Unbelieveably, Rapper T.I. Jailed for Buying Machineguns With Silencers

What?? A rapper jailed for being a known felon in possession of firearms and silencers? The hell you say! But its true. Rapper T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris was arrested just before he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop awards for buying a million machine guns with silencers. Rumor has it he intended to do Hip Hop’s largest drive-by and spray lead at all of the competing rappers live on stage.

From the AP here:

Rapper T.I. has admitted having unregistered machine guns and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, must spend at least 1,000 hours talking to youth groups about the pitfalls of guns, gangs and drugs before reporting for about a year in prison under a deal worked out Thursday.

He will be sentenced to serve about 12 months in prison after completing the community service, although his prison time could be increased or reduced depending on his fulfillment of the terms of the deal and good behavior.

Under the agreement, Harris will have to serve a year in prison and three years of supervised home detention, perform a total of 1,500 hours of community service and pay a $100,000 fine.

He was arrested Oct. 13, just blocks away and hours before he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.

Harris was charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, as well as possession of firearms by a convicted felon.