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Rapper T.I. will be busting rhymes in the pokey. (Wikimedia Images)

Rapper T.I. must voluntarily turn himself in to prison within the next 6 to 8 weeks to begin serving a one year and one day prison sentence. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was caught in an Atlanta parking lot conducting an illegal transaction for machine guns and silencers. Because he's a convicted felon, this was a bad idea.

Of the incident, he says, "It was a tremendous amount of pain and a tremendous amount of blame put on myself. Everyone who leaves Atlanta with me is my responsibility and if they don't make it back home to their families then I'm responsible, and he didn't make it back."

The sentence is part of a plea deal that includes 1,500 hours of community service and a $100,000 fine, but also makes him eligible for early release.

T.I. recently told Tyra Banks of his impending prision sentence, "I'm not afraid of anything but God. I mean God will never take me to what he can't take me through."