T.i. Calls On Eminem For Help After Pal's Death

T.I. curved to fellow rapper EMINEM after his best companion was shot down exterior an Ohio weapon - because he felt the STAN hitmaker could help him overcome his grief.

T.I., factual name Clifford Harris Jr., was left devastated after pal Philant Johnson was killed in 2006 - and picked up the buzz to Eminem, who had spent through a related emotional cataclysm next the loss of his D12 bandmate Proof in 2006.

He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "When Proof died, that was a connection: that he rapt his best partner and I baffled my best partner.

"He (Eminem) was passion me and keeping my spirits up and leasing me know I can get through this.

"He said, 'Man, I had gotten in so much discord, and everyone thought it was over for me too. You know, if I can get through what I went through, you can get through what you're untaken through.'"