Talk:T.I.

Personal info section

I moved several sections dealing with T.I's personal life to the talk page since it should be sourced more strictly to WP:BLP, and it was difficult to understand the info and how it was sourced. Flowanda | Talk 11:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

So you just removed the incredibly important information relating to his possible incarceration for a number of years because you didnt fully understand it? Cardigan3000 (talk) 04:32, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Personal life

The article states TI is a philanthropist. Where is the source for that? To be considered a "philanthropist" you need to have a charitable objective and be donating over a long time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.4.70.236 (talk) 18:06, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Beef with 50

50 Cent dissed T.I. in song and interview. Add under controversy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.167.235.219 (talk) 02:21, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

50 cent ur beef is not ligit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.7.140.4 (talk) 13:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Copyright violation

A section on T.I.'s recent legal issues has been added by at least two different users. Unfortunately, both additions were copyright violations. Note that it is not acceptable to copy and paste text from another source, even if you change the occasional word (or even a lot of the words). At least, not unless that source releases the text under the GFDL, and you make note of the author. Copyright violations are very serious matters, so please be extremely careful before adding this section back to the article. There's no doubt the section belongs here, but we cannot accept copyright violations. --Yamla (talk) 21:47, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Criminal??

There is no longer an area of this article called "Criminal History", it has been changed to a more politically correct term of "Legal Issues." I have a huge problem with this section that wikipedia will not allow to be edited by the general public. It says: T.I. was arrested on an outstanding probation violation warrant from Florida. The warrant claimed that T.I. did not complete the required number of community service hours he was sentenced for a 2003 assault of a female sheriff deputy at University Mall in Tampa. T.I. was detained by several mall Security Guards at the time of the incident, among them, Jason Phillips (founder of Certified Protective Services), Larry Warner (founder of Tactical Response Services), and Arturo Ortiz, now a security manager in Florida. Here it is talking about his legal issues, but fails to mention his arrest for hitting a deputy until after it says he was arrested for failing to complete his community service. It says several mall security guards detained him at the time of the incident, is this the time of the incident where he assaulted the deputy or when he failed to complete community service hours. Furthermore, it list the private individuals names and companies unrelated to the issue at hand, and this information is not relevant to the article.

It should be noted that the source used to verify T.I.'s legal consequences are not the reliable. A better source would most likely be his own website where he states that he must complete 1500 hours of community service. Veda13 (talk) 07:17, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

In the Legal Issues section, is it necessary to name the mall security guards and their firms? Seems irrelevant, and just like some unverifiable resume-building. (Dmoon (talk) 20:39, 24 February 2009 (UTC))

Albums

T.I's new album, Paper Trail was scheduled to be released on 08-12-08, but was pushed back to 09-02-08. Miss.alana (talk) 20:16, 30 June 2008 (UTC) Alana After being released from jail T.I. currently finished the album A Year and A Day this was leaked so it may just end up as a mixtape. The DJ was MLK from Grand Hustle who produced it. The tracks are as follows Intro-0:24 Dont Forget Me Ft Mary J-3:52 Hell of a Life-4:16 At It All Night-3:37 Make You Sweat-2:23 Get That Money-4:16 Done It Now Ft Lil Wayne-5:30 Show Off Ft Young Dro-4:54 Leaving WIth Me Ft Chris-1:35 Your a Freak Ft Blue Marl-3:18 On Top of the World Ft Kayne West-5:31 Still Aint Forgave Myself-6:26 Big Kuntry- I Do- 3:59 All G-4:39 Outro-1:08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.62.202.37 (talk) 03:51, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Movies

T.I. doing a movie called "Bone Deep" with chris Brown http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1588860/20080605/story.jhtml —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1Sire (talk • contribs) 22:27, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

More than sixty thousand supporters?

I just deleted the following passage: "More than sixty thousand supporters, family members, friends and fans stood outside the federal courtroom during the hearing."

Per http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2625471620071026 it's more like 20 supporters... hjorten was here^talk 14:57, 26 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hjorten (talk • contribs)

"T.I.'s night club, Club Crucial, where he and V-103 announcer Greg Street will give away 200 bicycles to neighborhood children in the Boys and Girls Club.[38]" is not a complete sentence. It is confusing and awkward. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.255.92 (talk) 02:35, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Mixtapes

I think T.I.'s official mixtapes such as In Da Streets Vol. 1 - 3, Gangsta Grillz: Down With THe King and Gangsta Grillz: The Leak should be added to his discography on the MAIN page. As well as his compolations: P$C's 25 to Life, Grand Hustle Presents: In da Streets, Vol. 4, and his A King Of Oneself EP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.224.121.2 (talk) 08:20, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Prison

is any 100% sure that T.I. is actually going to jail in march 2009? Because he is scheduled to play live on April 15th in Norwich with Wiley. DipSetGeezer (talk) 16:29, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes. He even has a show on MTV counting down the days. It's called "T.I.'s Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go" it's set to premiere on Febuary 10th.[1] SE KinG. User page. Talk. 21:47, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

He was just sentenced to 1 years in jail it was on fox news —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.176.63.140 (talk) 17:38, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

76.20.209.246 (talk) 08:51, 22 January 2009 (UTC)Community76.20.209.246 (talk) 08:51, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

It should be noted that Paulding Detention Center is in Dallas Georgia not Atlanta. Dallas is a small town of about 8 thousand people, it's roughly 35 miles west of Atlanta. It's in Paulding County.

T.I. in the studio

I found this today, it's him in the studio with Grand Hustle producers Nard & B, possibly picking out some beats for his new album.

[2]

I'm not confirming anything but just something I find interesting. SE KinG. User page. Talk. 22:19, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Drug dealing

Was he ever convicted of any offences in relation to him formerly being a drug dealer? Nietzsche 2 (talk) 16:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't believe he was convicted of any drug-related charges as his legal issues began during his music career. — Σxplicit 00:27, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

ti life

wat was the name of ti parents? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.184.35.51 (talk) 13:30, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

That information has yet to be found. — Σxplicit 00:27, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

yes he was. i know everything you could ever know about ti and he was convicted for gun possession on the night his best friend/body gaurd was killed. -annonymos —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.215.75.189 (talk) 23:02, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

WHAT HAPPEN DURING HIS CHILDHOOD

IF HE HAD ANY BARRIER IN HIS LIVE TIME. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.122.10.60 (talk) 16:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

At Least do some work on the DOB

He was born in Queens, New york city--206.176.113.164 (talk) 17:22, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

T.I. Collaboraters

I m discussing T.I Associates

Is Justin Timberlake an Associate? Is Ludacis? Is Lil Wayne?

(Slivermennn (talk) 03:41, 9 July 2009 (UTC))

No. The only associate act should be P$C. SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 04:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

If you haven't already, you may want to take a look at Template:Infobox Musical artist#Associated acts. If you're still in doubt, feel free to leave a note here. — Σxplicit 04:20, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Should a associate they are heavily associated with be added? Slivermennn (talk) 20:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Debut Album

"T.I. released his debut album, I'm Serious, on October 9, 2001 through Arista Records, and even though it earned critical acclaim, the album was quick to failed and attain a level of success"

This sentence broke my head. Anyone know what it's trying to say? If the article wasn't locked, I'd edit it to simply ""T.I. released his debut album, I'm Serious, on October 9, 2001 through Arista Records." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.113.142.48 (talk) 21:31, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

The sentence truly was confusing; I've removed the last bit. — Σxplicit 22:23, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Grammar problem: Denote not Donate

I think when the author wrote: "He was at one time known as Rubber Band Man, a reference to the custom of wearing rubber bands around the wrist to donate wealth in terms of drugs or money"

S/He meant: "He was at one time 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"

DENOTE as in "to signify" (rather than donate: to give)

I'm not sure how to fix this. Can someone help?

Cik5 (talk) 19:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)Cik5

Fixed, thanks. SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 22:42, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Rubber Band Man reference

The reference to why he was called The Rubber Band Man is incorrect, as is what the term means.

He was called the Rubber Band Man because he had enough money to need to wrap it in rubber bands, and have several "knots" of said money. Dope dealers don't wear bands on their wrists to signify wealth. the rubber bands are kept on the wrist for easy access when counting money or bagging narcotics. Crack cocaine is sometimes packaged in small pieces of plastic bag or saran wrap, which is then rubber-banded to seal it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pendizzle (talk • contribs) 23:16, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Typo in Legal Issues Section

In the last paragraph of the Legal Issues chapter 'ordered' is misspelled.

'sentenced T.I. to one year and one day in prison and 'orderecd' to pay $100,300 for federal weapons charges'

Fixed. Thank you for spotting the error. SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 02:55, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Endorsements

His endorsements like his new clothing line AKOO, Chevy, etc. Should be included in his page. It was a section for it, but it has disappeared. I'll add it back when I have the time. Georgia Peachez (talk) 19:46, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

7th Album Name

The name of the 7th album has been released. It's called King Uncaged. It's also due out on Tuesday August 24. Link here: http://www.trapmuzik.com/profiles/blogs/and-the-title-of-the-new-album —Preceding unsigned comment added by Albokid2468 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit request

{{editsemiprotected}}

Under 'Business Ventures'

"It caters the crowd with a full entertain centers such as large flat screen TVs, pool rooms, VIP rooms, food, etc. Celebrities such as Monica, Big Boi, Mike Epps, Shawty Lo make appearances to the establishment. The club also host weekly event such as such as Monday night's Open Mic Night, Free Fridays, and Celebrity Saturdays where local hip-hop artists are known to some to come perform their songs at the club."

The grammar is poor and the sentences are incomplete. Source links to review of the club which bears many similarities to above entry.

Gearcake (talk) 08:45, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, re-type the sentence and i'll add it on here. Georgia Peachez (talk) 13:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Gearcake, 'edit semi-protected requests' need to be specific - e.g. "Please change THIS to THAT" - thus I'm cancelling the request, for now. If you can make the request specific, please reinstate the tag (unless someone else, eg. Georgia Bird, does it for you). Cheers,  Chzz  ►  18:16, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Only artist to have...

It should be noted that T.I. is the only artist to have two different singles with the exact same name: Whatever You Like (his own song), and Whatever U Like (featured artist on Nicole Scherzinger's lead solo single). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.50.8 (talk) 18:45, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

That really doesn't matter. :) Georgia Peachez (talk) 23:17, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit Request

{{editsemiprotected}}

His latest arrest should be mentioned and his recent news about him saving a man's life from suicide should also be mentioned. Thanks. 98.80.192.238 (talk) 20:24, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Not sure of what you want to change.--Talktome^(Intelati) 22:04, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

SRSLY?

"According to some Enternet pages T.I. droug possesion cases was dropped cause police violated the personal rights of t.i. and he never inxpect the car." - someone fix this now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.159.66.53 (talk) 23:51, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

You have the technology. You could make that sentence better, faster, stronger. Seriously. Umma Kynes 10:40, 30 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ummakynes (talk • contribs)

Use of the word "beef"

If I'm not mistaken, through much of the Controversy section the word "beef" is used instead of, oh, I don't know, "Controversy". Really wikipedia? Cs302b (talk) 01:54, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

It's what the source says. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606662/20090310/t_i_.jhtml --Terrillja _talk 02:09, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

You could always paraphrase. Umma Kynes 10:38, 30 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ummakynes (talk • contribs)

Edit Request: Grammer

Music and film producing

T.I. also a songwriter. He has credits from Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Bow Wow

to

T.I. is also a songwriter. He has written songs for artists Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Bow Wow.

Prison not jail

My computer wont allow me to do it but the lead should be clarified - he is currently in prison not county jail. This should also have its own sentence, not be combined with the release of his album, this is obviously an attempt to gloss over where he currently is/make him look better. DegenFarang (talk) 23:07, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

No Mercy

In the first paragraph it says that T.I. has released 6 studio albums but only lists 5 failing to mention no mercy please change this. Punkrok97 (talk) 14:11, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

• "T.I. has released six studio albums (I'm Serious,Trap Muzik, Urban Legend, King, T.I. vs. T.I.P. and Paper Trail) with latter four being highly successful on the commercial market."

Yep this needs to be changed. Can someone do this? 195.212.29.92 (talk) 14:38, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

confusion between when T.I met his wife 'tiny'

it states that T.I began an relationship with his wife in 2001 but on tiny page it says she started a relationship with T.I in 2003 so i am confused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikireadernow (talk • contribs) 16:21, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Marilynsmole, 20 March 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} In filmography, TI appears on 1 episode of Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List Season 5...the episode titled 'Kathy At The Apollo (air date 20th July 2009)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1429737/

Marilynsmole (talk) 09:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Internet movie database is not a reliab;e sourced.  Not done STATic message me! 16:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

t.i.p le meilleur des chanteurs dans le monde entier

je sait que vous ne penser pas la meme chose que moi mais je dit que t.i.p est le meilleur des chanteur dans le monde a mes yeux c'est le roi de la musique dans le monde entier je voudrait savoir ce qui vous en penser — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.136.125.14 (talk) 10:07, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

birthdate

Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. born September 25, 1980

should I laughing about that?

November 11 is better.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.9.237.182 (talk) 20:51, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

--77.9.237.182 (talk) 20:54, 27 December 2011 (UTC)