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'Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.,' (born September 25, 1980), better known by his stage name 'T.I.', and also by his alter ego 'T.I.P.', is a Grammy-award winning American rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and co-CEO of Grand Hustle Records. As of January 2009, T.I. has had nine Top 10 'Billboard' Hot 100 singles, with three of them reaching number one ("My Love" with Justin Timberlake, "Whatever You Like", and "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna). - Early life and career beginnings - T.I. was born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. on September 25, 1980 in Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised by his grandparents and was a drug dealer as a teenager. T.I. explained the origin of his nickname Rubber Band Man, saying, "We used to wear rubber bands to signify how much money, how much blow we had." He was nicknamed "Tip" after his paternal great-grandfather. Kawan "KP" Prather, a record executive, discovered and signed T.I. when he was a teenager. Upon signing with Arista Records subsidiary ...