The rapper TI, who was sentenced to 366 days' imprisonment in March, said Tuesday at a federal prison complex Forrest City, Arkansas, according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV. TI, left, carried out at a crowd Sunday, just days before he was to begin a jail sentence. The rapper - whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr. - was to be at the prison before noon local time to begin serving his sentence on federal weapons.
According to media reports, the Forrest City officers and prison officials set up a roadblock along the Arkansas Highway 1 about one tenth of a mile of the complex. Journalists are not allowed to bring the prison. TI threw himself going-away party Sunday night at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, to a packed auditorium. During Sunday's concert - called "TI's Final Goodbye Bash" - the 28-year-old Grammy winner has reiterated a message that has become familiar in recent weeks: He wants others to learn from its mistakes. "I do my best to get out there, man, and put something positive on these young children, man," TI said during the broadcast. "I try my best. Y'all I need help, though. " The rapper played to sell out a crowd of 16,000 people, "said Kenan Woods, a spokesman for the arena. TI played a big part of his catalog, including hits "Whatever You Like", "Live Your Life" and the Grammy-winning "Swagger Like Us," said Woods.
At certain moments in the show, Harris was joined on stage by other rapper Soulja Boy, and his five children and his mother, "said Woods. TI was convicted in March on weapons charges related to the purchase of machine guns and silencers. In addition to serving prison time, TI has been on house arrest, received community service and was fined $ 100,300.
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