In an exclusive interview with JET magazine Clifford “TI” Harris decided to show his fans a sneak peek inside his beautiful home in Atlanta.
Although he didn’t give any details about his upcoming wedding to his fiancé Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, he talked about books he’s been reading to enhance his vocabulary, what he read while he was in jail & his 6 children.
Check out a few excerpts below:
On what he’s teaching his six children:
T.I. says he is teaching his children, who range in age from 2 to 14 to “be passionate about the things that move you and follow that passion. I am trying to teach them with great reward comes great responsibility. The more you have the more you are required, obligated to do. With no struggle, there is no progress. That’s what I am trying to teach them.”
On what he’s reading right now:
Since he’s been home, he’s been reading the dictionary, searching for proper spellings of words. “I just try to keep my vocabulary sharp,” he says.
On the books he read while in prison:
The bestseller “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” by Malcolm Gladwell. “It’s about how recognizing small things make a big impact in your life,” T.I. says. “I also read in its entirety “The Coldest Winter Ever” and “Midnight” (both by Sister Souljah). “I read those in two days a piece. Those are the only novels I read, everything else I read for information.” Another book that captivated him was “Superman To Man,” (by J. A. Rogers), which deals with whites feeling they were superior to blacks. “A white man got on the train feeling like Superman and he got off that train feeling like just a man
