T.i Almost Quit Music.... Rapper T.I almost quit music following the deaths of his newborn daughter and personal assistant last year (06).The musician, real name Clifford Harris, says the double tragedy made him re-evaluate his life and career.He says, "This is my life, this is the struggle I had to go through to bring myself to release another album."After all the stuff I went through following the success of King (last album), it took a lot to even muster the effort or even care enough about the world outside my circle to even care about doing another album."

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Rapper T.I. has accused those calling for hip-hop lyrics to be censured of having double standards, because they're not looking into other areas of the entertainment industry.The star cites the example of director Martin Scorsese's violent, expletive-filled Oscar winner The Departed, which is attracting no criticism.He tells Mtv News, "Ain't nobody bring Martin Scorsese up for The Departed.He won a Oscar.

"In the movie, they threw a white man out a window, shot so many people.

Ain't nobody bringing this up because it's artistically very creative.

Everybody... enjoyed it. Look at Saw, Saw 2 and 3, the s**t that goes on there."

US radio talk show host Don Imus was fired by Cbs Radio bosses last month (Apr07) after referring to a university female basketball team as 'nappy-headed hos'.

Imus' comment lead to a national debate about the influence of racist and misogynistic hip-hop lyrics.

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