T.I.

Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, 1980), better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rapper from Atlanta.
T.I. began his career in 1999, signing a record deal with LaFace. In 2001 he formed rap group P$C with three friends. After leaving LaFace, T.I. joined Atlantic, starting his own imprint Grand Hustle Records. T.I. has been credited with helping to popularise trap music along with fellow Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. 
Over his career T.I. has released nine studio albums, seven of them reaching the top five of the Billboard 200. His first album I'm Serious in 2001, though it was his second album Trap Muzik that brought him widespread recognition, debuting at number 4 on the Billboard 200. His fourth and fifth albums, King and T.I. vs. T.I.P. both debuted at number 1 on the charts. His 2008 and album Paper Trail was his most successful at the time and his third to top the charts. He has since released No Mercy (2010), Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head (2012) and Paperwork (2014). T.I. has won three Grammy Awards.
== Career ==
=== 1980-2000: Early Life and Career ===
Born in Atlanta, T.I. began rapping at age eight. In 1996 he befriended another local rapper, selling mixtapes out of their car. In 1999 he was signed to Arista Records subsidiary LaFace. Until then he had been known as Tip, however he changed his stage name to T.I. out of respect for labelmate Q-Tip.
=== 2001-02: I'm Serious and Atlantic deal ===
In 2001 he released his debut album I'm Serious. The album only charted at 98 and received negative reviews. At this time T.I. was also involved with a rap group P$C. The album's poor performance caused him to be dropped by Arista Records. In 2003 he founded his own label Grand Hustle Records and released several mixtapes. In 2003 he was also signed to Atlantic Records.
=== 2003-04: Trap Muzik and Urban Legend ===
In 2003 T.I. released his second album Trap Muzik, debuting at number 4 and receiving far more positive reviews. In November 2004 he released his third album Urban Legend which charted at number seven on the Billboard 200. The lead single "Bring Em Out" peaked at number 9, becoming T.I.'s first top ten hit.
=== 2005-06: P$C Album and King ===
In 2005, T.I.'s rap group P$C released their debut album 25 to Life, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard 200. T.I.'s fourth album King was released in 2006 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, his first to do so. At this time T.I. also had an acting debut in the film ATL. The lead single for King "What You Know" also won him a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance. 
=== 2007-09: T.I. vs. T.I.P and Paper Trail ===
In July 2007 he released his fifth album T.I. vs. T.I.P. which also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. In 2008, while under house arrest, T.I. began writing his sixth album, releasing the lead single "Whatever You Like" which peaked at number one on the Billboard 100. In September 2008, he released the album Paper Trail which was his third album to hit the top of the Billboard 200. He also received another Grammy Award at this time.
=== 2010-11: No Mercy ===
After being released from prison in 2010, T.I. began work on his seventh album and released a mixtape titled Fuck a Mixtape. However, in late-2010 he was sentenced again to eleven months prison. In December 2010 he released his seventh album No Mercy which peaked at number 4 on the charts.
=== 2011-13: Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head ===
After his release from prison in 2011, T.I. announced his eigth album Trouble Man. In the meantime he released a mixtape Fuck da City Up. In December 2012 he released the album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200. After the release of his album, T.I. left Atlantic Records and entered talks with other labels.
=== 2013-16: Post Atlantic and Paperwork ===
In 2013 T.I. appeared on the hit song "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, reaching number one in more than 13 countries. In November 2013 he announced he had signed with Columbia Records to release his ninth album. In October 2014 he released his ninth album Paperwork which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200. In 2015 he announced the formation of a new rap collective Bankroll Mafia, including Young Thug and Shad Da God, announcing an upcoming album. In 2015 he also released an independent EP Da' Nic. In September he announced his departure from Columbia, signing with Jay Z's Roc Nation. In April 2016, his collective Bakroll Mafia released an eponymous album.
=== 2016-Present: Us or Else and The Dime Trap ===
In September 2016 he released an EP Us or Else aimed at supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. In December he also released a sequel EP Us or Else: Letter to the System. He has announced his tenth album The Dime Trap for release in 2018.
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
Title 	Album details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title 	Album details	US 	US R&B 	US
Rap 	AUS 	CAN 	GER 	IRE 	NZ 	SWI 	UK
I'm Serious 	
* Released: October 9, 2001
* Label: Arista
* Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	98 	27 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
Trap Muzik 	
* Released: August 19, 2003
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	4 	2 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
Urban Legend 	
* Released: November 30, 2004
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	7 	1 	1 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
King 	
* Released: March 28, 2006
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1 	1 	1 	— 	24 	86 	76 	— 	99 	83
T.I. vs. T.I.P. 	
* Released: July 3, 2007
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1 	1 	1 	— 	7 	96 	78 	37 	59 	101
Paper Trail 	
* Released: September 30, 2008
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1 	1 	1 	16 	2 	79 	34 	9 	46 	42
No Mercy 	
* Released: December 7, 2010
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	4 	1 	1 	69 	35 	— 	27 	39 	— 	39
Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head	
* Released: December 18, 2012
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, digital download	2 	1 	1 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	188
Paperwork 	
* Released: October 21, 2014
* Label: Grand Hustle, Columbia
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2 	1 	1 	43 	19 	— 	— 	— 	64 	85
The Dime Trap 	
* Released: TBA
* Label: Grand Hustle, Roc Nation
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
=== Remix albums ===
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US
R&B 	US
Rap 	
Urban Legend: Chopped & Screwed
(with Paul Wall)	
* Released: November 30, 2004
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, digital download	42 	20 	
=== EPs ===
Title 	EP details	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions
Title 	EP details	US 	US
R&B 	US
Rap
A King of Oneself 	
* Released: September 30, 2008
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: CD, digital download	128 	27 	14
Paper Trail: Case Closed 	
* Released: August 28, 2009 (UK)
* Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
* Formats: Digital download	150 	30 	18
Da' Nic 	
* Released: September 11, 2015
* Label: King Inc., Empire Distribution
* Formats: Digital download	22 	3 	2
Us or Else 	
* Released: September 23, 2016
* Label: Grand Hustle, Roc Nation
* Formats: Streaming, digital download	175 	12 	8
Us or Else: Letter to the System	
* Released: December 16, 2016
* Label: Grand Hustle, Roc Nation
* Formats: Streaming, digital download	— 	39 	—
=== Mixtapes ===
Title 	Album details
In da Streets
(with P$C) 	
* Released: 2002
* Label: Self-released
* Format: CD, digital download
In da Streets Part 2
(with P$C) 	
* Released: 2003
* Label: Grand Hustle
* Format: CD, digital download
In da Streets Pt. 3
(with P$C) 	
* Released: 2003
* Label: Grand Hustle
* Format: CD, digital download
Gangsta Grillz Meets T.I. & P$C In da Streets
(with P$C)	
* Released: 2003
* Label: Grand HUstle
* Format: CD, digital download
Gangsta Grillz: Down with the King 	
* Released: 2004
* Label: Grand Hustle
* Format: CD, digital download
Gangsta Grillz: The Leak 	
* Released: January 12, 2006
* Label: Grand Hustle/The Aphilliates
* Format: Digital download
A Year and a Day 	
* Released: May 31, 2009
* Label: Grand Hustle/Hood Rich
* Format: Digital download
Live From Forest City Correctional Facility	
* Released: August 5, 2009
* Label: A-Town Down
* Format: CD, Digital download
Gangsta Grillz: Fuck A Mixtape 	
* Released: May 27, 2010
* Label: Grand Hustle/Hood Rich/The Aphilliates
* Format: Digital download
F*ck da City Up 	
* Released: January 1, 2012
* Label: Grand Hustle
* Format: Digital download
G.D.O.D. (Get Dough or Die)
(with Hustle Gang)	
* Released: May 7, 2013
* Label: Grand Hustle
* Format: Digital download
G.D.O.D. II
(with Hustle Gang) 	
* Released: September 19, 2014
* Label: Grand Hustle
* Format: Digital download
#HGOE (Hustle Gang Over Errrrythang)
(with Hustle Gang)	
* Released: September 19, 2016
* Label: Grand Hustle
* Format: Digital download
=== Singles ===
Title 	Year	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Album
Title 	Year	US 	US R&B 	US Rap 	AUS 	CAN 	GER 	IRE 	NZ 	SWI 	UK 	Album
"I'm Serious"
(featuring Beenie Man)	2001	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	I'm Serious
"24's" 	2003	78 	27 	15 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trap Muzik
"Be Easy" 	2003	— 	55 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trap Muzik
"Rubber Band Man" 	2004	30 	15 	11 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trap Muzik
"Let's Get Away"
(featuring Jazze Pha)	2004	35 	17 	10 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trap Muzik
"Bring 'Em Out" 	2004	9 	6 	4 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	59 	Urban Legend
"U Don't Know Me" 	2005	23 	6 	4 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Urban Legend
"ASAP" 	2005	75 	18 	14 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Urban Legend
"What You Know" 	2006	3 	1 	1 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	80 	King
"Why You Wanna" 	2006	29 	5 	4 	49 	— 	— 	17 	— 	43 	22 	King
"Live in the Sky"
(featuring Jamie Foxx)	2006	— 	57 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	83 	King
"Top Back" 	2006	29 	13 	8 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	King
"Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)"	2007	9 	7 	2 	— 	75 	— 	— 	8 	— 	— 	T.I. vs. T.I.P.
"You Know What It Is"
(featuring Wyclef Jean)	2007	34 	11 	5 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	T.I. vs. T.I.P.
"Hurt"
(featuring Alfamega and Busta Rhymes)	2007	— 	89 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	T.I. vs. T.I.P.
"No Matter What" 	2008	72 	42 	17 	— 	66 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Paper Trail
"Whatever You Like" 	2008	1 	1 	1 	13 	12 	57 	19 	1 	— 	47 	Paper Trail
"Swing Ya Rag"
(featuring Swizz Beatz)	2008	62 	53 	29 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Paper Trail
"What Up, What's Haapnin'"	2008	84 	97 	34 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Paper Trail
"Swagga Like Us"
(with Jay-Z, featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne)	2008	5 	11 	4 	— 	19 	— 	— 	— 	— 	33 	Paper Trail
"Ready for Whatever" 	2008	57 	— 	— 	— 	62 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Paper Trail
"Live Your Life"
(featuring Rihanna)	2008	1 	2 	1 	3 	4 	12 	3 	2 	8 	2 	Paper Trail
"Dead and Gone"
(featuring Justin Timberlake)	2009	2 	2 	1 	4 	3 	7 	3 	2 	18 	4 	Paper Trail
"Remember Me"
(featuring Mary J. Blige)	2009	29 	42 	— 	— 	21 	— 	19 	— 	— 	34 	Paper Trail: Case Closed
"Hell of a Life" 	2009	54 	71 	— 	— 	43 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Paper Trail: Case Closed
"I'm Back" 	2010	44 	12 	7 	— 	44 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No Mercy
"Yeah Ya Know (Takers)" 	2010	44 	65 	— 	— 	68 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No Mercy
"Got Your Back"
(featuring Keri Hilson)	2010	38 	10 	4 	— 	48 	— 	33 	— 	— 	45 	No Mercy
"Ya Hear Me" 	2010	118 	81 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No Mercy
"Get Back Up"
(featuring Chris Brown)	2010	70 	37 	20 	91 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No Mercy
"I Can't Help It"
(featuring Rocko)	2010	103 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No Mercy
"No Mercy"
(featuring The-Dream)	2010	123 	40 	19 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	No Mercy
"That's All She Wrote"
(featuring Eminem)	2011	18 	101 	— 	— 	46 	— 	— 	— 	— 	158 	No Mercy
"We Don't Get Down Like Y'all"
(featuring B.o.B)	2011	78 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"I'm Flexin'"
(featuring Big K.R.I.T.)	2011	66 	32 	23 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"Here Ye, Hear Ye"
(featuring Sk8brd)	2011	— 	119 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"Love This Life" 	2012	81 	39 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"Like That" 	2012	113 	105 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"Go Get It" 	2012	77 	40 	18 	— 	86 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
"Ball"
(featuring Lil Wayne)	2012	50 	11 	10 	— 	58 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
"Trap Back Jumpin" 	2012	— 	38 	10 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
"Sorry"
(featuring André 3000)	2012	116 	36 	14 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
"Hello"
(featuring Cee Lo Green)	2013	— 	41 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
"Memories Back Then"
(featuring B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar and Kris Stephens)	2013	88 	30 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"Wit' Me"
(featuring Lil Wayne)	2013	80 	27 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"About the Money"
(featuring Young Thug)	2014	42 	12 	10 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Paperwork
"No Mediocre"
(featuring Iggy Azalea)	2014	33 	8 	6 	36 	59 	41 	— 	34 	— 	49 	Paperwork
"Private Show"
(featuring Chris Brown)	2015	120 	42 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Paperwork
"Project Steps" 	2015	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Da' Nic
"Check, Run It" 	2015	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Da' Nic
"Money Talk" 	2016	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"Dope"
(featuring Marsha Ambrosius)	2016	121 	46 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	non-album singles
"We Will Not" 	2016	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Us or Else
"Warzone" 	2016	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Us or Else