T.I.'s Album Pushed Back

TI's highly anticipated new album, paper trail, has been delayed once again. Originally scheduled for release in September, the album was moved to August 12. Do not stay there for long, however, as the date was changed to September 2, and then on September 9.

According to Billboard, paper trail has been extended until September 30. "We're not ready yet," said the rapper's publicist, who explained that the video for the first official single, "whatever you want," "shot up today and we need more time." The clip will be available in about two weeks.

TI is currently only, "whatever", has been out since April and reached 42 in Billboard's "Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs" chart.

Currently, T.I. is working with the Hip-Hop Caucus to support a vote on the initiative of recording, "Get Out the Vote", aimed at young adults aged 18 to 29. The campaign begins today (July 28) with a press conference in Washington, DCTI serve as the main spokesman, but other celebrities and personalities will join in the effort as well.

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T.I., Shawty Lo Take Shots at Each Other During Hot 107.9 B-Day Bash

Atlanta rappers Shawty Lo and T.I. continued their cold war of words June 14th at the sold out Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash in Phillips Area.

Shawty Lo began his set with a video package detailing his escape from an inept FBI agent who curiously resembled his rival T.I.

The amusing video featured the agent getting punched to the floor by his female superior for failing to capture Lo.

Shawty Lo made it a point to bring out a host of Bankhead artists to solidify his claim as “King of Bankhead,” the legendary west side neighborhood of Atlanta.

D4L, D.G. Yola, and Dem Franchize Boyz all made appearance during the set and performed signature tracks from their catalogues.

Ludacris also made an appearance to perform his verse off the “Dey Know Remix.”

The biggest statement to T.I. was Shawty Lo’s big screen photo which read “A New King is Born,” an obvious challenge to T.I.’s title of “King of the South.”

T.I. headlined the show and made numerous references to “haters” who continue running their mouths about him.

Showing his own support, TIP brought out rising star B.O.B. to perform his regional hit “Haters Everywhere We Go.”

T.I. returned Lo’s earlier jabs by abruptly stopping a song, shouting out “Get, Get, Get It!” and doing a mock Shawty Lo dance to “oohs” from the sold out crowd.

Feeling he had made his point, the “King of South” shouted out Bankhead, that he owns Atlanta, and that “This is my Birthday Bash! I own this sh*t!”

T.I. and Shawty Lo have not commented further on the show at press time.

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T.I. Inks Three-Picture Deal With Screen Gems

Atlanta rap star T.I. has inked a deal multi-picture deal with Screen Gems and will star in three upcoming high profile movies.

T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr., will star opposite of Matt Dillon and Idris Elba in the movie Bone Deep, a thriller based on a group of bank robbers who pull off one last daring bank heist.

According to Variety, Bone Deep will also be produced by T.I.’s Grand Hustle Entertainment, along with longtime partner Jason Geter.

The second movie is titled Boulevard and is currently in development, as is the third untitled movie starring.

The news comes amidst a flurry of business moves T.I. is making as he serves 1,000 hours of community service and prepares for a one-year prison sentence for possessing unregistered machine guns and silencers.

He was arrested after an undercover agent caught him purchasing the weapons shortly before an appearance at last year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards.

T.I. will also star in his own upcoming untitled reality series on MTV, which documents the rapper’s life before he begins his prison sentence and releases his album Paper Trail.

T.I. Reality Show Coming To MTV

In addition to performing concerts and speaking to youth before reporting to the slammer next year, T.I. now has a crew of cameras watching him do it all. The rapper is using the last of his year on house arrest to film a documentary series for MTV.

According to Variety, the network will go with the self-proclaimed "King of the South" as he performs the remainder of his community service hours and prepares for a one-year prison sentence next spring. The network plans to air the show some time soon after T.I. goes to jail in early 2009.

The series, by Ish Entertainment, has already gotten an eight-episode order from MTV.

"We began the conversations in the middle of deliberations over what would happen to him," said Ish's Michael Hirschorn, whose executive producing with partner Stella Stolper. "The original idea for the show had him staging a series of interventions in each episode with people in danger. But when we visited him under house arrest, it felt much bigger and more powerful than we anticipated."

Tip (born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) has a history of being on the wrong side of the law, convicted for selling crack cocaine in the late 1990s. In March, the rapper pled guilty to federal weapons charges; the offense that got him the year's stint.

"Hopefully the mistakes I've made will be a lesson to today's youth and they won't go down that same path," T.I. said.

Tip didn't need the court's permission to do the show, but MTV will stick to the rules of the artist's home confinement. The show will also cover the release of Tip's upcoming album, Paper Trail, heavily inspired by his latest legal woes and the birth of his newborn son.