Crime | crime Rapper TI Sentenced to 10 Months on Gun Charges Will pay $100K fine, do community service By Katherine Thompson Posted Mar 27, 2009 11:36 AM CDT Copied In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, rapper T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, of Atlanta, listens to a question as he testifies in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl, file) Rapper TI has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for attempting to buy machine guns from an undercover officer, but his embracing of community service means he'll likely serve less than 10 months. TI, aka Clifford Harris Jr., has been speaking to area youths about the dangers of drugs and violence, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Kelly Clarkson's ex died a day after she disclosed he was ill. Trump is demanding a 'new' census. "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. Report an error