- T.I. debunks "snitch" rumors in new issue of Vibe T.I. may have received a slap on the wrist for his 2008 weapons charges, but he wants the world to know that he didn't snitch his way out of a harsh sentence.
In a piece titled “Cell Therapy,” VIBE Editor Benjamin Meadows-Ingram chronicles the T.I.’s legal brouhaha and since his arrest in 2007 for trying to buy illegal guns prior to BET Hip Hop Awards performance.
T.I.'s star power certainly helped, but not in the way many have been saying. T.I. insists that he's not a snitch.
“What [the defense] proposed, and what I ultimately thought was reasonable, is that Mr. Harris has the ability to reach thousands, probably tens of thousands of people, particularly at-risk young people, says US Attorney David Nahmias. "And that out of the tens of thousands of people he could reach, he has the real possibility of getting at least a few of them not to commit the kinds of crimes we would prosecute.”
According to the VIBE article, T.I. and the prosecutors reached plea deal negotiated by Criminal Defense Attorney, Steve Sadow, who cited the rapper’s ability to influence others by serving 1,500 hours of community service. T.I. debunks rumors about how he worked out the unique deal by saying, “Ain’t no such thing as a secret snitch…Pull up my agreement. It’s public record.”
http://www.examiner.com/x-3901-HipHop-Examiner~y2009m3d3-TI-covers-April-issue-of-Vibe-magazine
- T.I. Responds To Being Put In 50 Cent’s Diss Cartoon Rapper T.I. has refused to participate in any virtual hip-hop beef with rapper 50 Cent or any rapper for that matter as he states, “I’m a real dude - a stand up guy with integrity, respect, morals, standards, [and] principles, and anything outside of that I ain’t got nothing to do with.”
In an interview with XXL Mag, rapper T.I. responds to a cartoon diss released by 50 Cent entitled “Officer Ricky: Welcome To Death Row Right Now Na Na Na” which is a 4th episode of 50 Cent’s series of cartoon animations called “Saturday Cartoons Presents” aimed at dissing hip-hop rival Rick Ross. In episode four, 50 Cent pokes fun at T.I. by having Officer Ricky [Rick Ross] arresting T.I. referencing back to T.I.’s 2007 weapon charges which the rapper is preparing to start a one year sentence this month on the charges.“I haven’t seen it but, we all know dude,” T.I. says of the cartoon series. “We all know his intentions, we all know his motives. We’ve seen this too many times before. You know, I play chess, not checkers, you dig? I ain’t even trippin’ off of that. At the end of the day, I’m more worried or concerned about what a man says to me or what a man does to me, not what he says or does in the eyes of the public,” added T.I.
Rapper 50 Cent was also supposedly taking aim at T.I. in a previous release in the song titled “You So Tough” off of G-Unit’s last album “Terminate On Sight”. The lyrics that appeared the song are: “How do you explain how homey breeeze /They said keep ya mouth shut or you eatin’ the cheese” which allegedly refers to the rumor that T.I. snitched to get a shorter sentence.
http://www.hiphoprx.com/2009/03/01/ti-responds-to-being-put-in-50-cents-diss-cartoon/
- T.I. Ordered to Pay More Child Support An Atlanta judge has ordered rapper T.I. to pay his ex-girlfriend more money in child support. T.I. will now pay $5,000 a month versus the $3,000, which was originally agreed upon in November.
Lashon Dixon, the mother of the boys, ages 7 and 9, claimed the 27-year-old performer was not giving her enough money for the children. Tip countered, stating that he had been voluntarily paying Dixon $2,000 per month prior to the court order.
Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane ruled that Tip will no longer be responsible for funding the boys' private schooling but would foot the bill for their medical care and extra curricular activities. In addition to the monetary support, the judge granted Tip continued joint custody with primary physically custody remaining with Dixon.
http://www.theboombox.com/2009/02/26/t-i-ordered-to-pay-more-child-support/
