yeah....UMM T+I+ATF= FUDGED!!

[ahmonrah]

so the BET awards were across from where i work today....since i'm not too heavy in happenings, i found that out friday night and i'm like "aww shatner...bring on the thug-a-bees, prissy chicks and legit ballers.....traffic was pretty screwed on my way in, but coming along north ave heading to courtland i hit red light, at piedmont and north ave what do i see? celebs. busta, young dro, jay-z some other cats and THE ATF?! their pickin someone up off the ground....T.I.!

so after god knows how many security checks i get access to the street i work on, since it's literally a stones throw from the civic center, i see a homeboy that lives here walkin up so i clown him on his hair cut, then tell him what i seen, he proceeds to tell me he was leaving the wal-greens and had seen them all standing there when the feds roll up and cuffed dude......

[B16a2 Civic]

Got emmmmmm

[Alan®]

T.I.=OWNED

[B16a2 Civic]

Wonder what happened tho

[BABY J]

Millionaires find the dumbest f.ucking trouble to get in. sh.it, he could have bough guns from people on IA and still be in East Point at his house chillin.

[BABY J]

Wonder what happened tho

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/ap/20071013/119233830000.html

Sat Oct 13,10:05 PM ET





Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested Saturday just hours before he was to perform at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in a parking lot where federal officials said he planned to pick up machine guns and silencers his bodyguard bought for him.

T.I., born Clifford Harris, is charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, as well as possession of firearms by a convicted felon. Harris was in federal custody, said U.S. attorney's office spokesman Patrick Crosby, who would not disclose his location.

Sydney Margetson, a spokesman for T.I.'s label, Atlantic Records, declined to comment Saturday evening.

The arrest resulted from an investigation that began this month. A federal firearms dealer told the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that a man was inquiring about buying a machine gun without registering the weapon as required, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.

After trying to buy several machine guns from an undercover ATF agent, the unnamed person began cooperating with the government and said he was buying the machine guns and silencers for Harris, the complaint said. The bodyguard said that he had bought about nine firearms for Harris, and that the rapper had given him cash to buy guns four times, the complaint said.

Harris brokered the deals through the bodyguard because the rapper is a convicted felon, the complaint alleged. It is against federal law for a convicted felon to have another person get firearms on their behalf.

The 27-year-old rapper arranged to meet with the bodyguard Saturday to exchange cash for weapons, the complaint said. After his arrest in the shopping center parking lot not far from the awards show, agents found three firearms in the vehicle he was driving, including a loaded firearm between the driver's seat and center console, according to the complaint.

As the awards were being taped in Atlanta on Saturday night, federal authorities were still searching T.I.'s home in East Point, about 15 miles southwest of the city.

Agents found six guns in a closet, including three allegedly bought by the bodyguard for the rapper last month, according to the complaint. Five were loaded, agents said.

T.I. had been expected to perform at the BET show, which is to be broadcast Wednesday, and was nominated in nine categories. Instead, the rapper was noticeably absent from red carpet festivities before the show began at 6 p.m.

The co-chief executive of Grand Hustle Records won three awards at last year's inaugural BET Hip-Hop Awards and received nine nominations this year, including CD of the Year, Lyricist of the Year and MVP of the Year. His sixth album, "T.I. vs. T.I.P.," was released July 3 and debuted at No. 1.

T.I. won two Grammys in 2006, including best rap/sung collaboration for "My Love" with Justin Timberlake. He also hit the big screen in "ATL" that year, and he has a role opposite Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in "American Gangster," set for release Nov. 2. T.I. grew up in Atlanta and was selling crack by the time he was a teenager. In 2004, warrants were issued for his arrest on probation violations for a drug conviction, and he was sentenced to three years behind bars. It wasn't clear Saturday how much of the sentence he actually served.

[.blank cd]

people are so stupid. you have everything you want, why do you want to mess it up and do sh*t like this?

[.blank cd]

but it figures, somethin had to happen to day. like it always does @ the BET awards

[Maniaç]

TI, is a small punk, im sure even a decent 16 year old fighter could drop his ass. Lolol. Sucks though.

[Crazy Asian]

He fought with lil wayne I think...and he got dropped like a fly. He can't fight for ****.

[ahmonrah]

lmfao!!! this dude was connected with buying illegal weapons!!? hail nah!!! dumb azz!!!! well since he's gonna be doing ALL the given fed time, i can borrow his house til he gets back. YOUR ALL INVITED TO THE FIRST ANNUAL AHMONRAH BUDGET BALLER BASH courtesy of T.I.P. !!

[Dracc]

ok ok ok ... first off. this proves how stupid T.I. really is.... he know's and knew 7 months ahead of time that the BET awards aka Nigha fest 2007 was gonna be here saturday october 13.. he picks all fawking days in the god damn year to meet someone to buy guys 3 miles from the damn awards to buy guns.. before the damn show.... what da hell is this guy thinkin.. he knows every damn cop in atlanta was gonna be down there looking for the slightest problem with anything to lock somebody up .. and Clifford harris had to be the one.. i wish i could negative rep him in real life

[Stormhammer]

^^ lolol

and he was supposed to perform too! :lmao:

[ahmonrah]

every damn cop in atlanta was gonna be down there looking for the slightest problem with anything to lock somebody up .. and Clifford harris had to be the one.. i wish i could negative rep him in real life:goodjob::goodjob::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao: :lmfao:+1 for the "true life" neg rep attempt!!!

[Dracc]

^^ lolol

and he was supposed to perform too! :lmao:

i dont understand rappers..he was on BET's thing they had about making the community better.. talking about how he changed his life... i wish i could see dis short dumb muh fawka again and be like dis chet aint working and slap da **** outta him

[Dracc]

:goodjob::goodjob::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao::lmfao::lmf ao:+1 for the "true life" neg rep attempt!!!


i'm dead serious man.. how you gonna be a rapper.. with a IMAGE.. money... and buying illegal machine guns.... i like T.I. as a rapper but as a person he a dumb nigha with money... straight up... rappers dont understand once you get money your mind set has to change from trying to get it to already got it so how can i protect and maintain this money naw they got this :screwy: look and think i got money i can do anything.. i hope they give his dumb ass life or something

[BABY J]

Nice house bud -

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/071014/482/62fa8c5ec3b4403b98c9dff81bc0a013;_ylt=AviptQ..kB7s 4_06Rtt1ueS2GL8C

Hey A - put that party on ASAP man.

[JDMJAYDC2]

yeah def sucks for him if im not mistaken this would be his 3rd stike i remember him on punkd talking about he had 2 strikes so if thats true he is fockerized right now!

[B16a2 Civic]

Dracc wouldn't do sh!t to ti if he had a chance, he'd probably have a photograph in his wallet that he's gonna ask to get autographed, then take a pic with him on his camera phone and post up on ia about it

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Just for you dracc...

some real life neg. reps
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1267620/2/istockphoto_1267620_red_candy_coated

[gtikid]

Maybe he likes collecting guns :dunno: And being a convicted felon he can't buy them legally. Still, he is one stupid guy. Out of alllllllllllllllllll days to do this ****?? :lmfao: Seriously I wanna know where his head was at while he was thinking of doing this...

[Revmaynard]

Did anyone see the Punk'D episode where they ''punk'' him for having like bullets and **** on him? He's like, ''I don't touch that **** homey!'' LOL.

[Fast Shadow]

The guns may or may not be legal, if they really are "machine guns" as in fully automatic then in order to be privately owned by a non-dealer they have to have been manufactured before 1986. Silencers are legal in GA as long as you pay a per item federal tax that's something like $300.

But for his bodyguard to purchase this stuff on his behalf, that's called a straw purchase and can get you 10 years in jail. On top of that if TI is in possession of firearms even though he's a convicted felon, that's like another 10 years on top.

So.. he's ****ed.

Just goes to prove that

This is the smart TI

http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/texas/images/ti_018a.jpg

This is the stupid TI

http://www.thesituation.co.uk/us_interviews/05/ti/ti_main.jpg

And why was Jay-z hanging out in a Walgreens parking lot?

[1000cckiller]

TI isnt fixing to do no time. I see more probation in his future.

[Fast Shadow]

You'd be wrong, the ATF does not **** around when it comes to this stuff. He's already guilty of two things that could each get him 10 years in prison. If it turns out the full auto guns weren't legal to be owned by a private citizen then that's another 10 years per gun.

[1000cckiller]

You'd be wrong, the ATF does not **** around when it comes to this stuff. He's already guilty of two things that could each get him 10 years in prison. If it turns out the full auto guns weren't legal to be owned by a private citizen then that's another 10 years per gun.that fool is not going to prison

[GIXXERDK]

yeah def sucks for him if im not mistaken this would be his 3rd stike i remember him on punkd talking about he had 2 strikes so if thats true he is fockerized right now!

Never knew the 3 strike law existed in GA :thinking:

[BABY J]

He's going to jail. Let's put some skin in the game.

[PSINXS]

repost rashad lol full story in entertainment section

[Kevykev]

smart move TI

[Brett]

His alter ego T.I.P set him up so he could take over T.Is career!! :lmfao:

But expect his lawyers to use the fact he saw his friend get shot and killed right in front of him earlier this year as his defense on why he was buying guns, They will say he feared for his life I bet

[Dracc]

TI got locked up.. Mac Boney.. Young Dro.. and TI's girl Tiny got locked up... TI and TIny are the only two charged.. she got caught with dro and ex

[Kevykev]

His alter ego T.I.P set him up so he could take over T.Is career!! :lmfao:

But expect his lawyers to use the fact he saw his friend get shot and killed right in front of him earlier this year as his defense on why he was buying guns, They will say he feared for his life I bet



:lmfao:

They have to come up with something honorable!

that's sounds about right - great analysis!

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Just goes to prove that

This is the smart TI

http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/texas/images/ti_018a.jpg

This is the stupid TI

http://www.thesituation.co.uk/us_interviews/05/ti/ti_main.jpg

And why was Jay-z hanging out in a Walgreens parking lot?

I just LIRL'ed :lmfao: