Rapper and VH1 star T.I. says that Eminem and Will Smith were among his supporters when he served time in prison. “[Eminem] was extremely supportive and inspirational during that time,” T.I. says in a candid cover story with Billboard magazine. The rap star adds other supporters included, “Busta Rhymes, Puffy, Russell Simmons.” T.I. was sentenced to a year in prison on weapons possession charges in 2009, and was arrested again for breaking probation in 2010.