Update: T.I. & Tiny Arrested for Alleged Possession of Ecstasy

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T.I. is back in hot water. The Atlanta rapper and his new bride Tameka “Tiny” Cottle-Harris were both arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance last night (September 1) in West Hollywood, reports the Associated Press.

According to tmz.com, authorities smelled marijuana in the couple’s car during a traffic stop, and after searching the vehicle and allegedly finding what is believed to be a small amount of ecstasy, the pair were cuffed and taken into custody. Bail was set at $10,000, and they were released around 4 a.m. The pills are currently being tested.

The affects of this arrest, concerning Tip, are unclear as of yet. The Grand Hustle leader is currently serving three years probation, after returning home from federal prison in December 2009 for gun possession.

Calls to T.I.’s lawyer were not returned as of press time.

Earlier this week his new movie, Takers, earned the top spot on the box office charts.

Stay tuned to XXLMag.com as more on the story unfolds. —XXL Staff

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  • Q461

    What a fool….That niggas going back to jail for parole violation I’m callin it……Damn shame too he was about to put out another album and got a movie in theaters too….

    • Young GS

      I read a lot of comments here of people being ok with that fact that T.I is on parole yet doing the wrong thing. Stop co-signing dumb shit!! T

  • jburg

    50 said it BEST: “Sometimes I look at artists when they get in trouble after success and it makes me feel like they didn’t experience enough of that prior to the success. If you did, you would know better”

    • Anonymous

      SHUT THA FUCK UP THT THE KING BITCH
      !

    • antb26

      he just got caught smoking herb u dumb fuck… wtf is wrong wit dat? let u bloggers tell hes gonna snicth on da weedman! get a fucking life an get off 50 snicth dick!

      • El Tico Loco

        Ain’t nothing wrong with a little weed, still his P.O. might think differently.

      • jburg

        @antb26
        What’s wrong with it? The nigga is on probation for a fucking gun charge. Key word: Probation!! Which mean you free but we got you on a fucking leash so don’t fuck up. Last time I checked, smoking weed was illegal. That means the leash just got shorter. Maybe your dumb ass can’t comprehend that. But like the nigga below me, you are probably as dumb as he is. You muthfucka can’t have real jobs with all this “he was just smoking weed” talk. You fucks probably work a Target or some shit.

        • antb26

          i own my own club homie… im my on boss and plus hes on probation in ga which is my home and where everything gets swept under da rug it just takes a lil money! i guarantee dis shit will be dead in a few months an then u fuck bois gonna find sum other shit to hate about! put ur on dick in ur mouth in da words of pimp c!

      • lowkey

        Whats wrong with that is he is on probabtion and is not even allowed to drink let alone smoke weed. He is a damn fool to even be around the stuff after what he just went through.

  • http://www.5alarmint.com Jamal

    Tip mad a mistake again, quit the complaining and hope this isn’t for good this time.

  • Chrissy Corey

    Niggas Stay Fucking Up…Well If He Goes To Jail Atleast Tiny Got Her Ring ..Oh Yeah I Got Free TIP Shirts Comin Soon LOL 8 BUCKS

  • Chrissy Corey

    Aye Ya’ll Ever Notice Everytime He Get Caught Doing Some Illegal Shit He ALWAYS Be Wit Tiny..Maybe She Snitching Fam …LOL

    • Toni caldwell

      PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES BUT THEY LEARN FROM THEM BUT ti and tiny wont learn nothhing I unless something real bad happens to them

  • Mpho

    jburg is a Curtis stan to the core, the boy knows Curtis’ bath time.. gpy

    Tip is gonna be in some heat for this, but it’s nothing money can’t push to the side. the man’ll be good, it’ll just cost him a couple thousands which is really pocket change for him.

  • jay

    Are yall stupid nobody gets away wit parole violation he outta here u are never above the law

  • http://j-mace.deviantart.com Shawty J

    Damn, I hope he doesn’t have to back to jail over this shit. It wouldn’t even been worth it.

  • MAKE ME FAMOUS

    I just dont get it you have all that money what is any type of dope doing around you i mean you could have a car rideing next to you with the gunz in dope are a tight ass hideing place something these guys say they so hood so hard but dont even know how to role im gonna start a hood blog on how to roll…MAKE ME FAMOUS

  • DJ Postman

    So much for him being such a changed man and learning from all of his experiences.

  • caino

    What a douche!!!

    is he ever gonna learn??

  • dex

    A couple of things….You’re in a Maybach…you should have a driver….You should have a weed carrier…You are an asshole if you get popped for weed in LA where 80% of the population smokes weed legally….never let your BM/Wife get locked up on some Bullshit….What kind of King of anything is this reckless….this nigga Clifford is a feather weight…sucka ass nigga

    • anutha_level

      word-tha-fuck up homie…that’s real talk. and he need to drop that dead-beat rat he wit too.

  • The Decatur Dictator

    Back to jail for the dummy. he should know he can’t smoke in L.A. without sharing with the LAPD! Big Ole’ Stupid!

  • DUDE

    THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH SMOKING A LIL WEED…….LIKE PETER TOSH SAID……..LEGALIZE IT!!!!!

  • ff1one@yahoo.com

    Tiny gonna take the charge. TI got paper to beat this. Who ever qoutes 50 should be shot 12 times in the face.

    • jburg

      You wouldn’t do it so don’t talk tough. You internet thugs kill me. Whatever 50 said was right. You bitch niggas taking up for TI is as dumb as he is. He is on probation for a gun charge. Why take the chance with a dime sack? Why am I even asking you? You’re an idiot too.

  • El Tico Loco

    I think Tip and Gucci have gotten locked up at the time of every album release.

  • ItsBrittanyB*tch!!!!!

    It wasn’ just weed, weed is what made the cops search the car, they were caught with methamphetamines and ecstasy too, don’t worry Tiny will take the charg and he will try to claim ignorance(SMDH) so sad, the court will give her rehab option if that’s the case (they are in LA). People were so quick to jump on that parent’s case because he went in on the school board for letting TIP talk to the students without the parents permission. LOL SMMFH!

  • Sha

    This is a big big problem for T.I.
    And it all boils down to two words.

    Systemic Ignorance.

    “You can take the kid out of the ghetto, but you can’t take the ghetto out of the kid.”

    Sounds like a hell of an overly used cliche. But this one is dead on. TI has an abundance of intelligence. I have often been impressed with his public speaking and his debating skills. But even the smartest person can be a HELPLESS IDIOT to certain things.

    EXHIBIT A:

    On the song MAYBACH MUSIC III, T.I. bragged,

    “Tell the ATF I got another 380.”

    Now Tip will say that he wasn’t baiting the government. He will say it was just a song. I tend to believe him on this. But I’m a hip-hop head. To the Feds, what do you think this sounds like? Straight Braggadocio. And the government’s listening capabilities are above and beyond anything you can imagine. From snitches, to internet, to cells and land lines…. YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN’T FUCK WITH THE GOVERNMENT. What is the government thinking?

    “We gave this dummy a significant break and now he spits in our faces?”

    Conclusion: Systemic Ignorance (mistake #1)

    Exhibit B: “Hood Chick” Tiny.

    While it is admirable to keep the one you came up with, I knew this spelled disaster for T.I.
    First, TI came into the Game with legal charges. And she was with him. His friends got shot and killed. She was with him. He got locked up for keeping an arsenal in his crib. She was with him.

    In the “hood”, most people will tell you to keep this chick. She rides for her man. Commendable. On the surface.

    But there comes a time in every man’s life when he must separate himself from childish things. You faced 10 or more years in Prison. Think. What was the only “Continuous Denominator” in all of T.I.’s problems with the law? Tiny.
    Now I’m not blaming Tiny. TI is a man and it’s his ultimate decision. But there’s a reason Kanye, Jay-Z, Dwayne Wade, and many others “upgraded” when they made their fame. IT’S ALL ABOUT GROWTH. FINANCIALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.

    And who was with TI when the cops caught them getting blazed with marijuana? Tiny. The continuous denominator.

    Conclusion: Systemic Ignorance (mistake #2)

    Exhibit C (Big ups to Jay Electronica):

    T.I. MARRIED TINY!!!!

    Now Tiny isn’t a beauty queen. By far. So a lot of people wondered what the attraction was.
    But in the “hood” Tiny would be considered a “dime” because she has demonstrated that she would ride for her man.
    Tiny isn’t the typical woman. And that is the issue. What if this was her plan all along. After all, she got caught with weed just like he did. AND, she recently married him. AND, if he goes to jail, who will run the finances? She is sure to get small time, but T.I.? He’s gone! What if this was her hustle move all along?

    Conclusion: Systemic Ignorance

    In conclusion, if T.I. escapes this, he needs to get a chess board and learn how to think ahead of the game. Life is more complex than most know. And there comes a time when boys die and men live. Tip needs to learn this lesson. Post Haste!!!

    • WORD!!

      Spoken like a true psychology/law major
      i enjoyed reading your hypothesis

      and i agree with you

      i was SAD when tip went away for gun charges

      but gettin caught smokin weed? i’m piss-appointed

      METH? really MAN??!! c’mon
      no excuse for that.

      We know he ain’t using it
      We all HOPE he wasn’t selling it (smh)

      and when you’re a multi-platinum artist. you shouldn’t have anyone around you who’s doin that hill-billy shit.

      tisk tisk

    • The Decatur Dictator

      Amen brother, at some point in your life, you need to grow up and make rational decisions and you also need to surround your self with positive people. Keeping a hood chick that is not growing will bring you and your whole world down. So, let’s see if he gets outta this one, escaping a 10 year bid for having weapons of mass destruction-plausible, violating a felony probation order while escaping a 10 year bid for having weapons of mass destruction…stupid!

      • El Tico Loco

        But Tiny had the spotlight first and have not done much as long as we’ve seen them together, so who really bringing who down? This are symptoms of a toxic/co dependent (now co defendant) relationship.

    • Clever

      Seems to me he needs a beginners lesson in Chess, seems to me he’s playing Checkers. Well Spoken Sha.

    • SOMETHIN NEW

      Man,you hit the nail on the head perfectly.I swear to God that XXL needs to put you on.I was getting to the point of not even coming back to this site because of the straight ignorence of some of the commenters who post comments on here,but it’s good to see it’s changing a little bit.

      XXL,PLEASE TAKE NOTES!!!!!!!!
      With you and Bol blogging daily on here.That would be like matches and gasoline,fire.
      Take care man and have a blessed day.

    • cmoney91

      sha,great explanation

    • http://www.bboycult.com $yk

      Damn Sha you had to dart up Tiny? wow

      Anyway, it all depends on the P.O. He/she may be butter-soft and/or starstruck.

    • matty21

      fine… when he comes back stronger and ok, and everythings aight: stay off his dick and keep hating, dont changed your thoughts and feelings…ya’ll probably said the same bullshit when the gun-charges happened, den u hopped back on his dick…stay hatin and stay in ur lane and keep doubting him, when he comes back ok and better than ever(AGAIN); stay doubting! dont jump back on his dick like ya’ll do…tip is who he is! he’s a heavy INDIVIDUAL and a BOSS, it got him where he’s at today in his life… he aint gonna change for NO ONE except HIMSELF and HIS FAMILY, its been like that from day 1, and he been tellin ya’ll that from day 1, it aint gonna change, he been keeping it real with us! only changes that are gonna happen are gonna be for the better, and he’s already came a long way! and he still may have learning to do, like we ALL do fools(like we’re perfect or something?)… every1 is making such a big deal about this shit, and we dont know ANY details really yet, nor do we have any idea whats going to happen, and every1 gets to hating, judging, and speculating(as ya’ll like 2 do)…and i’ve said it in every comment about this post subject: “this too shall pass” erything gon’ be aight, spite what ya’ll or “me” say… “THIS TOO SHALL PASS!” QUOTE IT ;evrything is gonna be ok and he gon keep doing his thing, bigger n better, n we gon’ keep lovin it! str8 up, dats just da facts, no matter how u put it, aint no way around it, and AINT NO STOPPING IT…. QUOTE IT ALL

      • Young GS

        Point blank Matty 21, you are a fool if you can’t see what’s wrong with this picture!! Sha’s synopsis was quite intersting and on all levels very true. I am indeed a fan of T.I for his music and obvious business acumen however, I will not make any excuses for a grown man doing something that he knows was wrong. It’s not about hatin’ or being jealous, or anything other ignorant nonsense you can spew out of your young mouth. It’s about being a fully grown and making appropriate choices. Excuse the term but it’s the “nigga” mentality that allows the same sad song to played over and over and over making it ok to do dumb shit. He is at a time in his life where he should be counting his blessings and being more in tune with the do’s and don’ts of life. He should know better – and you should take time to really think before you speak. After all that has happened to T.I this is the last place he should be. Real fans should be pointing him in the right direction instead of pacifying the ignorance. Hey-maybe its you guys that are the “real haters” because you’re saying that it’s ok for him to continuously get into trouble.

  • Bawse

    a day after that song pledge is released a while after he worked with rick ross he gets caught i swear this nigga rick ross is locking niggas up on the low

    • Gotta Wonder

      Now that’s funny on so many levels! LMAO!

    • matty21

      and your probably right: Officer Ricky probably is the damn punk “hip-hop police” or he working with them/for them…officer ricky in the hip hop police is a little far-fetched, but i wouldnt doubt it, but i was mad tip even did a song with him in da 1st place, and i was wondering why tip made that decision, dats one thing i didnt like at all..there was a time when punk ass Officer ross was hating on t.i. ; he must of apoligized and they squared up or something man 2 man, i dunno…but i hate tip did a song wit him, and ricky probably is da damn police, sneaking in da game undercover?

  • da don

    I would have hoped Tip would have been smarter than this most certainly will be deemed as a violation of his parole. When will our people learn, no matter how much money fame or acclaim we may have all it takes is one stupid moment for it to be snatched away. Although the federal govt hasn’t gotten involved as yet, it is only a matter of time before he will be back in the box. Now if he isn’t put back into to custody then something is afoot. Can anyone say C.I.(confidential informant)?

  • D.A.R.E.

    LOL TI was tootin meth and poppin thizz pills with wifey

    No wonder he’s so skinny and she cant speak, they twacked out

    • Gotta Wonder

      HAHAHA! that’s funny too!

  • El Tico Loco

    Now Tiny isn’t a beauty queen. By far.
    ^^
    True

    But in the hood Tiny would be considered a dime
    ^^
    False

    Tip and Tiny = Kermit and Ms Piggy they’re never seen together at the same time. Think about that for a minute. Tip might actually be green.

    I really want to see how this turns out compared to Paris Hilton’s situation since they’re almost similar, so we gonna get to see black and white justice at work.

  • Capo

    ” Prison didn’t change me, It made me worse!” thats what that fool said on the “yeah you know” track. And to think just yesterday he dropped that banger with ross and shit was lookin good for the album. Still gonna be a dope album but they gone put this gookin ass nigga under the jail for that dumb shit! Bet he was smoking some bomb shit though!

  • willndeed

    @el tico:
    WHAT ???? TIP MIGHT ACTUALLY BE GREEN. WHAT ???

    • El Tico Loco

      I was pointing out that Tip and Tiny could actually be Miss Piggy and Kermit. Is randomness don’t overthink it.

  • koffybrown

    I can’t believe it.When will people learn,when giving another chance to make things right is a blessing.To go backwards is plain dumb.I wish them luck.:)

  • rod

    wait so did he get caught with weed or ectasy ???

  • Jstylez

    No need to hate on stupid niggas because stupid niggas will always defeat themselves…better to just watch and let them destruct all on there own…cuz it always happens thay way

  • Mestizo

    whats wrong with you, TI? i thought you learned your lesson. ppl get locked up if they get caught with weapons for years. he was in jail for…uhm…1 year? damn. whats wrong with you? i am white and from germany by the way

  • anutha_level

    smokin weed while drivin in a maybach…driving reckless…WIT extra drugs on your person.

    C’MON SON!!!!!!!

  • Nasty Nate

    He’s gonna end up like all of yall, in prison

  • jason

    What an idiot. A multi-time convicted felon gets caught with in a firarms deal and miraculously only gets a year in jail. He cuaght cool in that case got lucky now he’s riding around in car smelling like weed and having ex pills and on probation. I love TI music but the dude is an idiot very well spoken but a damn fool none the less

  • put her to the test

    she should take the charge… no debate. ride or die bitch!

  • Dwight

    Does this mean we have to listen to TI talk more bullshit to kids about ‘taking responsibility’ and ‘changing your life’?

    And he’s going to make another shitty self-reflection album?

    Fuck all that shit…

  • http://xxl Calhoun

    WOW.Mane a person can be a king, and have a lot of money, however, that doesn’t make that person any smarter.This is a stupid ass nigga!!!

  • SHAME SHAME SAHME !!!!

    ***THIS IS SOOOO HORRIBLE !!! HOW THE HECK !!! U GONE BE LIKE *I LEARNED MY LESSON* N U BUSTED FOR THIS MESS !!! I GUESS WE GON HERE ANOTHER **DEAD AND GON SONG** FROM HIM !!!! IM SHAMED FOR HIM AND I REALLY LIKE T.I. BUT THIS IS UNEXCEPTABLE ! AND THEN YA LADY BUSTED WITCHU ! WATCHALL TRYNNA BE ! >BONNIE N CLIDE !

  • Most of yall sound stupid and

    the rest are smart. God Bless my G. Fuck ya haters

  • Dub

    Damn near pushin 30 and ridin round smokin weed… Some shit a nigga did in high school. Go to one of yo big ass cribs or yo penthouse or the fuckin Motel 6 and smoke bruh… Damn, for a nigga who lived this extravagant life of crime, you sho’ll get caught a lot. This nigga had the whole setup to win, top movie, bangers lined up for the album, his artist BoB gettin shine, and this nigga gon sit down again. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tiny tried to take the L for the nigga, claim the pills and weed and sit down for a few months, if at all.

  • matty21

    it’s Tameka dats smokin lol… either way, u gon do wat u do…. damn tho man, just hope its aight… its gon’ be aite!

  • matty21

    na it aint even “LOL” its real, and its not my business…but i hope tameka take da fall for this 1, da king CANNOT afford this… i’ma stay optimistic dats 4sure, once again, dis’ll just make him better, he’s dat type of dude…king uncaged gon’ be EVEN BETTER now, if that was even possible

  • Young GS

    The fact of the matter is tat after all that T.I has been through, you would expect him to know better. Nobody’s perfect but let’s be adult about this. By now T.I certainly knows the difference between right and wrong. There are too many ignorant comments here that are co-signing stupdity. He got a big break and should be trying to stay clear of any circumstance that could possibly send him to jail for a substantial stay. I honestly wish T.I the best, but he has to make wiser choices. There are too many people that depend on him and he simply needs to excercise a higher level of responsibility.

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