T.I. Dropped by AXE Due to Prison Sentence

In a move that's been expected ever since T.I. was arrested last month on drug charges — and was subsequently sent back to prison for 11 months — AXE body spray has officially dropped the rapper as a spokesperson, less than a year after the company signed him to be the face of their product after his release from prison on gun charges.

"We will no longer feature T.I. in our promotional campaign," the company said in a statement. Photos of T.I. have been removed from its website.

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AXE, which staged one of T.I.'s first post-prison performances with a gig in New York, said earlier that it was "troubled" by T.I.'s drug arrest last month.

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“Let My Love Open the Door”

Pete Townshend | 1980

A peppy, hopeful love song, "Let My Love Open the Door" became a U. S. Top Ten hit for Pete Townshend in 1980, anchored by the kind of repeating synthesizer figures that he'd used in some of the Who's recordings in the previous decade. Although Townshend brushed the song off as "just a ditty" in Rolling Stone shortly after its release, in 1996 he revealed it was about love of the holiest sort. "It's supposed to be about the power of God's love," he remarked. "That when you're in difficulty, whether it's major or minor, God's love is always there for you."

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