Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Music news T.I. tackles rumors in Vibe's April issue
Posted by Rodney Carmichael @Rappin_Rodney on Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Spotted at NahRight.com.
The Vibe press release offers a sneak peak into the magazine's upcoming cover story in which T.I. addresses speculation that he must've snitched to receive such a light sentence over his federal firearms conviction:
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.”
His one year sentence begins at the end of March. Stay tuned for Creative Loafing's upcoming feature on T.I.'s Grand Hustle label and how its roster of artists (Young Dro, Yung LA, B.O.B.) plans to hold down the fort while T.I. serves his time.
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