T.I. Denied Bond, Will Remain Behind Bars for Now

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  74 Comments

T.I. was denied bond during his appearance in federal court this afternoon. The rapper was arrested on Saturday afternoon on federal weapons charges. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tip appeared before U.S. Magistrate Alan Baverman with his hands and legs shackled, and answered “Yes, sir,” and “Yes, your honor,” when asked if he understood his charges. He reportedly made eye contact with family members who were present in the standing room only courtroom. Prosecutors have asked the judge to hold Tip without bail until his trial, which could take several months to get under way. Baverman scheduled a hearing for Friday to determine whether there was probable cause for the rapper’s arrest and whether or not he will qualify for bond.

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  • http://misterricky@blackplanet.com BossGame

    Pray for the brother

    • Cinsere

      I don’t know about ya’ll mu’fuckas…but I ain’t prayin’ for SHIT! I’m tired of niggaz doin’ DUMB shit and then us having to support them cuz they’re part of “hip hop.” I’ve reached my limit. These niggaz are stars…millionaires…WTF are you doin’ buying loads of illegal machine guns…and SILENCERS!?! Same thing with P…well, I don’t know if he’s a millionaire like that…but you have 2 gun charges, a heater in your glove box or whatever…and you gonna pull an illegal U-turn?! Now you got your 3rd strike and doin’ 3 years. And you know what…good for you! Cuz mu’fuckas don’t learn they’re goddamn lesson. Fuck that…if you in the street, and you gotta do what you gotta do to survive, and you become entangled in that dark lifestyle just cuz you were trying to put food on the table, and you get knocked cuz of THAT, then that’s another story. THEN I’ll pray for you. THEN I’ll say “keep your head up”…and hopefully you can come out and make a better life for yourself. But THESE niggaz?! Stars?! Millionaires?! Fuck outta here!!! I’ll see you in 30 years, TIP.

      • http://MYSAPCE.COM/TAS_MAHAL TASCHI_THE DON

        I KINDA FEEL U ON THAT 1 CUZZ..TOUGH LUV VIA COMMENT BUT WHEN U GET BLESSED LIKE THAT WHY FUCK IT UP…..

    • renae1630

      I have been a fan of TI since before half of these people knew who he was. When you are a true fan you support them no matter what. I keep up with his story hourly and I hope he comes out on top in this. We all make mistakes, some more than others but I think as long as he stays strong he’ll be alright. He does need to learn than as a convicted felon, things like this can only hurt him. As for his so called “bodyguard”", “Quit the dam snitchn”.. Other than that I really get tired of seeing the comments on different sites about white people and how they look at the rap world because not all of them are alike. Im a 27 year old female and Im about as white as you get. Igrew up listning to country music but ventured in my own direction at a later age. To me hip hop has a bond that no other culture will ever have. It hurts me alot that TI is going through all this and I hope with all my heart he doesnt go back to prison.

  • yaboy

    you reap what you sow.

    • DETROIT

      how do you know what kinda person ti is?…you need to keep your mouth shut bum.

    • Blawn

      I Agree

  • http://vasityholdingsgroup.com Diamond District

    Wow, it’s a dirty game them people playin… All y’all internet geeks and nuts, please understand, no matter how much $$$ you make, if it’s legit or whatever, you’re still subject to the bullshit. People talk all that crap about “he’s stupid” and all that, must not be from the streets for real. He just got caught up by some snitch ass nigga… It’s dirty ass fuck out here…

  • Elove

    Still aint forgave myself

  • http://www.myspace.com/titolopez1 titolopez1

    t.i.p. im riding wit ya!!!!

    • trizz

      yea sure, “riding wit him”. would you like to go to jail for him then?

  • Tdot

    daym that nigga TI done

  • Tdot187

    daym TI done for now

  • LDP

    Hold your head up TIP

  • coray from indianapolis

    dammit man

  • $H@KIM ALL@H

    1st… Damn T.I. is FUCKED!!!!

  • KALI 07

    T.I. GONNA NEED PRAYER FOR REAL TO GET OUTTA THIS SHIT FOR REAL. Cuz if N I wanna capitalize IF, he gets trapped on in all a this we might have to gracefully bow out the KING goodbye cuz we talkin bout some serious jail time wit this shit. Hope dude make it outta this shit though but this gonna be tight though. Real tight lik a virgin pussy too!!!!!! Before i forget FIRST BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!

  • Jr Mints

    firstt

  • Maxwell

    Never ignorant getting goals accomplished. Come on T.I.P., quit being a NIGGER and be a N.I.G.G.A.!! Please, for the love of GOD!!!

  • brebre

    hope he’s gon be aight. I would rather see someone else being that position. like Soulja Boy or some shit. oh wait, he be like new 2pac then. nvm.

  • http://www.myspace.com/sheedbeats Rasheed

    Dammmmmnnnn!!!! This is straight hipocriticsm, T.I. is a good dude, I mean damn, he obviously has alot of haters and jealous enemies. Even though he was a convicted felon, he still has to protect his life, the dude has kids to raise!!!!!! HIP HOP COPS MUST BE STOPPED

  • the champ

    Damn that’s fucked up STOP SNITCHING!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/nessnice nessnice
  • http://xxlmag.com LEON

    MAN TIP NOW WHY U WANNA GON N DO DAT

  • rodney

    Why the fuck TIP buying guns. You a millionare you hire people to carry guns for you. You think jay-z and 50 buying machine guns. Hell Nah they got niggas on the payroll to carry the guns. You got too much to lose bro. No getting of these Fed charges.

    • Domjel

      Exactly. I thought that was covered in “Now I made it 101″! Plus, his crew must be suspect if he’s using hired help, 6 months no-less, to do grimy work. Your connection should have a connection.

  • dark vanilla

    iz it jus me, or does someone smell a rat. so far Game, Ja Rule, Lil Wayne and now T.I. have been arrested for gun charges. Mus be those faggots who wanna ban hip hop.

    • iLL

      Yea Dark, it is a rat..Ive been listening to Cnn news update on my ipod, and they said that he was arrested on a tip from his bodyguard who conspired with the ATF to have him arrested. Basically he was ratted out on by his own bodyguard…hmmm..yall cats better stop dealing with the fake potnah’s in your crew. Role solo, ya undastand me.

  • SUCKS 2 B U

    They gave Prodigy 3.5 years for one .22 he was holding, so what you think T.I. facing sitting on a stash of 25 w/ silencers?

    No matter what these Rap Niggas yealling, SNITCHING IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH!

  • MY ADVISE

    Ayo! Tip, You a skinny Nigga. My advice is find a big tatooed Oz looking dude and suck him off right away, let him know you know what time it is. Let him get in that skinny ass real good on the first night, and I bet you’ll be cool until you can cop your deal. Also, Young Dro may not have told you this, but prison isn’t like that “make-believe land” of the studio you rap about – You gonna have to taste some convict dick to get out of this one my dude!

    Keep ya head up homie! Cause karma is a Bitch!

  • Mr 3 STack

    T.I. will come out clean……..they have to prove that the bodygaurd was going to give him the guns and he has enough money to fight anything this bitttcccchhhheesssss throw at him. So keep yo head up homie!!!!!!!! And fuck these haters!!!!!!!!

  • greg

    a rat?… purchasing weapons is illegal whether or not there was a rat he’s in the wrong…he was on the hip hop vs. america panel right hahaha that sucks

  • voice of reason

    Keep yo head up we all know its a set up! Its time 2 be men & not lil ass boys. Leave that street shit alone…you’ll never be able 2 get ahead! Youll be in my prayers pimpin!

  • lilchuck113

    Hold your head TIP we prayin for you! A yaboy! kill ya self hater!!

  • INTERSCOPE JACKSON

    Nikkas let this be a lesson aint no short cuts in this game, yeah we know TI is a millionaire and had no biz even being involved with this shyt, but best believe he will pay the price for the sake of HIP-HOP you think Vick didnt? Right now any black man worth more than a few hundred thousand best be on the look out, not only for the pigs but other nikkas who wish to see you fail<—-MESSAGE

    • http://www.myspace.com/deandresurrellthegreat deandrethegreat

      ti i think somebody setchu up
      all u gotta do is backtrack

  • http://xxlmagazine tee jay

    i guess eve kings get their ass wooped some times. comon man deal wit it. shit happens.

  • http://50cent.com cheddamelt

    Interscope Jackson, you got the point there homie.

  • Cuban Link

    Damn, this might be the first time a rapper does serious time for weapons.

    FREE TI
    Fuck the man!Fight the Power!

  • G.O.M.D.

    WHY HE WAS SO STRAPP WAS HE GOING TO WAR OR WAS SOMEBODY ON HIS NECK

  • harDCore

    He’ll get off, this was just a very preliminary thing. He got arrested on Saturday and the judge just got the case, he’ll review it and on Friday TI will be out on bail. If the case goes to trial he’ll probably get off light. Atlantic is probably watching over their product, so I bet he’s getting some very expensive attorneys.

  • Vuitton Gotti

    They gone try to do him like they did Shyne.

  • Accurate

    WTF. First Jena, Now this…

  • PaperGirl

    Damn TIP..Just when your legacy was being established.. Niggas Could do shit son..and yah bodyguard sold u out..For now you fucked like a duck!! But i hope yah trial works in yah favor..For now keep yah head king!

  • http://myspace.com/hollaatyafatboy YA MOMS yeah i said YA MOMS bitch!!!

    damn son…U OUTTA THERE TIP….!!!

    the arsenal, wow!!!

    YA MOMS’ll get u thru tha pain….

    http://www.zshare.net/download/4107592e58d740/

  • monie

    t.i. you are in my prayers. I hope they let you out on that bullshit ass charge.

  • JERSEY

    TIP Stay Strong!! Grow From This, And keep ya eye on erbody….The ones closets 2 ya will stab ya…One! I know ya comin out of this, jus keep your mind on your money bruh….

  • http://xxlmag.com Da Don

    Dam man I hope he get bond or a shorter sentence because dis shit is fucked up

  • la voice

    Everybody this is my first time writting and what I have to say is quick TI is a two time jail loser 1 more and it’s third strike and that means it could be from 50 years to life when you go to jail for three serious cases you could be in jail for life it’s called third strike and this is a federal case so like bossgame saids let’s pray for him cuz im a fan and losing him right now how hip hop is in this moment it will be a real tragic loss

  • DC

    Anyone remember the Punked episode when they stop TI from boarding his plane saying that they found a gun or bullets in his bag? I believe he said something like, “I don’t own any firearms, sir.” ahahahhh damn, Aston Kutcher is Nostradamus.

  • la voice

    Everybody this is my first time writting and what I have to say is quick TI is a two time jail loser 1 more and it’s third strike and that means it could be from 50 years to life when you go to jail for three serious cases you could be in jail for life it’s called third strike and this is a federal case so like bossgame saids let’s pray for him cuz im a fan and losing him right now how hip hop is in this moment it will be a real tragic loss

    people seriously pray for ti

  • http://www.beefradio.com Joe Muggz

    Damn… My dude! When I first heard, I instantly got madd… Then when I tried to look for any justifications, finding none, I got even madder! FU*K! Didn’t he have like 7 felonies to begin with? This is a perfect example… money only changes the situation, never the mindstate. As King of the South, it brings alot of “role model” baggage. (Positive and negitive). I mean even the street niggaz look up to him. Guns, chains, hoes, kush, whips, cribs, etc is all a standard now. Its alot of pressure “livin how the song go”…. Vick, OJ, Marion Jones, and now this…. As a black man.. I would like to say Thanks for representing for me….

  • nc down south

    he dat nigga and i got em n my prayers

  • DESHAUN

    yo. tip i just did about 9 in a half years!bro we both know want it feels like when that white man has our life in his hands!keep your head up ! only the strong !

  • THE JUDGE

    YOU ARE FUCKED. stay up Tip

  • Junior

    FREE TI. fuck rats. i sure hope they dont try n do him like they did shyne. keep ya head up homie…

  • Jason Murk

    In the battle of T.I. vs. T.I.P…

    I guess T.I.P. won.

  • kj

    so whos locked up ti or tip

  • c

    Man, you do reap what you sow. This man raps about the very thing that is currently got him at the mercy of the ATF, you know the alphabet boys. Hey, he did this to himself. These guys become so cocky and think they are above the law, and I will admit at times they are above the law. Let’s admit whatever the outcome of this case be, it will now amount to the consequence an average street dude would get.

    Let’s be real this man raps about guns, sex, drugs and other negative images that are literally tearing down the black community but you all keep talking about feeling sorry for this man. I know they say that there bringing attention to what is going on but they know what is going on. Why they still selling these images? These guys have sold there soul to the devil. But, let’s not forget these racist record label owners. Bottom line, this guy knew that he was a convicted felon.

  • http://www.hip-hopkings.com Stu

    Behind bar for now, and a long ass time too.

  • http://DDupoint@dos.state.fl.us Ghost of 2Pac

    Yall niggas want never learn!

  • D.A.

    TIP Stay up homie

  • GEM

    Anybody can be touched, FEDS ala watch you, hell all of us. Watch the closest people to you b/c they could be the ones to get you indicted. Most of the time when NI@@as catch a case their closest homie who sets them up.

    I hate that they made him the forefront of the discussion panel on BET then he gets popped for weapons possession. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to get involved w/politics that are bigger than you. TIP was set up, set up by a black man at that. ONCE an informant is planted, it’s only a matter of time before the crew or the head of the crew goes down.

    BUT, TIP was a felon so the ATF new this one would be easy. If they caught him w/anything else, he’s be out on bond as we speak. So should you feel bad for him, NO! Y b/c he knew the stipulations behind being caught w/a fire arm. But for his kids that he has to provide for, YES!

    Its not HIP HOP vs AMERICA, nooooooo! Its HIP HOP vs. HIP HOP. All the snitches are w/in yo crew.

    WITHOUT INTEGRITY, LOYALTY IS NOTHING
    -GEM

    http://hiphopruckus.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-sanders-its-nothing-bonus-track.html

  • Uzzi

    Yeah nigga. ” LOADED 44 ON THA LOW WHERE THE G’S AT!!” what u know about that now?
    Word nigga pigs tryin 2 catch a nigga ridin dirrty its a fucked up game right.

  • Jstylez

    U NEED TO BE GONE FROM THE GAME ANYWAYS…YOU SORRY..HAHA…LAME ASS

  • http://Yahoo Fineframelady

    I think the whole situation is sad. The fact that he felt the need to buy guns w/silencers and that he didn’t use his money wisely to pay for the necessary security. I really hope he gets off of this but it really doesn’t look good especially since they won’t even let him post bond. It’s situations like these will let him know who’s “really” in his corner.

  • WHITE WIDOW MAKER

    YALL SOME HATIN ASS MOTHERFUCKAS. TI IS ONE ARTIST WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT HIS FANS AND PUTS HIS SHIT OUT FOR US AND WE SUPPORT OUR BROTHER BACK, AINT YALL PLACE TO JUDGE, IM SICK OF ALL THESE SQUARE BITCHES ON HERE TALKIN ABOUT HOW A FEW IGNORANT NUCCAS IS HOLDING THE WHOLE RACE DOWN, TI DOES ALL KINDS OF CHARITY WORK AND GIVES BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME, WTF ARE YOU POLITICALLY CORRECT PUSSIES DOING TO ADVANCE THE BLACK RACE

  • Sahmire Whitehead

    I JUST HOPE AND PRAY T.I. BEAT THIS CASE CAUSE JUST LIKE PLIES SAY, THEM PUSSY ASS CRACKERS ALWAYS TRYING TO THROW THE BOOK AT A BROTHER AND GIVE THEM 10 TO 20 LIFE BEHIND BARS. AND IM JUST PRAYING HE BEAT THIS SHIT SO HE CAN TELL THEM CRACKERS TO SUCK HIS DICK!!!! I’LL SAY IT FOR YOU T.I. FUCK YALL PUSSY ASS CRACKERS, SUCK A DICK!!!!AND TO EVERYONE THAT HAVE SOME NEGATIVE TO SAY, DON’T SPEAK TO SOON U MAY JUST CATCH A CHARGE TOMMORROW MORE SERIOUS THAN T.I. CHARGE, THEN WHAT??? AND NO I’M NOT FEELING THE COMMENT CINSERE LEFT. BUT TO FEATURES IT OWN.ONCE AGAIN T.I. STAY STRONG AND PRAYED UP,AND I HOPE AND PRAY GOD SEE U THROUGH.

  • joey doe

    Money can’t fuckin’ buy brains, heres another perfect example. Theres no excuse for this. Why not be writing lyrics in Sicily in some villa drinking the best wine? NO only gun trafficing and drugs. Thats all there is to life right?

  • http://www.yahoo.com what it do?

    T.I im ridin with u my nigga

  • http://yahoo.com Edward Stubbs

    I think it was kinda stupid that Tip got caught with all thos weapons,but i still support him,and for all the Ti haters,Fuck ya’ll!

  • http://MYSPACE.COM/TAS_MAHAL TASCHI

    MAN…..ITS CRAZY HOW 1 CAN GET BLESSED & FUCK IT UP BY STILL LIVIN THAT LIFE….I GOT MAD LUV FO T.I..WE GOT SIMILAR PERSONAS….BUT DAM…THATS WHAT SECURITY & BODYGUARDS ARE FO….WHY RISK YA SELF….SMARTS ARE ALWAYS BETTA THEN PRIDE..

  • Philly Boi Haze!

    Fuck iz yall talkin bout dat man did wat he did and he doin wat he gotta do to get through that shit but me or nobody else in diz bullshit ass country should have any thing to say about the way that man lived his life and handled his buisness.

  • Dat Philly Boi Haze!

    Fuck yall talkin bout? dat man did wat he did and now doin wat he gotta do to get through this shit, But me or nobody else in this bullshit ass country should’nt have nothing to say about the way he lived his life or the way he handled his buisness ya dig!Cuz if he would,ve got caught usin drugs the ATF would have not been at his crib like dat. Wow He got booked on a weapons charge atleast he aint use da weapons!shit all u mothafuckin lil wayne fans must of forgot lil wayne got bagged on drug charges and he using da damn drug but yall don’t wanna believe da man is a certified dope snorter!