T.I.'s Road to Redemption › Ep. 106

On this week's T.I.'s Road to Redemption we meet Cynthia who is struggling after witnessing her gang-banger brother get shot and killed. At the age of 13, Cynthia joined a gang with the intent of taking revenge for her brother's death. Even though it's not about revenge anymore, Cynthia doesn't think she'll ever leave the game.

Cynthia's mother has already lost one child and doesn't want to lose another. Cynthia, now 15 years old, has grown apart from her mother since her mother disapproves of her gang involvement.

T.I. listens to Cynthia's story but steps in when she says that she's staying in the game because it's fun. T.I. takes Cynthia to a funeral home to show her what her mother would have to go through if anything happened to Cynthia.

Next, T.I. takes Cynthia to Homeboy Industries which is a refuge for ex-gang members in Los Angeles. First three women talk to Cynthia about how she needs to get out of the game because it's no way to live. Cynthia starts to grasp a better sense of her reality when she meets ex-gang member Alex.

To help Cynthia get inspired about changing her life, T.I. brings her to a photo shoot to give her a taste of what it's like to be a photographer. Cynthia leaves T.I. promising that she needs to get out of the game and turn her life around.

Later, Cynthia receives a new computer and a digital camera from T.I. to keep her motivated to pursue her dream of photography.