Here raps T.I !
by Nadira Gunatilleke
“Hey Jill...............you know
the old sugga daddy.....I said you can have whatever you like (you
like).....I said you can have whatever you like (you like).......”
This is the song ‘Whatever you like’ by T.I.
 T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) was born September 25, 1980. He is
better known by his stage name T.I. or T.I.P. He is an American
recording artist, producer and actor and he is also the founder and
co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Grand Hustle Records.
T.I.’ s third album Urban Legend released in November 2004 achieving
significant success. It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200,
selling 193,000 copies in its first week. The album’s official lead
single, ‘Bring Em Out’, was released in January 2005 and became his
first top ten hit, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100,
while the second single ‘U don’t know me’ peaked at number twenty-three
on the Billboard Hot 100. His third single ‘A.S.A.P’ reached number 75
on the U.S. charts, number 18 on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop charts and number
14 on the Rap chart.
T.I.’s fourth album, King, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200
chart in the first half of 2006, selling 522,000 copies in its first
week. T.I. released his fifth album, T.I. vs. T.I.P., on July 3, 2007.
He won three Grammy Awards and nominated for the same award for 15
times. The total number of awards he won is 42 including 136
nominations. It is his sweet slow voice that caught music lovers.
In addition to helping with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, T.I.
worked with troubled youth at Paulding Detention Center in Atlanta,
provided scholarships for single parent families at Boys and Girls
Clubs, and headlined the Boost Mobile Rockcorps concert at New York’s
Radio City Music Hall, which featured such performers as Fat Joe, Slim
Thug, and Kanye West, and was held exclusively for community service
volunteers. As part of his community service time, T.I. has come to a
number of middle-grade and high schools in Georgia, where he speaks with
the students in an assembly holding a positive message, while
maintaining a philathropic view about morals and growing up in the same
areas as himself. There are a lot of Sri Lankan guys and girls who like
to listen and watch how he raps ‘Live your life’ with Rihanna !
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