JT reflects on time in prison – REVOLT

JT is reflecting on one of the darkest times of her life. During her appearance on the Abolition X podcast, the rapper talked to Richie Resheda, Indigo Mateo and Vic Mensa about her time in prison and the ways shes grown since being in the pen.

I feel like I got better. Going to prison and coming out gave me more edge in my music when I rap and in my voice. It did put a lot of fear in me too. It put a lot of anxiety in me. It changed me completely, JT explained. My whole life, I have always been painted as a rebellious person and to the point where I started to believe it. If you always tell me that Im the problem, Im going to believe that Im the problem, so now that Im the problem, Im going to be the problem.

JT spent over a year in a Florida prison on credit card fraud charges before being released in 2019. While in jail, she said she felt disconnected from the outside world but received some encouragement from a fellow inmate. Nowadays, shes back at work at City Girls partner, Yung Miami, putting on for the women in rap.

With experiences in jail and on the Coachella stage, JT believes that Black people arent celebrated or allowed to be proud of their highest points. People are more in-tuned with people who are down and out, than people who are up, she said on the podcast. They dont know how to celebrate Black people when they are up.

They are only relatable to Black people when they are down, in fucked up situations, she went on. As soon as you get your first sense of confidence, they like, Who the fuck you think you are?

Listen to JTs full interview below.

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JT reflects on time in prison - REVOLT