Rapper T.I.has revealed that he is trying to do what Eminem did for him when he was incarcerated, and help his fellow friend in hip-hop Lil Waynethrough his one-year jail sentence.

Tip said that he could relate to Wayne's situation, especially being away from family for a long period of time.

He told MTV News US: "Yeah, I speak to him. Sure. Well, his daughter and my daughter, they're real, real close. My daughter spends the night with them; his daughter comes to spend the night with us.

"I told him, 'Whatever I can do. Whatever it is that's within my power'. I know how it is with kids, especially with a period of time like that.

“Even though it may seem like a short time, to the media, it may seem like 'He got off easy'; to everybody, it may seem like 'It's only a couple of months', to a child, that's an eternity.

"So I'm like, 'Whatever I can do, it's all good.' I just let him know there's people out here who's still reppin' for him, people who will go above and beyond to do whatever needs to be done."