Rapper T.I. Sentenced to Prision
March 27, 2009 by 100
Filed under CRIME, MUSIC, Pay Attention
Rap star T.I. was sentenced in Atlanta federal court Friday to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $100,300 fine on weapons charges related to purchasing machine guns and silencers. -CNN.com
28 year old Grammy award winner and platinum selling hip hop artist Clifford “T.I.” Harris was sentenced to prison Friday March 27th. He was arrested in October 2007 hours before the BET Hip Hop Awards for felony weapons charges. He was caught in a federal sting after his bodyguard brought him machine guns and silencers.
The rapper confessed to the crime, claiming that he unwisely bought the firearms seeking extra protection after one of his close friends and entourage members Philant Johnson was shot in killed by gunmen allegedly aiming for T.I.
In addition to his one year sentence, the artist was also sentenced to 365 days of home confinement and 1,500 hours of community service. He has already server 305 days of the home confinement sentence and 1,030 hours of community service. He community service hours included T.I. mentoring at-risk students at 58 schools, 12 Boys & Girls clubs, churches, non profit organizations, and other trouble youth as detailed on the documentary reality tv show on MTV justly title, “T.I.’s Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go”.
AUTHOR’s perspective:
I personally am a T.I. fan. I love his music. He definitely is an innovator and for the most part is an inspiration to urban youth. However as an already convicted felon, its kind of hard to have sympathy for a multi-platinum musician who has been named to the Forbes list of top-earning rappers. I mean if he was trying to re-up his street cred, he has done that time ten, but if this was a sincere attempt to beef up his security… I’m sure he could have found a better route
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It gets pretty intricate out here for man now days. I just wish man would have better perspectives to not necessarily overlook certain situations, but to focus on better ways to fix the problems. Ya boy was definitely out for some protective services, lol…but he did what he felt was right I guess. I’m just happy he stands as a man who knows that his actions weren’t the best decisions and that he’s mature enough to deal with the consequences as a true “G”. It’s definitely no finger pointing going on and that’s one of the things I can truly respect from buddy.
I’m gone.