Rapper, “T.I.”
Well, whippity woo wang wee.
One of my first blog articles was about the ignorant “no snitching” crew that has been adding to the destruction of black America as they freely commit crimes in black communities under the protection of “no snitching”.
Recent news events would suggest that “no snitching” has gone out of style. Michael Vick’s boys snitched him out pretty quickly.
Now we have the rapper, T.I. being snitched out by a bodyguard. I’ll be honest and tell you that although I have heard of T.I., he is not on my personal radar. My husband gave me the tip on this story so I chased it down.
Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested October 13 on a gun charge, just hours before he was to perform at the Black Entertainment Television Hip-Hop Awards.
The 27-year-old rapper – born Clifford Harris – is charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, as well as possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
U.S. attorney’s office spokesman Patrick Crosby said Harris was in federal custody at an undisclosed location. Sydney Margetson, a spokesman for T.I.’s record label, Atlantic Records, declined to comment Saturday evening.
Earlier 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 gun and silencers for Harris, according to the complaint.
The person, a bodyguard for Harris, said he had bought about nine firearms for the rapper, who had given him cash to buy guns four times, the complaint said. As a convicted felon, Harris brokered the deals through his bodyguard, the complaint alleged.
It is against the law for a convicted felon to have another person obtain firearms on their behalf. The rapper arranged to meet with the bodyguard Saturday to exchange cash for weapons, the complaint said.
A native of Atlanta, T.I. sold crack cocaine as a teenager. In 2004, warrants were issued for his arrest on probation violations for a drug conviction, and he was sentenced to three years in jail. It was unclear Saturday how much of the sentance he actually served.
Here is the million dollar question. WHY did he need sooooooo many weapons? The world has gone crazy.
Search Warrant on T.I.’s house HERE
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You know what Lynn, they need to check with Barry Bond man. A man of his word, he has not let Barry down yet. How many years? He is still silent.
[...] Rapper, T.I. has been indicted. When the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives goes after you, there is truly a problem. Those are the big boys. What he truly should be concerned about is the fact that he cannot post bail. Wow. Federal authorities said Harris tried to buy three machine guns and two silencers from a man cooperating with the ATF. [...]
Lynn the body guard said they he had already bought guns for T.I why did he not let that do? Greed and the wrong desire got him in hot water. Who need silencer on a gun? And why so many guns! were he and his click planning to do something bad like open fire on somebody.
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[...] Rapper T.I. said evidence collected in the federal weapons case against him and statements he made to authorities were illegally obtained. Attorneys for T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, filed motions Monday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta seeking to suppress evidence seized from the vehicle he was in when he was arrested on October 13th and statements he made to authorities on the day of his arrest. [...]