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Rapper T.I. Talks a Man Out of Killing Himself

Adrian Chen · 10/13/10 10:31PM

Clifford "T.I." Harris may be going to jail after he was caught with drugs. Hopefully the judge will take into consideration the fact that Tip just talked some guy down from the roof of a building in Atlanta.

Advice: Don't Show Up to Court with Weed

Jeff Neumann · 08/07/10 02:08PM

Here's a scenario: You're wanted on two active assault warrants, and you've got 19 bags of weed in your pocket that you're looking to sell. Want some advice? Don't show up to a courthouse with either of these.

Zebra's Escape from the Circus Caught on Tape

Maureen O'Connor · 02/19/10 02:31AM

Remember that video of an unbound horse running alongside bicycles in the Tour de France, featured in Amelie? A runaway Barnum & Bailey zebra paid homage to that yesterday, but on a downtown Atlanta highway.

'Snowman' Rapper Unsurprisingly Implicated In Cocaine Ring

Hamilton Nolan · 06/13/08 03:35PM

Might as well go for a music star crime news two-fer this afternoon: Atlanta rap star Young Jeezy has been implicated in a major cocaine-dealing trial. A witness testifying in a case against members of Black Mafia Family—a massive Atlanta drug gang that moved hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of coke across the country—said that Jeezy bought several kilos of coke from BMF. Well, duh. Jeezy's nickname is "Snowman":