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Federal agents arrested leading US rapper TI yesterday on charges of buying illegal machine guns.
Agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said they arrested the rapper at his home in southwest Atlanta as he took delivery of three machine guns and two silencers.
"This convicted felon allegedly was trying to add several machine guns to an already large and entirely illegal arsenal of guns," David Nahmias, US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, said.
TI, born Clifford Harris, was convicted of a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act in 1998 and given seven years probation, the Department of Justice said. It is a federal offence for a convicted felon to purchase firearms on their behalf.
TI spent two weeks at No 1 on the US pop chart with T.I. vs T.I.P.
