T.I.


Real Name: Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.
Date of Birth: September 25, 1980
Place of Birth: Riverdale, Atlanta, Georgia
Father: Clifford "Buddy" Harris Sr.
Mother: Violeta Morgan



Albums

I'm Serious (2001)
Trap Muzik (2003)
Urban Legend (2004)
King (2006)
T.I. vs. T.I.P. (2007)
Paper Trail (2008)
King Uncaged (2010)


Biography

T.I. or T.I.P. is an American recording artist, film & music producer, and occasional actor. His real neme is Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. He is the founder and co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Grand Hustle Records.

T.I., the son of the late Clifford "Buddy" Harris Sr. and Violeta Morgan was raised by his grandparents in Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia. His father lived in New York and he would often go up there to visit him. His father suffered from Alzheimer's and later died from the disease. T.I. began rapping at age seven. He attended Douglass High School, but later dropped out. As a teenager, he was a drug dealer. He was once known as Rubber Band Man, a reference to the custom of wearing rubber bands around the wrist to denote wealth in terms of drugs or money. By age 14, he had been arrested several times. He was nicknamed "Tip" after his paternal great-grandfather. Kawan "KP" Prather, a record executive, discovered and signed T.I. when he was a teenager. Upon signing with Arista Records subsidiary LaFace Records in 2001, he shortened his name to T.I. out of respect for label mate Q-Tip.


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Links

Official Website: http://www.trapmuzik.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Tip
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.I.

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