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10 Things You Don’t Know about TI
- His full name is Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.
- He embarked on his music career with his longtime friends and fellow rappers in Southern hip hop group Pimp Squad Click (P$C).
- T.I. has released eight studio albums (I’m Serious, Trap Muzik, Urban Legend, King, T.I. vs. T.I.P., Paper Trail, No Mercy and Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head)
- He has written two books namely Power & Beauty (2011) and Trouble & Triumph (2012) to moderate success.
- Growing up he was raised by his grandparents
- He started rapping at the age of 8
- Upon signing with Arista Records subsidiary LaFace Records in 2000, he shortened his name to T.I. out of respect for label mate Q-Tip.
- On february 20th 2013 allhiphop.com named TI’s Trap Muzik album as number 5 best southern hip-hop album of all time
- Whatever you like and Live your life ft Rihanna are TI’s most successful single of his career so far.
- T.I. has been in a relationship with former Xscape member Tameka “Tiny” Cottle since 2001
