A month from beginning a yearlong federal prison sentence, rapper T.I. was in court again Friday, but this time he wasn’t in the hot seat.

Click on image for full article

The 28-year-old performer, whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., spoke to dozens of high school students — half serving juvenile sentences — gathered at the Georgia Supreme Court.

“You can see from me that nobody is too rich, too famous, too cool, too good-looking or too young to make a mistake and pay a price for it,” said Harris, dressed in jeans, a gray hooded sweat shirt and a blue knit hat. “More important than the mistake you make, though, is what you are able to take away from that mistake. How can you use that mistake to ensure you will never make a similar mistake again?”

He told them to work hard, stay in school and do what is necessary to get what they want in life.

Related posts:

1. Superior court Judge looks to become first black to serve on the Boston appeals court The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing...
2. Leah Ward Sears, Short Listed for Supreme Court Chair Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice Leah Ward Sears, an expert...
3. Missouri college to honor first black applicant 60 years later In 1950, Mary Jean Price, the salutatorian of Lincoln High School...
4. VIDEO: Teen court is inspiring minority youths The Rochester Teen Court has introduced the judicial system to...
5. Omaha boys get man-to-man talk from dozens of businessmen About 150 black ninth-grade boys faced three dozen black men...