Crime | crime Rapper TI Sentenced to 10 Months on Gun Charges Will pay $100K fine, do community service By Katherine Thompson Posted Mar 27, 2009 11:36 AM CDT Copied In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, rapper T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, of Atlanta, listens to a question as he testifies in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl, file) Rapper TI has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for attempting to buy machine guns from an undercover officer, but his embracing of community service means he'll likely serve less than 10 months. TI, aka Clifford Harris Jr., has been speaking to area youths about the dangers of drugs and violence, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Read These Next RFK Jr. suggests antidepressants to blame after shooting. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Trump just used a spending maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. Report an error