T.I. remembers Doe B with touching words at funeral in Montgomery

Yesterday (Jan. 4) up and coming Hustle Gang rapper Doe B was laid to rest in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama.

Funeral services for innocent bystander Kim Johnson were held yesterday as well. Both services were held at True Divine Baptist Church on Troy Highway.

According to the Montgomery Advertiser, the services were held back-to-back and lasted four hours. Grand Hustle's head honco T.I. was among those who attended the services and he had some touching words for the late rapper.

He had this to say of his protégé:

"I admired Doe, because as a young man, at the age that he was, he always presented himself to be more mature. It's very rare that you can find somebody at the age of 20-21 and sit them down in front of somebody that they aspire to be like and they are composed and poised and postured...It's very rare that you find somebody at the age of 20 or 21 and you could walk them into the room with a Nelly, or you could walk them into a room with a Timbaland or Jay Z, and they not lose their cool, they're composed, postured, with the morals, standards, principles -- and the principles that were instilled in him from his family, his mom, his dad, grandmama, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles..."

Tip also gave his word to continue Doe B's work saying, "I want everybody to know that one thing I will never do, I will never let this man's hard work go to waste. I will never let his life be lived in vain. All of my resources, all of my relationships, all of my efforts, all of my energy will be put forth to make sure that his dream lives on."