she was doing was some bullshit and they didn&rsquo;t want anybody to call them on it. I do believe that we need balance. When something is great we need to show respect to that greatness, especially while the person is still alive. Give them the flowers while they are still able to smell them. T.I.P. here are your roses from me brother Pause&hellip;</p><p>Clifford Harris your necessary sir. You are in my Top Six Favorite MCs of All Time list which includes Ghostface, Nasir Jones, Rakim Allah, yourself, Scarface and a man you recently signed Killer Mike. The MCs that I love speak to me. They speak on experiences that I can relate to and put them in a way that captures the exact emotion of those experiences. Being born and raised in Moncks Corner, SC on a dirt road I can relate to your tales of being a young man growing up in the dirty south. We did things we were not proud of but we did what we had to do at the time to get by. Now we are grown and you are one of the few artists whose growth as a man reflects in their music.</p><p>A lot of people said that you snitched to get out of that situation that has you presently incarcerated but I never thought that. I guess because I&rsquo;m one of the few people on this planet who still believes in a higher power. I said, &ldquo;Allah (God) caused that to happen because he has a greater plan for T.I.&rdquo; He allowed you the opportunity to teach. I can only imagine all of the youth whose lives you touched in a positive way by going out and speaking to them the way that you did; or how many you encouraged to choose the right path in life by simply sharing your experiences.</p><p>That is the main reason for this letter my man. This is to remind you that your job is not done and to encourage you to come out the same way you went it. A man on a mission, inspired to change the minds of the youth because they need it now more than ever. I don&rsquo;t have to tell you that the rap game is bullshit right now, do I? Not just the rap game but the black culture in general. We have a black president in office and I thought that would have fueled more of our people to reach for a higher level of consciousness, but it seems like we took one step forward only to take 50 steps back.</p><p>The reason you&rsquo;re important to all of this is because you are the closest thing to Tupac that the rap game has. A lot of people are going to shit on me for that statement but it&rsquo;s true. You are street yet conscious, lyrically respected by MC&rsquo;s and fans from all regions, you deliver a positive message without being preachy, the hood and mainstre