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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Elano on March 27, 2009, 10:53:05 AM
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Grammy-winning rapper T.I. has been granted nearly two months of freedom before being required to turn himself in for a 366 day jail sentence.
The "King of the South" appeared in court today Friday (March 27) for sentencing.
A judge sentenced him to one year and a day behind bars on federal weapons charges today. The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, apologized at the hearing. "Today I would like to say thank you to some, and apologize to all," the rapper told U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. at sentencing. "Everything I learned was through trial and errorr. I've learned lessons in my life to put in my music so people won't make the same mistakes as I." (Associated Press)
Following his sentencing, Tip will be given additional time before he must turn himself in.
He will have between 30 and 60 days to report to prison. Harris already has completed about 1,000 hours of community service and has warned youths about the pitfalls of guns, drugs, violence. He will need to complete 470 additional hours. Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young spoke on Harris' behalf. "He's been able to do the work I've been trying to accomplish for so long in stopping violence in this country," Young told the judge. (KDWN News)
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That's coo for T.I., But had that been me or you we would be locked down right now! :-\
(looking at the Max)
Here's to T.I.
Hit the studio bro & bang them out...
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This nigga must have some big time deal going on with the government. Like Hatesrats said, had that been any of us we would be starring down the barrel of a 25 year sentence right now.
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This nigga must have some big time deal going on with the government. Like Hatesrats said, had that been any of us we would be starring down the barrel of a 25 year sentence right now.
Word, nobody's luck is this good.
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id just go in and get it over with
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wow at bein given another 1-2 months free for now
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he was sentenced to a year and a day, but is actually serving 298 days (a little under 10 months)
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id just go in and get it over with
Ditto
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time to write some more detox records :laugh:
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Good for him, I guess. Since he's kind of a skinny guy, he should get his asshole sewn shut. He don't wanna get the same treatment Tupac allegedly got in the penitentiary.
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but how would he do a crap? :laugh:
i'm sure he'll be cool being so high profile and all...
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but how would he do a crap? :laugh:
Easily.They'll cut him an ostomy.
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This nigga must have some big time deal going on with the government. Like Hatesrats said, had that been any of us we would be starring down the barrel of a 25 year sentence right now.
Word, nobody's luck is this good.
the difference between him and y'all is: he's paid and you're not.
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Good for him, I guess. Since he's kind of a skinny guy, he should get his asshole sewn shut. He don't wanna get the same treatment Tupac allegedly got in the penitentiary.
Nigga Please, T.I. Is A Roller Skating Punk, 2Pac Is A Legend.............Get Ya Mind Right...
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This nigga must have some big time deal going on with the government. Like Hatesrats said, had that been any of us we would be starring down the barrel of a 25 year sentence right now.
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haha damn
t.i. cant take the heat in them cell blocks
even tho helly prolly be in pc
This nigga must have some big time deal going on with the government. Like Hatesrats said, had that been any of us we would be starring down the barrel of a 25 year sentence right now.
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wow thats bullshit! :grumpy:
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wow thats bullshit! :grumpy:
LOL. tip is truly the king of the south. i hope his next album is a double album. matter of fact he should drop another album before he go in.
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wow thats bullshit! :grumpy:
LOL. tip is truly the king of the south. i hope his next album is a double album. matter of fact he should drop another album before he go in.
he should drop another album, id like one.
but i dont care if your Barrack Obama or a random person or Bill Gates, if you get caught with automatic weapons it should be jail for life.
if you snitch & get years off (lol) then you should at least have to go.
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wow thats bullshit! :grumpy:
LOL. tip is truly the king of the south. i hope his next album is a double album. matter of fact he should drop another album before he go in.
he should drop another album, id like one.
but i dont care if your Barrack Obama or a random person or Bill Gates, if you get caught with automatic weapons it should be jail for life.
if you snitch & get years off (lol) then you should at least have to go.
i feel you but it's not like the man was going to shoot up a neighborhood or somethin'. he was protecting what's his. i think the sentence was appropriate the judge coulda gave him six months based off his community service imo. btw go cop the new vibe mag wit tip on the cover(once again) and read in detail about his case. he paid 500k for just one of four attorneys. how could he not get a light sentence ?
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TI is a punk bitch
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TI is a punk bitch
LOL. i love you internet gangstas.
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He is a celebrity ergo he is protected, he won't be in with the general prison population and even if he was, it wouldn't be with inmates doing serious time for anything. Therefore if you hear tales of how he mixed it with "real gangsters" you know it's fairy tales, nuff said.
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stop cryin or bitchin about the sentence, y'all seen the judge say this was an experimental ruling and more like this are coming
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y'all seen the judge say this was an experimental ruling and more like this are coming
just a little suspect that the first person they try this "experimental ruling" on is a celebrity, thats all.
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He is a celebrity ergo he is protected, he won't be in with the general prison population and even if he was, it wouldn't be with inmates doing serious time for anything. Therefore if you hear tales of how he mixed it with "real gangsters" you know it's fairy tales, nuff said.
exactly
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y'all seen the judge say this was an experimental ruling and more like this are coming
just a little suspect that the first person they try this "experimental ruling" on is a celebrity, thats all.
i understand that
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Celebrity status and top-dollar lawyers will do wonders for you.
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haha for real
throw on a suit
do some psa's (positive ones)
and visit some schools
Celebrity status and top-dollar lawyers will do wonders for you.
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id just go in and get it over with
I kind of agree. And 470 more hours of cs. Might sound easier to go to prison now.
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Good for him, I guess. Since he's kind of a skinny guy, he should get his asshole sewn shut. He don't wanna get the same treatment Tupac allegedly got in the penitentiary.
Nigga Please, T.I. Is A Roller Skating Punk, 2Pac Is A Legend.............Get Ya Mind Right...
Tupac probably got raped in jail. I like Pac's music but dude was the biggest shit talker, and then in Vibe 95 he changed his style while in jail I dont wanna be thug life no more etc etc etc so it wouldnt suprize me if he got raped in jail. Dude was not big and just his change in attitude and later the anger he took out on everyone else probably stems from the fact that once you've been raped you're filled with alot of sadness and anger
it makes sense, to me it dont make Pac a bitch. Some filthy vile animal in jail did something wrong with him
Besides T.I. a bigger person than Pac anyway. He actually worked with kids and young people to get out of the gang life style. What did Pac do other than hook up with Suge, try to be a blood and stepped a crip and got killed. Those are the actions of a fool. T.I. has done soemthing to try and change the community and some lifes
its the truth and some ignorant people dont like the truth
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TI is a punk bitch
Why? Cuz he make good rap music? Cause he actually used his mistake to positively change the lives of others? You'ze a bitch wanna be gang banger who aint probably seen 1/1000th's of what T.I. been through. Some of you are so ignorant!
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T.I. On His Sentence: 'I Think I Made Out All Right'
When T.I. will turn himself in to begin his one-year-and-one-day sentence and where he'll serve it are up in the air at the moment. But what Tip will be doing until then is certain.
"I'd like to spend time with my family," the rapper told MTV News' Sway during "T.I.'s Road to Redemption: The Reckoning."
"I work so much, so I'd just like the time to kick it with them," he added. "The kids, the old lady, my cousins, my brother, just with my family. Maybe take a vacation, maybe something for Mother's Day. I don't know, man. I might be able to make one more birthday party."
Prior to his sentencing, T.I. kept busy promoting his latest LP, Paper Trail, and making a number of community-service appearances as part of his plea deal. In lieu of a longer jail sentence, Tip's lawyers worked out a deal where the rapper had to complete 1,500 hours of community service, in addition to paying a $100,000 fine and completing 365 days of home confinement. So far, T.I.'s completed 1,030 hours of his service and will be required to finish the rest after his term in prison.
In previous interviews, T.I. has said he doesn't want his children to visit him in jail; he also said his friends and artists on his Grand Hustle label don't have to visit him either. He said he'll quietly strategize his comeback while incarcerated.
But there's still the matter of helping his family deal with his absence. He's the sole provider for his brood and he asked the judge to place him in a federal confinement near Atlanta, if possible, during his sentencing. According to Tip, his family is trying to cope with his impending prison bid.
"Well, you know we still got more work to do," he explained. "At the end of the day I'm not going to be gone long enough to have any long-lasting effects. Of course, the initial emotion will be one of somber grief. But by the time they get over it, I'll be getting home. Compared to how bad it could have been, I think I made out all right."
He has risked something like 20 years. Ya he made out alright >:(
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^he sure as hell did lol
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TI is the "King of the South"? Bullshit. That's Ted Turner's job.
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TI is the "King of the South"? Bullshit. That's Ted Turner's job.
tip been the king of the south !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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TI is the "King of the South"? Bullshit. That's Ted Turner's job.
tip been the king of the south !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shut your mouth boy.
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TI is the "King of the South"? Bullshit. That's Ted Turner's job.
tip been the king of the south !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shut your mouth boy.
you're a joke !!!! go play video games or something. go do something' with yourself.