What happened to t.i. rapper
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T.I. was born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. on September 25, 1980, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Violeta Morgan and Clifford "Buddy" Harris, Sr. He is also known as T.I.P. and "Rubberband Man". T.I. is from the streets of Westside Bankhead Zone 1 in Atlanta. His original stage name, T.I.P., it stems from his childhood nickname "Tip", given by his grandfather. He later changed it to T.I. out of respect for label mate Q-Tip. He was dubbed "the Jay-Z of the South" by Pharrell Williams, T.I. gradually established himself as one of rap's greatest and most successful MCs during the early 2000s. T.I. has been active with helping the community especially with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, T.I. worked with troubled youths at Paulding Detention Center in Atlanta, provided scholarships for single parent families at Boys and Girls Clubs. He has had successful movies roles such as: ATL (2006) and most notably American Gangster (2007) along side Denzel Washington.
BornSeptember 25, 1980
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T.I.
American rapper (born 1980)
This article is about the rapper. For other uses, see TI (disambiguation).
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, 1980),[1] known professionally as T.I. is a former American rapper. Harris is known as one the pioneers of the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Georgia-based rappers Jeezy and Gucci Mane.[4] He was led to sign a major-label record deal with LaFace Records, an imprint of Arista Records in 1999. Then after his debut studio album, I'm Serious (2001), he signed with Atlantic Records, where he soon reached his mainstream breakthrough and co-founded his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records by 2003.[5][6]
Harris gained recognition following his high-profile guest appearance on fellow Atlanta-based rapper Bone Crusher's 2003 single "Never Scared". His second album, Trap Muzik (2003), peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "Rubber Band Man" and "Let's Get Away" (featuring Jazze Pha). The following year, Ha
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A federal judge in Santa Ana this week reinstated more than $53 million in punitive damages against MGA Entertainment in a legal dispute with rapper T.I. Harris and his singer-songwriter wife.
U.S. District Judge James Selna had tentatively ruled nearly a month ago that he would erase the jury’s $53.6 million punitive damages award and uphold the $17.8 million in profits to the singers. But after hearing arguments from both sides on Jan. 6, he said he would issue a final ruling later.
The rapper and his wife, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, won all of the $17.8 million in profits from seven MGA dolls and the $53.6 million in punitive damages in a verdict handed down Sept. 23. The Harris family successfully made the case that seven dolls copied their OMG Girlz singing group, which consisted of their daughter and her two partners.
Selna issued a tentative ruling saying there was not enough evidence to show MGA, which has its U.S. headquarters in Chatsworth, acted in a way that would legally warrant the punitive damages in the infringement case.
The argument last month hi
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