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T.I. Released From Prison
By: allhiphop.comPosted On: 08/30/2011 8:45 A
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UPDATE # 3:
UPDATE # 3:
The King of the South, T.I. was released from prison this morning.
UPDATE:
Amid reports that T.I. would be released from Forrest City Federal Prison in Arkansas, main attorney Jonathan Leonard has told XXL that the reports are false and that he will still be incarcerated for the time being.
Leonard who has represented the rapper since 2002 has said that T.I., born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., will be released on the scheduled September 29th date by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, but the date may change in the next 30 days according to the long time attorney.
"The Bureau of Prisons they won’t give you the information until the very last minute," he told XXL.
Even those closest to T.I. were unaware the information was false as DJ Drama, T.I.'s frequent mixtape host, posted on Twitter, "8/31 -- #kingback, @Tip.
Incarcerated for violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2009 conviction on federal gun charges prior to the BET Hip Hop awards, the Grand Hustle camp is preparing for his return and are expecting things to change drastically. Despite The highly anticipated return, labelmate Young Dro assured fans that things would change for the better in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com this month.
"The Bureau of Prisons makes all the decisions once [someone goes] into the federal system then the federal prisons is the governing body as to when he’s released, the judge has no control over it," he explained. "You don’t have any real contact with them, they don’t communicate with you and they don’t tell you when exactly he’s gonna be released."
Leonard did say that T.I. is in good spirits that he is looking forward to putting this part of his life behind him.
T.I.'s most recent album No Mercy was a commercial success having peaked at #4 in the US and it sold over 159,000 copies in its first week and having been RIAA certified Gold with over 500,000 copies sold.
His second and last single off the album "That's All She Wrote" featuring Detroit rapper Eminem was released on December 19 and peaked at #18 in the "US Billboard Hot 100".
Incarcerated rap star T.I. will be released from prison on Wednesday (August 31st), according to reports.
T.I. will be released from the Forrest City, Arkansas prison on Wednesday, after serving an 11 month prison sentence for violating the terms of his probation.
The rapper was busted for drug possession in Los Angeles, along with his wife ToMeka "Tiny" Cottle in September of 2010.
The arrest came just six months after he'd been released from prison, after most of the precious year for attempting to purchase machine guns and silencers during the BET Awards in October of 2007.
Earlier this month Yung Dro, an artist signed to T.I's Grand Hustle record label, checked in with AllHipHop.com to discuss T.I.'s mind state as he prepares to be released from prison.
“As far as when he gets home, things are going to be very different. Hell yea things are going to be different. We have jeopardized our livelihood, you know which is like the devil and everyone makes mistakes and we still have a shot, its not over,” Dro explained to AllHipHop.com. “We entitled to 2-3 falls, as long as you make good on it. How dare we mess it all the way up. Long as we make good, we will be ok. Get back up again. Fall and get back up. Because he ain’t no evil person, we will prosper and come back even better."
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