Rapper T.I. Arrested in Bizarre Case of Mistaken Identity
Rapper T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was arrested on Sunday night as authorities nabbed the wrong guy.
According to TMZ, T.I. was at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport when his name was flagged as an alleged stalker who’d threatened a woman with a gun. Though the wanted Clifford’s description included a weight of 205 pounds and the rapper is smaller, around 165 pounds, the identical name alone landed him in custody.
Though the police had the wrong guy, T.I. had previously been arrested in 2009 and served seven months in prison for federal gun charges. He served another 10 months the following year for drug charges, which violated his probation at the time. Since his run-ins with the law, the rapper has steered clear of further legal trouble until the Sunday mishap.