Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. better known by the stage names T.I. and Tip often stylized as TIP or T.I.P., is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur.

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TIP signed his first major-label record deal in 1999 with Arista Records subsidiary LaFace.

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In 2001, he released his debut album and only project with the label, I'm Serious, and formed the southern hip hop group P$C.

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Upon leaving Arista, T.I signed to Atlantic and soon co-founded his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records, which he launched in 2003.

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He is also a published author of two novels, Power & Beauty 2011 and Trouble & Triumph 2012, both of which were released to moderate success.

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T.I.P has also starred in the American reality television series T.I.'s Road to Redemption, T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, and The Grand Hustle.

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In 2009 Billboard ranked him as the 27th best artist of the 2000s decade.

Born: 25 September 1980