T.I. Checks Into Prison On The 27th

With his grill up on the front cover of April’s Vibe, T.I. The ATLien geek, soon-to-be inmate is doing all he can before lock-up on the 27th of this month.

TI wants the world to understand there is no “snitch” in him:

In a recent interview with Vibe, T.I. addressed the rumours of him being a snitch. “Ain’t no such thing as a secret snitch,” T.I. said. “If there was there’d be no need for the witness protection program. Pull up my agreement….… It’s public record. Ain’t no way you could hide it, especially being a public figure. And as much as people saying that it is happening, don’t you think somebody would have did the research to say, ‘Okay look, we got proof, here it is?’ People just know that it could have been a lot worse and they wanted it to be a lot worse, but lies will never overrule the truth.” The rumours began when T.I. was given a year in federal prison after being caught in possession of assault weapons. He could have been charged with possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon, a charge that carries a sentence of 6 to 10 years in federal prison. A lot of people speculated that T.I. received such a light sentence because he was cooperating with the government. In a song called You So Tuff, 50 Cent makes what some believed to be a reference to T.I.’s one year sentence. “Shit ain’t adding up get knocked with 10 machine guns only get 12 months/ I got the best lawyers that money can buy they said they could get me 10 or maybe 9/ I ask them well how you think homie breezed they said either you keep your mouth shut or you eat the cheese.”

He will stand before an Atlanta, Georgia judge on that date will officially be sentenced to jail. Real name Clifford Harris, will spend one year and one day in prison handed down after pleading guilty to possession of unregistered weapons. He will have to complete 85% of his sentence before being released.

Vibe Magazine