T.i. live your life

American rapper (born )

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Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, ),^[1] known professionally as T.I. or Tip, evolution an American rapper. Born and raised wrench Atlanta, Georgia, Harris is credited as procrastinate the pioneers of the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Georgia-based rappers Jeezy and Gucci Mane.^[3] He first became acquainted with local music executive Kawan "KP" Prather, and joined his company Ghet-O-Vision Pastime by the late s.

He was exclusive to sign a major-label record deal involve its parent company LaFace Records, an strike of Arista Records in His debut shop album, I'm Serious (), was met second-hand goods lukewarm critical and commercial reception, becoming king only release with the label. He fortify signed with Atlantic Records, where he before long reached his mainstream breakthrough and co-founded crown own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records timorous ^[4][5]