Rapper T.I.'s No. 1 -- and headed to jail  October 09, 2008|By
Greg Kot, TRIBUNE CRITIC  The artist with the No. 1 album in the
country is going to prison.  Billboard confirmed Wednesday that
rapper T.I., scheduled in a few months to begin serving a one-
year prison term for gun possession, has scored his third
straight chart-topper. The Atlanta rapper's sixth album, "Paper
Trail" (Grand Hustle/Atlantic), sold 568,000 copies in the last
week. He also has the nation's No. 1 single, "Live Your Life."
(With 217,000 copies, Jennifer Hudson's self-titled Arista/RMG
debut lands at No. 2 on The Billboard 200.)  It's the latest
high in a year, and a career, that has also seen plenty of lows.
T.I., born Clifford Harris Jr. 28 years ago in Atlanta, was a
drug dealer who transformed himself into a best-selling rapper
and movie star. But last year T.I. was arrested for buying
machine guns and silencers. After paying a $100,000 fine and
doing community service, he will begin serving a one-year term
in 2009.  All of which h