T.I. has attempted to shock a wayward 18-year-old into changing his ways by showing him the dead body of a murdered teenager.

The rapper, real name Clifford Harris, is currently filming a new MTV series called 'T.I.'s Road To Redemption' where he tries to turn young troublemakers away from crime.

The first episode focuses on teenage drug dealer and hustler Pee Wee from T.I.'s native Atlanta, Georgia where the rapper takes drastic measures to convert him.

Pee Wee is locked in a police cell for an entire day and is left speechless when T.I. takes him to a morgue to see the dead body of a youngster.

At the start of the episode, the rapper promises: We are going to roll up on him and we are going to shake his world up a little bit. And we are going to help him whether he wants our help or not."

Upon showing Pee Wee the corpse, T.I. tells him: "This is the last stop for a hustler, baby."

T.I. himself will start his own one-year prison sentence next month after pleading guilty to illegal possession of three machine guns and two silencers following an arrest in October 2007.

(by Scott Colothan)