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T.I. Drops Bid For Thanksgiving Day Celebration 
Published Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:31 PM
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By Mike Winslow

Chart-topping rapper T.I. has dropped a request to allow extra guests into his house for a Thanksgiving Day celebration.

 

T.I., born Clifford Harris, dropped the request today (November 8), citing strong opposition from prosecutors handling the high profile case.

 

 Prosecutors claimed that T.I. was seeking special treatment and said that since his release, he has submitted a list with 95 names, making it difficult for court officials to conduct background checks on each individual.

 

The 27-year-old rapper is charged with illegally purchasing three machine guns and two silences in an Atlanta parking lot, hours before the BET Awards on October 13.

 

He pleaded not guilty to three charges of illegally possessing silencers and machine guns.

 

T.I. was released on $3 million dollars bond on October 26.


Comments

 

MY_NAMEAINTEARL said:

ti stay losing
November 8, 2007 3:36 PM
 

MISS INCREDIBLE said:

damn tough break T.I. =(  

At least you'll be with your children on Turkey Day...  and at least you're not sitting in a cell...

i hope things work out the best way possible for T.I. ...
November 8, 2007 3:48 PM
 

kuulski said:

Sounds Like T.I. lost and will be losing over and over again.
November 8, 2007 3:59 PM
 

OSC-CEO said:

yeah...fuck having people over...least your on the outside
November 8, 2007 4:02 PM
 

JUDAHXULU said:

that nigga is a fucking dummy. this shit needs to happen so the youth can keep on seeing the real life consequences to this fantasy gangsta shit. i dont give a fuck about t.i. cause niggaz like that dont give a fuck about our people.

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November 8, 2007 4:11 PM
 

MrAmazing said:

After seeing how everyone is like "F*ck T.i., keep ya butthole tight", wouldnt it be funny if this was all a publicity stunt?  But real talk, I'm glad people are smartening up, because usually when a rapper gets in trouble he gets street cred.. T.I. just lost all his.
November 8, 2007 4:25 PM
 

Grumpy said:

Brought it on yourself homey...Long as Big Mama, Nana, LilMama-n-dem and all them kids is there, that's all ya need
November 8, 2007 4:32 PM
 

da bul Reef said:

ALL YA'LL NIGGAS SCREAMIN FUCK TI WAS ON HIS DICK B4 DIS SHIT HAPPENED!!! NIGGAS IS CORNY!!
November 8, 2007 4:37 PM
 

Very Nice said:

less people means he can watch the cowboys play in peace.
November 8, 2007 4:41 PM
 

D. Blaque said:

I kinda feel wut homie JUDAHXULU said. I mean he's got a point, when you make it to a whole new plateau of success you can leave that ole gangsta shit back in the hood. We don't know if he did it or not but you can't even risk having your name attached to shit like that. Black people already have a lack of avenues for role models so when someone like that goes down everyone takes a hit whether it's directly or indirectly. I hope the best for T.I.  
November 8, 2007 4:43 PM
 

Mad-Mic said:

At least you home homie be happy about that and hope you workin on puttin out that other album so you can get some paper while you away
November 8, 2007 5:05 PM
 

King1122 said:

I find it funny how the same cats talkin that stop snitchin' shit is already convicting the man before the case even starts.  All the facts haven't even come out yet, so you should reserve judgement till after the trial.
November 8, 2007 5:05 PM
 

Layne90043 said:

man i know u want your folks around but man fugg them right now. u need to be sittin with your kids...reading to them... lacing them with game so they know whats going on and how tyo avoid it. let em know daddy fugged up and gotta pay the price...teach your kids man 4real. 95 people? i mean 4real...u just need to lay low homie
November 8, 2007 5:12 PM
 

jaeda said:

I dont think TI should be given speacial treatment. I feel this way because hes already on house arrest in a fuckin mansion. The average nigga who really didnt do the crime dont get that treatment. the average nigga cant eat dinner with there family on Thanksgiven. I Like TI as an artist, but come on. Anybody who has a love one in jail knows what im talking about. This nigga had 95 names listed for vistors. Thats crazy! If he did get speacial treatment i wouldnt be mad, I would just feel everyone should get the same treatment!
November 8, 2007 5:15 PM
 

MACCAPONE said:

KEEP IT COOL PIMPING JUST BE GLAD YOU HOME MY NIGGA....
November 8, 2007 5:23 PM
 

A Hot Mess! » No More Turkey for T.I.’s Cronies said:

November 8, 2007 5:26 PM
 

Savere said:

Its not shocking....
November 8, 2007 5:50 PM
 

cantfademe1 said:

WWW.CANTFADEME.COM " LETS NETWORK "

THATS 2 MANY DAMN PEOPLE. I WOULD HAVE DECLINED IT TOO.


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November 8, 2007 5:59 PM
 

pimpharder said:

Yeah shit at least you get to sit in the house my nigga, its homeboi's all over the country doing time and they not gettin shit but a nasty meal and lockdown at 10pm ya dig.  My nigga you need to get your affairs in order, money straight and get ready to do that time.  Focus on that cause please beleive that those 95 folk aint coming to visit shit when you start that bid my nigga.  Good luck mayne, live your days on bond as best you can and when you come home start from scratch
November 8, 2007 6:24 PM
 

Hurracain said:

"7 time felon, what i care about a case"...........
November 8, 2007 6:24 PM
 

gunot_17 said:

well damn TIP. I understand wanting people over for Thanksgiving, but how you expect the Feds to do full background checks on 95 people in a few weeks when they got other cases to deal with?
November 8, 2007 6:28 PM
 

MOE925 said:

Having people over is overrated...I hate cleaning up after company...

If it was an average citizen who got arrested for TI's charges the bail would not have been so high. And If the bail could be met the average citizen would not have had to follow such strict guidelines. I mean he paid his bail...he's on house arrsst...he's paying for his own monitoring and volunteered to pay for extra security...and probably would pay for the extra background checks if they wanted him to. The most they should have done was revoke his passport and maybe put him under 24hr surveillance. They trying to make it hard for him to continue to make money and provide for his family or to promote his album and the movie he was just in. I thought it was innocent until proven guilty. Damn!!!! What else do they want from this nigga?
November 8, 2007 6:40 PM
 

westcoastmob said:

95 people i wouldn't be shocked if he trying to pay a hitter to wipe that body guard out. Possession is 9/10 but if ain't no eye witness he can get a hell of a plea bargain.
November 8, 2007 6:49 PM
 

BLUNTBLAZER said:

95 NAMES WOW
I KNOW U PAID 3MILL BUT NAW MAYNE
TOP 10 AND DAS IT WHO WAS ON DA LIST
DAS A BIG ASS FAMILY


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November 8, 2007 7:40 PM
 

TWON THE DON said:

NIGGA IF YOU AND OJ DON'T SIT Y'ALL DUMB ASS DOWN SOME WHERE. 95 PEOPLE LOCK HIS ASS UP JUST FOR ASKING THAT DUMB SHIT. NIGGA YOU LUCKY TO BE OUT!! BE THANKFUL 4THAT!!
November 8, 2007 7:42 PM
 

vega_diamond said:

YEAAAA TI. I think that he should borrow his parole officer's gun and shott his ex bodyguard in the legs..... you can get new legs, but what is he going to do about his freedom (dave chapel)

naw for real. I dont see why its that curcial. If he wants to have people over , shit let him have people over. they are trying to bury this dude for buying a few guns.... that's lame. let hm enjoy time with his people!!!


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November 8, 2007 7:57 PM
 

Handsome_Rob said:

shiiiit did they think he would allegetly buy them all machine gunz.... if he want 95 ppl over let him have it innocent until prove guilty, right? well shit if guilty he will spend 30 behind barz.... allow him to see his extended family

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November 8, 2007 10:59 PM
 

NC HIPHOP said:

@ TWON DAMN! DAMN! DAAMMNN!!!!!!
November 8, 2007 11:09 PM
 

akknelle said:

if i hear one more person convict this man b4 the trial. that's what's wrong with our community now, ain't no unity. if you was there, and know the story, then I stand corrected. But i'm sure you weren't there, so let's just wait until the trial is done and over with. i'm not saying he's innocent. i'm not saying let him get away with anything. i'm just saying, let the system sort it out. that's what it's there for. If he did it, then he should serve his time, but it's not up to me or anyone on these blogs to convict this man, and don't nobody know the actual facts. Get it together black people
November 8, 2007 11:23 PM
 

akknelle said:

and if everybody re-read the article, that's 95 names since his release, not 95 names for thanksgiving. the list is for anybody that wants to visit him. anyone that wants to visit TIP has to have a background check. So that's what that list is for. The Feds just mad cuz he got so many people that wanna visit, and they gotta do the background checks.
November 8, 2007 11:28 PM
 

T.I. buttering up his guns for Thanksgiving // The Rundown // TheRundown.TV said:

November 9, 2007 1:50 AM
 

Streetweyez Sayles said:

It's always a catch-22. I wrote before about how I thought it was a boneheaded move for him to buy weapons that way. I am not going to tell the man not to be strapped though. You have crazy militias in Montana with more artillery than T.I. did and they will use it. You can have body guards and still get killed, i.e., Tupac Shakur. Any dude from the streets will know that being able to pull your own trigger in a heated moment is better than relying on someone else to pull it. The fake life of the entertainment world is different.  

I respect the fact that people want to wait until the trial and not convict T.I. through public opinion. I simply thought the man really was rowdy with a Napoleon Complex and was actually telling the truth. Yes, I simply accepted the fact that he was telling the truth. A lot of rappers aint got guns like that it's just entertainment for them they are some soft ass pussies lying about their heat. But T.I. seems to really have that heavy artillery. Real respects real, it just went wrong for him.

Now people are saying he was set up, he wasn't really keeping it real. You know what, if you support T.I. and he was keeping it real with all the guns and he was caught then you just have to keep supporting him and recognize the fact that in that life shit like that can happen. If he was just a well known drug dealer on the streets people would be like yeah that guy TIP wasn't faking. Since he's a rapper everyone just assumes he was lying about packing that heat when maybe he wasn't. Now I don't think it was the most intelligent move for someone in his position, but apparently he was telling the truth. I respect the truth.


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November 9, 2007 3:35 AM
 

BumpHipHop: The Hip Hop News Source » T.I. Won’t Be Celebrating Thanksgiving The Way He Wants To said:

November 9, 2007 7:16 AM
 

LTBROWN said:

@JUDAHXULU said:
that nigga is a fucking dummy. this shit needs to happen so the youth can keep on seeing the real life consequences to this fantasy gangsta shit. i dont give a fuck about t.i. cause niggaz like that dont give a fuck about our people.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I SADLY COSIGN YOU. THAT IS THE REALITY I HAD TO FACE ABOUT MANY OF MY BELOVED ENTERTAINERS. I DO LOVE THEM ALL AND THAT IS WHY I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE B.S. THEY ARE DOING AND ARGUE FOR RELEIF FOR THEM, AFTER THEY HAVE CLEARLY DONE WRONG.
BECAUSE AS HARD AS IT IS FOR SOME TO SWALLOW, WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE. THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE HOODS THEIR CLAIMING. IF THEY DID, WE'D GET A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PACKAGE FROM THEM. INSTEAD, THEY GET OUT AND GLORIFY THE GHETTO AND SEEK TO REMAIN ATTACHED TO IT[PUBLICLY], RATHER THEN SHOWING THOSE LEFT BEHIND THAT YOU CAN GROW AND GO TO SOMETHING BETTER, IF YOU WORK HARD.
November 9, 2007 8:06 AM
 

Smashit said:

Shit is fuked up but this is life!
November 9, 2007 9:08 AM
 

Boss Up said:

keep ya head up homie
November 9, 2007 9:36 AM
 

Nola boy said:

95 people sounds like a party to me, its thanksgiving not your birthday as long as your family celebrating with you forget about !
November 9, 2007 9:46 AM
 

wizwey21215 said:

MAN THIS SHIT MAKES ME SICK EVERYBODY BLAMING TI FOR HIM BEING OUT ON HOUSE ARREST DON'T BE MAD AT HIM BE MAD AT THE MONEY HUNGRY GOVERNMET THAT GAVE THAT TO HIM HE PUT THE OFFER OUT THERE AND THEY JUMP ALL OVER IT. YEA HE WAS WRONG FOR WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO AND THAT WAS HIM BEING A FELON AND TRYING TO BUY GUNS. YOU CAN'T ACCUSE HIM OF ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS DOING ANYTHING ELSE NO BODIES NO NOTHING.SO LEAVE THE MAN ALONE AND GO AFTER THE JUDGE FOR MAKING THE DECISION TO LET HIM OUT. PLUS STOP LOOKING FOR THE RAPPERS TO TEACH YOUR KIDS RIGHT FROM WRONG THEY ARE YOUR KIDS AND ITS YOUR JOB TO TEACH THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BLAME THE RAPPERS FOR THERE KIDS ACTING UP BUT YOU NEED TO BLAME YOURSELFS FOR NOT SHOWING THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG.  
November 9, 2007 12:00 PM
 

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