T.I. Gets One Year In Prison

T.I. will have to spend a year and one day in prison after he was sentenced on federal weapons charges today (Friday).

T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) will have between 30 and 60 days to report to prison, according to The Associated Press. The 28-year-old rapper has already completed more than 1,000 hours of community service by mentoring kids and telling them to stay away from guns and drugs, but will have to complete another 470 hours.

"Everything I learned was through trial and error," T.I. told U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell, Jr. during his sentencing. "I've learned lessons in my life to put in my music so people won't make the same mistakes as I."

T.I. was arrested in October 2007 for attempting to buy three machine guns and two silencers from an undercover Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms And Explosives agent who was posing as an arms dealer.

T.I. was charged with felony possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers and the possession of firearms by a convicted felon. He could have faced up to 10 years in prison on those charges and a $250,000 U.S. ($310,000 Canadian) charge for each.

Although T.I. originally pleaded not guilty and was released on a $3-million U.S. bond and placed under house arrest, he later agreed to a deal that saw him change his plea to guilty. He took on 1,500 hours of community service in exchange for less prison time.

Once he's out of prison, T.I. will be on three years of supervised release. He'll be credited for the 350 days of house arrest he's already served, but will have to serve 60 more days, according to The Associated Press.

T.I.'s sixth album, Paper Trail, came out last year.