Facing up to 30 years of jail time, T.I. and his lawyers negotiated a deal with federal judges, reducing the musician's sentence if he completes 1000 hours of community service during the twelve months leading up to his March 2009 hearing. The show Road to Redemption 45 Days to Go will record T.I.'s experiences as he speaks to teenagers at school and community groups, warning young people about the dangers of traveling down the wrong path.HipHopGalaxy: TI's Road To Redemption (January 19, 2009)

On March 27, 2009, an Atlanta judge sentenced T.I. to one year and a day in prison. As part of his plea agreement, T.I. has served approximately 1,000 hours of community service. He will have between 30 and 60 days to report to prison so he complete his remaining 470 hours of community service.MSN: Rapper T.I. Sentenced to Year on Weapons Charges (March 27, 2009)

• "In the face of impending incarceration, T.I. is driven to ensure others do not make the same mistakes, and our cameras document every step along this road as he impacts and changes lives for the better. It is real-time redemption."— Tony DiSanto, Executive Vice President, Series Development and Programming, MTVHipHopGalaxy: TI's Road To Redemption (January 19, 2009)

• "We visited T.I. early in 2008 while he was under house arrest in Georgia and found a man utterly unlike his rap persona. He felt that he was undergoing a karmic reckoning, a time when he would have to balance the scales of his life and integrate who he was with who he is. We've never seen someone so introspective, so smart about how who he was back in the slums of Atlanta is affecting who he is now."—Stella Stolper and Michael Hirschorn, Ish EntertainmentHipHopGalaxy: TI's Road To Redemption (January 19, 2009)