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aka: Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., TIP, T.I.P.
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GRAMMY award-winning T.I., better known by the stage names T.I. and Tip (often stylized as TIP or T.I.P.), is an American rapper. T.I. is known as one of the pioneers of the hip-hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers Jeezy and Gucci Mane.
T.I., a three-time Grammy Award winner, has released 11 studio albums, with seven of them reaching the top five of the US Billboard 200 chart. During his career, T.I. has also released several highly successful singles, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” (featuring Rihanna).
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T.I. signed his first major-label record deal in 1999 with Arista Records subsidiary LaFace. In 2001, he released I’m Serious, his solo debut album, collaborating with big names, like The Neptunes, Jazze Pha, DJ Toomp, and Beenie Man.
In 2003, following his first high-profile feature on fellow Atlanta-based rapper Bone Crusher‘s single “Never Scared”, T.I. earned more prominence with the release of Trap Muzik (2003), which included the Top 40 songs “Rubber Band Man” and “Let’s Get Away” (featuring Jazze Pha). The following year, T.I. appeared on Destiny’s Child’s international hit “Soldier” (alongside Lil Wayne) and capitalized on it with the release of his Urban Legend (2004) album. His subsequent albums, King, and T.I. vs. T.I.P., generated high record sales and were supported by popular singles, such as “What You Know” and “Big Shit Poppin’ (Do It)”, respectively.
In 2008, his sixth album, Paper Trail, became his most successful project, with the album being certified gold for first-week sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States, additionally making it his third consecutive number one album. In 2009, Billboard ranked him as the 27th best artist of the 2000s decade.
In 2013, Harris was featured on Robin Thicke‘s single “Blurred Lines” (alongside Pharrell Williams), which peaked at number one on several major music charts. In November 2013, T.I. announced that he had signed with Columbia Records after his 10-year contract with Atlantic came to an end. He released his Columbia debut, Paperwork, in October 2014.
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In February 2016, T.I. signed a distribution deal with Roc Nation and another deal with Epic Records in September 2018. The former served as a means to release his political Us or Else EP series, while the latter released his long-delayed tenth album Dime Trap in October of that year.
On October 16, 2020, T.I. released his eleventh studio album, The L.I.B.R.A.. The album peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.
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T.I. states that his influences include, LL Cool J, Ice Cube, and Too $hort and that they are just a few of the rap legends who made an impression on him.
He has collaborated with numerous artists throughout his career, including Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, DJ Khaled, Akon, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Nelly, and Eminem.
His discography includes eleven studio albums, one compilation album, one remix album, four extended plays (EPs), 13 mixtapes, 110 singles (including 61 as a featured artist) and 11 promotional singles.
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