ATLANTA - A federal judge decided Friday to revoke rapper T.I.'s probation. The judge sentenced the rapper to 11 months in prison for a probation violation.
It was unclear if the rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, would have to report immediately to prison or if he could turn himself in at later date.
On Wednesday, when Atlanta police officers had a midtown high rise surrounded amid one man's suicide attempt, Atlanta-based Rapper T.I. showed up on the scene.
"He was there to offer any assistance whatsoever to try to resolve the situation," said Atlanta Police Department Officer James Polite.
According to police, the rapper heard about the tense situation from radio station V-103 deejays. After police told the 24-year old jumper T.I. was at the bottom of the Colony Square building, the man simply came down.
And while police credit the rapper's quick actions with ending the standoff peacefully, some question the sincerity of those actions.
The timing can't be ignored. The rapper's attempts save another's life comes just days before he is to face a federal judge to try and save his own life.
Police arrested the rapper last month on felony possession of a controlled substance. He just happened to be on probation for a 2009 federal gun possession conviction. He faces having that probation revoked and going back to jail.
But while some question the timing of Wednesday's heroic incident, it isn't the first time the rapper has attempted to save a life.
In his 2009 MTV series, Road to Redemption, the rapper invited cameras to follow his attempts to encourage teenagers to avoid a life of crime. The taping ended just before serving his jail sentence. Soon the rapper will find out if this latest act of goodwill will end the same way
It was unclear if the rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, would have to report immediately to prison or if he could turn himself in at later date.
On Wednesday, when Atlanta police officers had a midtown high rise surrounded amid one man's suicide attempt, Atlanta-based Rapper T.I. showed up on the scene.
"He was there to offer any assistance whatsoever to try to resolve the situation," said Atlanta Police Department Officer James Polite.
According to police, the rapper heard about the tense situation from radio station V-103 deejays. After police told the 24-year old jumper T.I. was at the bottom of the Colony Square building, the man simply came down.
And while police credit the rapper's quick actions with ending the standoff peacefully, some question the sincerity of those actions.
The timing can't be ignored. The rapper's attempts save another's life comes just days before he is to face a federal judge to try and save his own life.
Police arrested the rapper last month on felony possession of a controlled substance. He just happened to be on probation for a 2009 federal gun possession conviction. He faces having that probation revoked and going back to jail.
But while some question the timing of Wednesday's heroic incident, it isn't the first time the rapper has attempted to save a life.
In his 2009 MTV series, Road to Redemption, the rapper invited cameras to follow his attempts to encourage teenagers to avoid a life of crime. The taping ended just before serving his jail sentence. Soon the rapper will find out if this latest act of goodwill will end the same way
