"I want to be here because the people put me here," says the Atlanta rapper, actor and businessman. T.I. spoke to NPR's Microphone Check about being mentored by Andrew Young, taking Biggie to Atlanta and Outkast to NYC, using songwriting to talk to himself, as well as everybody else, and the death of his protege, Doe B. Listen to the NPR interview with "The South's Jay-Z?" below...