In 2007 T.I. was arrested for purchasing a assortment of illegal weapons from a undercover FBI agent. Originally the judge was going to sentence him to 30 years in prison. T.I. admitted that he planned on buying the weapons because of a incident that happened in 2006 that ended with a close friend of his being shot and killed. With T.I. pleading guilty the judge gave him a plea deal changing his sentence to a year and a day with 1000 hours of community service. T.I. started his prison sentence May 26, 2009.
After serving his year and a day sentence T.I. and wife Tameka were arrested months later on September 1st due to drug charges. Tip was then sentenced to another eleven months in prison, starting his sentence the beginning of November.
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