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I can hear the rap song playing right now: “You can have whatever you like.”
Sorry T.I., I guess that doesn’t include guns. On Friday the young grammy winning rapper was just sentenced on gun charges.
Yes, on October 13, 2007, rapper T.I. was arrested by federal agents for having his bodyguard buy machine guns and silencers for him. Unfortunately for him, his 1998 crack cocaine conviction made it illegal for him to own guns.
Aw. Poor little T.I.
Rapper T.I. caught the attention of our young people last year with hits like “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life.” These songs, deemed clean by the world’s standards, got plenty of radio play, riding the top of the charts for weeks. The “clean versions” edited out lyrics like, “… late night sex, so wet, it’s so tight,” only leaving the clear message of materialism ringing in our kids ears. The music video shows him draping furs and diamonds on a girl, singing, “You can have whatever you like.”
Maybe T.I. wasn’t just selling woof tickets with those lyrics. Because he got a 20 year sentence reduced to just one year.
Maybe the judge liked his song???
Yahoo news reports:
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Friday for illegally possessing machine guns and silencers, as prosecutors lauded his anti-violence advocacy since his arrest.
T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, originally faced up to 20 years in prison and the effective end of his career but performing community service as part of his plea agreement with prosecutors reduced his sentence.
T.I., 28, who was sentenced at a federal court in Atlanta, toured the United States in recent months speaking to tens of thousands of young people about the dangers of drugs and gangs, as he completed more than 1,000 hours of community service.
His anti-crime advocacy has been chronicled on cable channel MTV’s reality show “T.I.’s Road to Redemption.” He posted $3 million bail after his arrest.
The Atlanta-born rapper, whose hit songs include “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life,” could have his one year and one day sentence further reduced by 15 percent with good behavior.
Isn’t it nice to know that T. I. is doing school assemblies?
Hmmmmmmm.
(ht to YCW guru David for the article)
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you know he’s making money right now while he’s locked up. His album is still selling, and when he gets out he’ll probably put out another comeback song like “Bring em’ Out” talking about how “The King Back” and if his community service is over then, the assemblies will be over too. One of the things I told my youth group one Sunday is to start holding these rappers accountable for the content that they feed you. Don’t just accept everything because it has been deemed popular by the public. being a Christian rap artist, I tend to get a little in my feelings regarding this subject matter. I know if I had a cocaine conviction, a gun charge following that would definitely not leave me serving one year and possibly less with good behavior. He mentioned that he attempted to buy the guns out of fear. If that’s true, what type of life is that? I hope I don’t sound like I’m bashing him, but it makes me angry to see our youth get deceived. “Angry like Nehemiah, not the Hulk”