Sun 14 Oct 2007
TI gets arrested, house gets raided in ATL
Posted by Miss Info under beef , crime , not good for hip hop[41] Comments
hmmm, something fishy is up. TI got arrested today in Atlanta. Given the watchful eye of hip hop police across the country, that fact is not all that surprising. Not that I figure TI does much of anything wrong these days besides weed and some driving infractions.
But why would “The ATF, U.S. Marshalls: Fugitive Task Force, Fulton County SWAT, Fulton County PD, Dekalb County PD, and the ATF/Atlanta PD Violent Crime Impact Team” all be raiding his house and arresting him? That’s an awful lot of badges and ammo belts in one place, right?
So far, no word on the actual charge, but….we’ll see. sigh. Sidenote: the authorities are probably high fiving each other on the way they timed the raid exactly at the time of the start of the BET awards, to jam Mr. “Multi-nominee” Clifford Harris up that much more, eh? Oh you thought you were gonna have a good night? No, sireebob.
UPDATE: according to LT. Dinwiddie at SOHH, the ATF had been investigating TI for illegal gun purchases, and now he’s been arrested for violating probation. Ugh. That’s what bonded security is for. Why not even send a cousin or something through training school and get them licensed?
UPDATE 2: Well, it looks like the FBI arrested one of TI’s bodyguards last week when he tried to buy machine guns (?!?) and silencers (aw, frick) for TI. The bodyguard flipped on Tip and told the feds that he’s bought 17 guns so far for TI and various members of his crew.
Complete disaster for one of the most promising artists in the game. A huge album, a huge movie, a Chevy deal and more….sigh
On a semi-related but not really note: The Hustlaz sent me a link to The Professional Hater, which has photos of TI and Ludacris laying down the hatchet and performing at a pre-BET Awards photo op celebration. If friendships in hip hop don’t have to be real, why should the opposite be?
October 14th, 2007 at 12:15 am
You would think dude would be more careful he made it to easy for the cops to pick his ass up…Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives have been watching his ass for awhile..he was buying guns online & then when he went into a store to buy one…that’s when they got his ass..they searched his house & found even more guns….
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October 14th, 2007 at 3:18 am
Yea.. I hear him and his bodygaurd tried buying machine guns or something so they got the OK to search and arrest him immediately. *shrugs*
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October 14th, 2007 at 4:56 am
First mic vick now this shit with T.I. Means deheaves loses with his expossing jay-z dvd, because people are starting to see why u have to be around people right people. rappers have weedcarries ie bleek,slif,yayo, they dont have gun buyer
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October 14th, 2007 at 7:27 am
u know what miss info…..good thats what he gets….u aint in the hood nomore why do he needs to buy guns machine guns..lol??? what was he gonna do with machine guns..?.shoot up all the rappers in the industry..lol
another lost for hip hop..white people lookin at us like monkeys again. SMH
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October 14th, 2007 at 8:17 am
WHY NOT A COUSIN? SEE: RICK, SLICK
AS FOR THIS SHIT…I WASN’T THERE TO SEE SHIIII
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October 14th, 2007 at 9:41 am
bye bye
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October 14th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
a damn muthafukkin shame
fukkin snitches…
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October 14th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Look Feds have got a tendancy of blowing things out of proportion.
All he’s goin to get is a slap on the wrist but because its T.I a rapper they have to make it seem that they’ve got rappers under manners to the general public it’s more political than crime prevention.
T.I is buying guns simply to be able to pull out a gun to any fool that tried break into his crib ,”Yo Men So why you wanna go and do that, huh” Or to any fool that was talkin shit,” Bring em’! out bring em out!it’s hard to yell when the burrel’s in ya mouth.”
He’ll be out soon all charges dropped, he ain’t dumb enough to have those weapons without a license.
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October 14th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
T.I. is the worse. I don’t even have the words to explain what I’m thinking. This man has got to be the dumbest person ever.
17 guns?
LOL
Lock him up and throw away the key. He doesn’t have court till tomorrow and if you or he thinks he’s getting bail….he has another thought coming.
This man is a convicted felon….he was buying guns at an alarming rate….it’s not like he didn’t know if he could buy the guns. He was doing it despite the law telling him he couldn’t. Oh no…he’s staying behind bars until his trial.
This is a classic example of what happened to Shyne. Young promising rapper in his prime….career cut short because he has to do a bid. Oh yeah….T.I. will be doing a bid.
10 years or better.
I know Luda is sitting back laughing his ass off. Who’s the king of Atlanta now?
put the needle on the record and a needle in ya vain
if ludas on ya song it’ll neva be the same
Happy Sunday Miss Info !!!
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October 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
I hate that this happened. really bad look for hip-hop. all the mainstream media pundits are having a field day with this.
And all this activity (Diddy, Prodigy, Lil Wayne, Belo of Do or Die, JT Money of Poison Clan) within such a short time span? Jeez…it seems surreal. And all this shit just happens to coincide when the spotlight is on us, with the congressional hearings and shit.
I hate to sound like a conpsiracy theorist, but..yup, they’re out to get us. Or, at the very least, they really have it in for us. But that’s a given…
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October 14th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Aint TI on his last strike?
He going down for this one. TI’s career is over.
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October 14th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
I don’t feel bad for a nigga that had the world in his hands and still did some stupid shit like this…
Even if it is a conspiracy…THE NIGGA IS OWN TAPE BUYING GUNS FROM AN ATF AGENT!!!!
“Keeping it real” gone wrong.
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October 14th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
what the fuck?this is the same guy that was rollerskating in his movie?silencers for what?since he’s down with maino why dont he just get him to handle some beefs as if he even has any.thais lil nigga fights with ludacris’s managers and beefs over grammys.what is the world coming to?
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October 14th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Why do you hip-hop fans hate so much it’s like we don’t support our artists no more everybody waitin for them to fall flat on their faces. Yo that sh*t aint cool!
T.I fin to get out on bail sayin,”TIP comin live from the VIP, heard the night life lost life when I leave
Both the Feds and the State wanna see my need
The whole city got bizzerk he got treat
Anotha nigga got a hit but shawty he not me
Who set the city on fire as soon as he got freed
Da king back now hoes don’t even know how to act now
Hit the club stippers gettin naked ‘fore I sat down
Yo Free T.I/T.I.P !
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October 15th, 2007 at 12:23 am
this is a shame
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October 15th, 2007 at 2:53 am
T.I. is NOT getting out on bail tomorrow…
Anyone who says that he will beat this case has not dealt with the FEDS before…
HE WILL DO AT LEASE 5-10 YEARS IN PRISON…
PLEASE DO NOT WEAR A “FREE T.I.” SHIRT…
you’ll only make yourself look stupid, and it won’t help him.
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October 15th, 2007 at 5:17 am
WOAH WOAH WOAH……all u ppl in here are jumpin to conclusions…first off lets see how this pans out…
secondly this DUMBASS BODY GUARD asked TI for an ADVANCE IN PAY…T.I said he gave the guy an advance, now what the guy goes and choses to buy with the advance is not T.I’s concern.
If i give a homeless person $10 and they go buy a dime of crack with it…..should I get a possesion or accessory charge??? This is the same bullsh*t they try to pin on young black celebs that come back to the hood and give ppl $ and then the ppl decide to go cop work with it…dats not the celebs fault.
Now this same low life scum bodyguard is conviently saving T.I. “asked him to buy these guns”…this bodyguard sounds like he’d give up his mother not to do any jail time.
T.I. has guns in crib because they belong to his security staff (some of them live in his home to protect his wife & children).
Yall acting like its not a setup. Like Miss Info said…how convenient is it that all of these different agencies coordinated and swooped in…but we can’t find Bin Laden….dis is some ole bullsh*t.
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October 15th, 2007 at 5:25 am
@circus….great points. but it hardly changes anything. TI was on probation. He’s not allowed to have guns. He had guns in his bedroom closet and car. Pretty tough case.
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October 15th, 2007 at 5:34 am
Money Bagz…I agree with u 100%
all ya blood sucking maggots in here…yall brainwashed worse than ppl that follow cults.
Im not even a T.I fan but yall in here saying “good for him”…”he deserved it”…..yall need to grow some balls and stop relishing in the fact that a young black man is in some sh*t…Yall acting like they didnt just raid DJ DRAMA’S office a couple of months ago and had guns at his head for SOME MUTHAFUZZIN MIXTAPES…..they want Hip Hop extinguished and all our rappers in jail.
It’s called the 4th amendment u genius’ (right to bear arms-protect ur property). Your a famous rapper with a wife and like 4 or 5 kids, u live in a big ass mansion in a secluded area of ATL, and ur friend died in a shoot out less than a year ago….. u damn right u need bodyguards and guns ppl are crazy and full of hate (as evidenced in this same post.
Some of yall in here sound like COUNTRY MUSIC fans…not HIP HOP fans…if he’s guilty then thats another story….but yall uncle tom’s aint even giving him the benefit of the doubt. PPl like yall 40 years ago thought the same thing about the Black Panthers. They were a menace too, huh? (**NOT comparing a rapper to the Panthers but u see where I’m coming from).
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October 15th, 2007 at 5:38 am
its crazy how all the rappers are going to jail for buy/having guns but only a few ever go to jail for shooting anyone it might be a sign to leave the guns that your not going to shoot anyway at home or with the people shooting the gun having guns dont make you tough like papose said you just a carrier like a HIV patient
P.S T.I got setup buy his snitchin ass bodyguard K.A.R
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October 15th, 2007 at 5:58 am
@ Miss Info…I see ur point, but….
I’m assuming that TI will have a great legal TEAM that will beat this case up like Tyson in ‘86. Theres too many holes in it…Shady body guard (who got an arrest earlier this year and maybe tried to drown TI to save himself by working with gov’t)…Plus T.I. can always say he has 1 of his armed security guards drive his vehicles.
If I seem like im going in too hard on this 1 it’s because close friends of mine and family members have been thru the system on federal gun-running charges, etc…and most of the time its because informants get bagged on something else and then throw a more prominant name at authorities and then next thing u know u got like 20 something officials raiding a residence…they found like 13 guns or something….ok…they’re acting like he was buying 50-100+ guns and reselling them. If u have a security staff of 5 or more ppl…13 guns doesn’t seem that ridiculous (its about 2 or 3 per person).
I just wanna reserve my judgement for TI when ALL the facts have been exposed. But I’m glad ur (miss info) trying to be fair and post ALL updates – good or bad about the case.
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October 15th, 2007 at 8:04 am
You know what I find funny?
All these “niggas” defending T.I., showing “love”, and support and such, AFTER HE GOT KNOCKED.
?
LOVE IS checkin your peoples when they are good and well, making sure they stay that way, and alerting them BEFORE they step in dog shit.
“Niggas” here (and worldwide) amaze me.
They rally behind and celebrate stupidity on the daily.
Then when stupidity catches up with them, they suddenly become experts at law, and blame everyone for their predicament.
GTFOH with that bullshti.
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October 15th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
@ ron art, T.i has been involved in various altercations in the past two years his had shots fired against him and beef with people who carry guns, so wht you saying dog if one of your homeboys had mad dudes looking to kill you for whatever your advise would be, Yeah take them shots like a man and hope for the best?
Feds definately aint got your back, look at Biggie & Pac, Jam Master J if they were the shooters they would be behind bars e.g Cassidy, C-Murder & Shyne. See wht people forget is beef is real and people die and you have to protect yourself the best way you know how. T.I’s mistake is trusting that snitch of a bodyguard. Dudes a rat bustard how come they aint named dude throught the whole thing he’s a snitch for real.
It aint cool to celebrate whn a n*gga doin good goes down for some bullsh*t, T.I is facing legal charges so why would we not comment on the legal charges that would rob him of his career, life etc and hip-hop of a respectable artist. Knowing your legal rights is being smart, thats wht Martin Luther King etc died for.
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October 15th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Last time I checked your Guilty until proven innocent…and ppl dont gotta be “experts at law” or even be TI fans to see when something is fishy….
Celebs do stupid sh*t all the time, but does that mean that every single celebrity (especially black ones) are guilty of every single dumb thing they’re accused of??? Absolutely not. What I’m saying is ppl should cool off on throwin the book at him until more facts come out.
Those of u who never had to deal with anything remotely close to this kinda situation or any federal case are blessed. But some of us have ppl from the past that we try to look out for and sometimes it turns into some major bullsh*t but that doesnt mean every1 should be all set to throw dude under the bing.
And if it comes out that TI is guilty thats another story, but he just got detained….not even booked on any charges yet and yall gttn ready to give him life in the system.
And what makes it worse yall the same ppl that LOVE hearnin the gun/drug talk and then real sh*t happens and u turn into a bunch of Bill O’Reilly’s.
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October 15th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
@ Ron Art…..
the next time u get pulled over or stopped and frisked for absolutely no reason….tell the officers “thank you….may I have another boss”
Its not celebrating stupidity (at least on my part)….I just know this country has a history of working over young, urban entrepreneurs. If he’s guilty dats gonna take some time for the courts and a lengthy trial to figure out.
And no I’m not the kind of dude dats wears a
“free anybody” tshirt…Its just ppl gotta start realizing dat not every arrest/raid is lawful. Are they monitoring rock legend Ted Nugent or actor Charlton Heston? Them 2 dudes alone have about 50-60 guns between them.
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October 15th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
WHY DONT WE JUST CALL IT HOW IT IS.NO HATING OR WANTING TI TO SERVE JAIL TIME BUT ADMITTING THAT HE’S A FUCKING RETARD.I UNDERSTAND THAT HE NEEDS PROTECTION.SECURITY AND A COUPLE OF WEAPONS IS UNDERSTANDABLE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SILENCERS,UZI’S AND MOTHERFUCKIN EXPLOSIVES YOU’RE JUST BEGGING FOR TROUBLE.WHAT WAS HE EXPECTING A NIGGA CREEPES IN HIS HOUSE AND HE’LL THROW A DYNOMITE AT HIS ASS?
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October 15th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Laughing Out Loud @ Circus & Killa Bee.
Yall 2 niggas should work for the Ringling Bros.
1) I’m a man from E.N.Y. who knows very well about “Po”.
2) I’m man that lives the “hood”. Yessirs’, I still live here.
3) I overstand about getting stopped because I fit a “description”
Still, good looks for the chin check and clarification. I refuse to talk about my battle scars, or any further “cred” because that’s moot.
My point:
Niggas who suck at crime run off at the mouth to the wrong people, wind up getting caught, or back in jail.
T.I. sucks at crime. Let’s be clear.
Even if he is found “not guilty”, T.I. still sucks at crime. I’d never do “business” with him.
Smart MEN do what they do, lay low, and enjoy. Those with a tight circle, can rely on that circle to TELL THEM IF THEY SLIPPIN’.
Why would anyone, specifically T.I. – who made it out of the “hood”, has a beautiful family, endorsements, a lucrative recording career, and possible acting career NOT check his inner-circle THOROUGHLY?
He sucks at crime. Might beat the case with a good lawyer, buuuuut, he sucks at crime.
I’ll say this aagin since none of yall really adressed it:
LOVE IS:
-checkin your peoples when they are good and well.
-making sure they STAY that way.
-alerting them BEFORE they step in dog shit.
LOVE IS NOT: coming up with a bazillion excuses, or a “Free (insert name here) T-Shirt.
-Ron,
E.N.Y, Brooklyn
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October 15th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
@circus..PREACH!!!
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October 16th, 2007 at 5:55 am
“Are they monitoring rock legend Ted Nugent or actor Charlton Heston? Them 2 dudes alone have about 50-60 guns between them.”
Prolly’ all legal too. Big difference. Them cats took care of they paperwork.
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October 16th, 2007 at 6:19 am
this is a unfortunate situation that our brother finds himself in our
strength is in doing right once God gives you a way out we must take it and never return to our former life stlye we must remember
that the people who do not want us to succeed is looking for anything that they can use against us and alot of times we give them the amunition that they need right rules not might if God can’t protect you who can if God be for you who can be against you
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October 16th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
No wonder lauryn hill is currently not interested in the fugees reunion, i hear this guy has been working in the studio with wyclef jean. Better be a mother than to be controlled by wyclef and be associated with rappers who have made millions but they have criminal records and still live a gangstar life. What an embarassment.
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October 18th, 2007 at 1:54 am
I can’t beleive this mess. I saw a week ago on bet when he was talkin with the issues of hip hop socioty and TI was the main 1 talkin bout black peolpe should be talkin bout buyin guns and gettin in trouble with the law because they will get punished way worse than evreone else then now he,s gunna go and buy all dis stuff that he said on the show that he said xzactly not to do!! wtf is up with that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 19th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
T.I. my homie freom Atl he was a great rapper and a great influence on me and the rap game and I hope the best for T.I.
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October 26th, 2007 at 9:31 am
alot of people seem to think since all he did was own guns it is ok, he was a convicted felon and is not suppost to own firearms. and all these people talking about snitches, yes i agree it is fucked up to snitch someone out, but in the same sense if he had nothing to hide or wasn’t doing anything wrong then there wouldn’t have been anything to snitch about right? right! the man had it made and muffed it like a fucking kick off in a football game!!!!
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October 27th, 2007 at 1:55 am
BABES TIME WILL PASS. TO ALL YOU FUCKERS DISSIN T.I NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP.A PART A LIFE YOU GROW UP AND FUCKIN SREW UP.
LOVE ALWAYS #1 FAN IN ANTIGUA
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January 7th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Fuck T.I. That Nigga need to stay locked up for being so stupid. Lead them crackas right to his ass with all that gun bullshit. Fuck Tiny too. but not that same way as I meant it towards T.I. punk ass. She need to be with a real nigga like me, not that featherweight nigga who dont even weight a buck 50. That’s why Flip beat that nigga ass. My dick harder than T.I. and his music is whack. He need to form a group with vanilla ice, and kanye west, all three of them mothafuckas whack. LOL.
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January 7th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Fuck anybody that got something to say about my comment(s) too. If you dont like me, my comment or how I’m living, then bitch fuck you. I can back up anything that come out of my mouth, believe that.I can say what the fuck I want, when I want, and how I want, and if you don’t like it, y’all mothafuckas can suck my dick.
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January 7th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
P.S. That ATL movie was whack too. I wounldnt pay my money to go see that bullshit.
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January 7th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
How mothafuckin stupid can a nigga be, then to associate his self with a gun, and he a convicted felon? I bet they gone turn that nigga out in the mothafuckin pen if he go. He hold a mike like he suckin a dick anyway. LOL. Ever wonder why he hold it so close to his mouth? LOL. Fuck you T.I., I hope they throw the book at yo punk ass this time.
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January 10th, 2008 at 12:04 am
DASZ SUM B.S. DEY AINT HAVE 2 DO MY MANSZ LIKE DAT 4REAL DOE!
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March 14th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
t.i is one of the greatest rapers i think his songs all have a meaning to them and he also is on of my role models because i am in a situation like him and i want the best for him but if he stay positive he will be all good
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