Rapper T.I. called into local radio station Hot 107.9 this afternoon to discuss his heroic efforts in talking a troubled young man down off the ledge of a midtown office building today.
The incident occurred around 4pm today when police received 911 calls reporting a man sitting on the roof of the 22-story Colony Square building where, ironically, Hot’s rival station V-103 is located.
T.I., who gave the man a brief pep talk after he was talked down off the ledge by police, bristled at rumors and gossip that the entire crisis was a stunt to impress the courts (T.I. has a probation revocation hearing on Friday):
“I can’t plan this! How can I plan this? I don’t see how it could be thought, believed or assumed that I am in any way trying to manipulate this situation,” said T.I.
“You say ‘well, OK, he has this situation, yada yada, yada.’ Ok, fine. Who you got without a situation [that showed up] to do something?,” he said.
Listen to the full interview here.
