T.I. Headed Back To Prison For 11 Months

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By ERRIN HAINES
Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal judge revoked rapper T.I.'s probation Friday and ordered him back to prison for 11 months.

The Atlanta native, whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., was in federal court following his arrest last month in Los Angeles on suspicion of drug possession. He was on probation after serving 10 months behind bars on federal weapons charges.

"I think Mr. Harris had had about the limit of second chances," U.S. District Court Judge Charles Pannell Jr. said, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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