In a press release by Vibe magazine we get some insight on what T.I. talks about in the new April Issue of Vibe Magazine.

In an extensive report titled “Cell Therapy,” VIBE Senior Editor Benjamin Meadows-Ingram chronicles the superstar’s history-making legal battle and gut-wrenching journey since his 2007 arrest for attempting to collect three unregistered machine guns and two silencers following his BET Hip Hop Awards performance rehearsal.

After the announcement on March 27, 2008 of what many felt was a shockingly light slap on the wrist for the serious charges, many responded by screaming, “Snitch!” However, authorities agreed to a groundbreaking plea deal negotiated by heavyweight Criminal Defense Attorney, Steve Sadow, who cited the star’s ability to influence others by serving 1500 hours of community service.

US Attorney David Nahmias says, “What [the defense] proposed, and what I ultimately thought was reasonable, is that Mr. Harris has the ability to reach thousands, probably tens of thousands of people, particularly at-risk young people. And that out of the tens of thousands of people he could reach, he has the real possibility of getting at least a few of them not to commit the kinds of crimes we would prosecute.”

T.I. bites back at rumors about how he scored this largely unprecedented deal by saying, “Ain’t no such thing as a secret snitch…Pull up my agreement. It’s public record.”

All I know is I can’t wait to read this article and I am working on an interview with Vibe’s EIC Danyel Smith to talk about the interview even more.   

On wednesday Feb 25th T.I.’s child support payment of $3,000 a month was increased to $5000 for his two sons.

The judge also ruled that joint custody of the boys would continue but their mom, LaShon Dixon, will have primary physical custody. T.I. was also granted visitation every other weekend.

Last September, a judge ruled that the rapper’s child support payments to Dixon should be raised from $2,000 a month to $3,000 a month for the former high school sweethearts’ two sons, Messiahand Domani Harris, aged 7 and 9.

In addition to the child support, T.I. also pays for the boys’ private-school tuition, uninsured medical bills, and expenses related to extracurricular activities.

In January, T.I. was ordered to pay $8,000 for Dixon’s legal fees.

I aint mad cause I know T.I. is all bout his kids so this aint a thang…

Last weekend in the ongoing beef between 50 cent and Rick Ross.  50 cent brought up the Chris Brown Rihanna incident in his cartoon from his Officer Ricky Series titled Welcome to Death Row.  But in an interview with MTV.com 50 has decided to steer clear from the whole incident after seeing the photos of Rihanna hit the incident.

“I thought that was something you could use for humor, like any other comedian would utilize current events to put into their actual presentation, being humorous a little bit. I put reference to the incident in a ‘Pimpin’ Curly’ skit a little bit. From the perspective of the character, I mentioned it.”

“After I saw the photograph, that wasn’t funny anymore. I didn’t have any information on it. You’re just going on what the public actually had. It shifts the whole thing. Even if you’re saying you’re in a dysfunctional relationship, I understand that. There’s a point when you’re already past a woman fighting you back. You look at the picture, and it’s obviously past that point. There’s some issues there that definitely gotta be addressed. Not to take any shots at Chris or Rihanna or take sides in any way, but it’s really not cool. It’s not funny anymore, so there will definitely be no more reference to that from me in any way.”

Like everyone else when those photos got loose the whole Chris Brown Rihanna relationship got extremely real.  And it would be smart for any celebrity to stay as far away from this thing as possible until it is all resolved.

Here is the 50 cent cartoon…

T.I. Schools High School Students

T.I. continued his court-ordered community service requirements today. TIP appeared in a Georgia Supreme Court today to talk with a group of high school students about their future and more importantly staying out of trouble. The Altanta rapper advised the students, half of which were already serving sentences as juveniles, to stay in school.

This appearance is part of TIP’s 1000 hours of community service he was sentenced to last year as part of his plea deal for the felony gun charges he faced. Next month, once his community service is finished, T.I. will serve one year in prison. As we previously reported, T.I. has been documenting his efforts in a MTV series called “T.I.’s Road To Redemption,” which airs every Tuesday.

Kanye West Joins Rick Ross For Maybach Music Part 2

Kanye West will now join the 50 Cent and Rick Ross beef, kind of. Yeezy will be appearing on Rick Ross’s upcoming song “Maybach Music Part 2,” the follow up to his infamous song that started the beef with 50. Yesterday Kanye appeared on 106&&Park with KiD CuDi and gave everyone a preview of the song by rapping his verse. 

In related news, Kanye West will return to Saturday Night Live tomorrow. Just two months after his first apperance, Kanye will make his 2nd stop where he will perform “Love Lockdown” and “Heartless,” off his album, 808 & Heartbreak. Huge Laurie will serve as host of this week’s show, which airs TONIGHT at 11:30 PM on NBC.

Rick Ross Says He Will Shatter Everyone

Rick Ross says that his new release will “shatter” the competition. “I’mma say this, on Deeper Than Rap, there is a ‘Maybach Music, Pt. 2,’ and it is special,” Ross said in an interview. “I gotta shout out Weezy…Mary J. Blige, she’s the voice of that R&B hip-hop sound…It was just a pleasure for her to get in the studio and lace me with a classic” 

Ricky’s new album “Deeper Then Rap” will feature guest spots from Lil Wayne, Mary J Blige, Avery Storm and more on songs like ‘Magnificent’, ‘Mafia Music’, ‘On Top of the World’, ‘Cigar Music’, ‘Usual Suspects’, ‘Maybach Music, Pt. 2′ and more.”

As previously reported, Ross recently fired back at 50 Cent by releasing another diss song.  Ross even shot a video for his previous diss in which he goes to 50’s home town (New York) to ask “where’s he at”.

Pimpin Curly Is Back – New 50 Cent Video

50 Cent continued his Pimp parody show by releasing the third episode of “Pimpin Curly” . The new episode shows ‘Pimpin Curly’ introducing everyone to his brother, “Earl” who 50 also plays. “Earl” says “Violence isn’t the answer to everything. You better stop it, I’m not scared of you.”  Pimpin then proceeds to interact with the many women he has his pimp hand on . 

In related news, 50’s “Pimpin” series caught the attention of Kenneth “Pimpin’ Ken” Ivy who says the G-Unit leader was mocking him “Motherf*ckers talkin’ that motherf*ckin’ sh*t behind my back, hold on, let me take another motherf*ckin’ hit…Motherf*ckin’ Pimpin’ Ken, you said, crown me don’t down me. I wanna be just like you when I grow up…You straight motherf*ckin’ paid. As a matter of fact, G-Unot! Get the f*ck outta my face.”

In 50 Cent news, the CD-Quality version of “Do What It Do”  has hit the internet. The new song, rumored to be on “Before I Self Destruct” features R Kelly.

Rihanna Turns 21 & Issues Statement

Rihanna has finally ventured out into the public eye. Yesterday the pop singer was spotted on her way to the airport wearing dark sunglasses and keeping her head down. Today is Rihanna’s 21st birthday.

In related news, Rihanna’s representatives released the following statement… “At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown. She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time.“

Notorious screenwriter Cheo Hodari Coker has signed on to adapt Bill Adler’s Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC — The Authorized Biography for the big screen. Reuters reports that the film will chronicle the rise of hip-hop’s first superstars: Joseph “Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, who was shot to death in his Queens studio in 2002. His murder is still unsolved.

Young Jeezy Responds to O’Reilly

Atlanta-based rapper Young Jeezy is the latest rapper to come under fire by Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. While Young Jeezy denied earlier reports that he would be willing to go on the O’Reilly Factor to defend himself, he isn’t pulling any punches on his new verse on the remix to his hit, “My President.” In addition to dissing O’Reilly, Jeezy goes afterDennis Miller and Bernard Madoff.

TI and Amare Stoudemire Working Together

Rapper T.I. and the Phoenix Suns’ Amare Stoudemire have entered into a joint venture that will allow them to come together to manage athletes and recording artists. Unlike other NBA stars such as Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, and Allen Iverson, Stoudemire has decided against pursuing a career as a rapper or musician. Instead he’s decided to manage talent. He told Vibe, “What we are doing is collaborating as far as managing players…That’s something I have a special interest in; with me being an athlete I know what it takes and how important it is to have a great management team.”

J Hud Taped New Video

Grammy-nominated singer Jennifer Hudson quietly completed shooting on a video for her new single “If This Isn’t Love” in Los Angeles this week. The clip will premiere during the week of February 9th. The shoot marks a return to work for the former American Idol finalist and Oscar winner after mourning the slaying deaths of her mother, brother, and young nephew last October.

Nick Cannon Directing New Video For The-Dream

Nick Cannon is reportedly directing a video for a tune by songwriter and singer The-Dream, called “My Love.” Both the song and video feature Cannon’s wife, Mariah Carey. Sources say Cannon was in Hollywood on Wednesday (January 28th) casting extras for the clip. Actual shooting will take place next week.

T.I. and Jay-Z’s hit collaboration with Kanye West and Lil Wayne, “Swagga Like Us,” has been heating up the airwaves for months, but the record didn’t blow up as much as expected because there was no video and the four artists never performed it together. The latter is about to change as MTV.com reports that the rappers will perform “Swagga Like Us” at next month’s Grammy Awards.

Rick Ross takes Shot at 50 cent

Miami-based rapper Rick Ross warned that he’d be firing a lyrical shot at his enemies in the coming weeks and he’s come out blazing on his new song, “Mafia Music.” MTV.com reports that in the song Ross disses 50 Cent and accuses him of setting the suspicious fire at his ex-girlfriend’s mansion last May.

I love to pay ya bills, can’t wait to pay ya rent/ Curtis Jackson baby mama, I ain’t looking for a cent/ Burn the house down …You gotta buy another/ Don’t forget the gas can, jealous, stupid mutha****er.”

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TI has paid back that money he owed his ex girlfriend:

Grammy Award winner T.I. was back in an Atlanta courtroom on Tuesday, January 6th, because he failed to pay his ex-girlfriend’s legal fees after a judge ruled in her favor in their child support case. The Associated Press reports that T.I. cut the $8,000 check for legal fees during the four-hour hearing and explained to the judge that it was simply an oversight. The rapper explained that the order to pay the legal fees was misplaced when he switched assistants.

Honestly what other thing do you know that can make you sick, kill you, and can cost you half you livelihood yet men everywhere run to it like new money.  ILL NA NA