How T.I. saved Creed singer’s life after a suicide try

Atlanta emcee T.I. is principally often called a musician. Along with being a rapper, the Bankhead native has additionally finished his justifiable share of appearing and produced his personal actuality TV present. However, few know that the I’m Critical act as soon as helped save the lifetime of a suicidal movie star.

T.I. (actual identify Clifford Harris) has been within the headlines for a number of causes over his 20-year profession. From controversies surrounding his precarious marriage to his arrests for drug fees, the emcee is not any stranger to dangerous publicity. However, in 2006, the P$C frontman made headlines for one very heroic act.

In 2006, Harris had just released his fourth album, King. A primary, platinum-certified challenge album that noticed appearances from the likes of Pharrell, Jamie Foxx and UGK. Following this, Harris was on a excessive. However, the identical can’t be mentioned for Creed vocalist Scott Stapp.

Creed was a well-liked grunge band through the 2000s. However, there have been tensions between members of the Florida rock outfit, one of many members on the centre of the disputes was founding member and singer Scott Stapp. In 2005, following the Creed’s disbandment, Stapp launched a solo challenge. However, he was coping with psychological well being points on the time

In 2006, whereas in Miami, he tried to kill himself by leaping off a balcony. He fell 40 toes and broke his hip and nostril. He additionally fractured his cranium. In a 2012 interview on VH1’s Large Morning Buzz Reside present, Stapp detailed how T.I. was the person who saved his life.

Recalling the incident, he advised the hosts, I laid on the market for 2 and a half hours, and my guardian angel confirmed up — rapper T.I. He instantly took care of the scenario and saved my life.” He knew Harris in passing, stating, “I had met T.I. back in 2004, we were both writing songs for The Passion of The Christ: Songs Inspired By soundtrack and we had briefly interacted there and knew what each looked like.”

Stapp continued, “It’s ironic — he walked in, and I found out later it was the only room left in the hotel, and he came in off the street and came out, and as I’m laying on the ledge, blood fell to [T.I.’s] feet, and he looked up, and he had an Alabama hat on. I said, ‘roll tide,’ and then he looked at me and put two and two together and really saved my life.”

T.I. confirmed this in 2018 whereas chatting with GQ. Recalling the second from his perspective, Harris defined,  “So I step out and look down and don’t see nothing. And then I look up and — ‘Oh shit, it’s a white man up there!’”

He continued, “That’s what really shocked me. Blood shows up real good on a white man. So I’m like, ‘He’s bloody, fucked up.’” However, T.I. went to assist him. Though Stapp initially refused, as a substitute, T.I. supplied him successful of his joint if Stapp would enable them to name for some assist.

Assist ultimately got here and Stapp has since revealed he’s endlessly grateful. You possibly can hear T.I. talk about Scott Stapp within the video under.