Getting into an argument with T.I. over the last several months turns out to have been a really bad idea. While we were all dancing to his music, it looks like T.I. was getting ready for a war none of us knew about. Details emerged regarding the ATF'''s arrest of the southern rap superstar prior to the BET awards indicating that the T.I., a convicted felon who is legally forbidden from owning any firearms, was arrested after enlisting his bodyguard to purchase three unregistered machine guns and two silencers on October 10th. As part of an FBI sting operation, an undercover agent posing as a gun dealer arrested the bodyguard, who proceeded to give T.I. up, indicating that the weapons were for his employer and that they were part of a larger, 25 weapon stash. On October 13th, federal agents moved in on T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, arresting him in a car that, just to pile it on a little more, had three guns inside.
Despite the amount of evidence against him, T.I. and friends remain confident, with Grand Hustle records prodigy Young Dro telling reporters, ''"We'''re going to be all right. It'''s just a mistake. Everybody'''s entitled to some. We'''ll be OK.''" With all due respect, 25 weapons, including silenced automatics isn'''t a mistake; it'''s a sovereign army.