Rapper T.I. tells TMZ he will keep in touch with Joshua, the troubled young man who contemplated taking his life yesterday.
“It summoned my heart, my spirit. I said to myself … I gotta help,” said T.I., who arrived on the scene shortly after hearing about the suicide attempt on V-103.
The cops told the jumper that T.I. wanted to talk to him … but the jumper didn’t believe it at first, so “to assure him that it was really me they recorded a video message on the cop’s cell phone and took it up to him …15 minutes later the guy came down peacefully.”
T.I. says he told the man, “I want to speak to you, and that it’s not that bad. I’m willing to do whatever it is to help the situation, but I can’t do that unless you help me help you.”
Once the man agreed to move from the ledge to the lobby, T.I. says he told the man, “No matter how bad things get they get better … if you unplug the game then you don’t get extra men … when it gets bad, you feel bad, but it can get better.”
T.I. insists he wants to stay in touch with the man — saying, “I’ll do anything I can to help things get better.”
Click below to listen to T.I. talking to Joshua on V-103’s Ryan Cameron Show.
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An industry exec who asked to remain anonymous, said yesterday’s unfortunate incident was “right on time” for T.I. who has a probation revocation hearing in the morning.
“That dude getting up there like he wanted to jump was exactly what [T.I.] needed,” said the exec. “That was right on time.”
