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"&lt;img alt=\"0920_Akoo_TI_EX\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/09/20/0920-akoo-ti-ex-credit.jpg\" /&gt;Prison doesn't totally suck ... at least for &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/ti/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T.I.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ... because TMZ has learned, sales for the rapper's clothing line skyrocketed while he was in the pokey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A rep for AKOO clothing tells TMZ, the company's sales soared by 25% in the last year ... while the rapper served time for drug possession.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company rep said they hadn't seen such a surge in popularity since T.I.'s MTV reality show \"&lt;strong&gt;Road to Redemption&lt;/strong&gt;\" premiered in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rep says they're preparing for another spike in sales -- when T.I. is set free next week after completing his drug sentence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So crime does pay?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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