AJC Staff

1980: Born Clifford Joseph Harris in Riverdale.

1987: Begins rapping.

1998: Convicted in Cobb County of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute.

2001: Releases debut album, "I'm Serious."

2003: Second album, "Trap Muzik," sells 109,000 copies in first week and goes gold.

2003: While on tour, arrested for violating probation and sentenced to three years in prison.

2004: Gets out of prison; releases crossover hit "Bring Em Out."

2006: Releases "King" album, which goes platinum. Stars in his first movie, "ATL."

2007: Arrested four hours before the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta and charged with possession of three unregistered machine guns and two silencers. Posts $3 million bond.

2009: Wins Grammy Award for "Swagga Like Us," which also featured Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Jay-Z.

2009: Sentenced to one year, one day in prison and fined $100,300.

March 2010: Leaves prison after nine months.

May 2010: Gives first interview on Larry King Live; call his behavior "unacceptable."

July 2010: Marries fiancee Tameka "Tiny" Cottle.

September 2010: Arrested with Cottle in West Hollywood, Calif., during traffic stop after police smelled marijuana coming from their car.

October 2010: Two days before a court hearing to determing if his probation would be revoked, T.I. is credited with talking a suicide jumper down to safety at Colony Square.

October 2010: Sentenced to 11 more months in prison for violating probation.

November 2010: T.I. turns himself in to begin second prison term in Arkansas.

August 2011: T.I. released from prison to halfway house.

September 2011: T.I. returned to federal custody for having “unauthorized contact with the public” on Aug. 31 during a 375-mile trip from the Federal Correctional Center in Forrest City, Ark., to an Atlanta halfway house.

September 29, 2011: T.I. leaves Atlanta halfway house.

October 2011: T.I. releases a book, a work of fiction called, ""Power & Beauty: a love story of life on the streets."