小档案
外 文 名 Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.
别 名 King Of The South,T.I.
国 籍 美国
出 生 地 佐治亚州亚特兰大
出生日期 1980年9月25日
职 业 说唱歌手、演员
代表作品 《Trap Muzik》、《King》、《T.I. vs T.I.P.》、《Paper Trail》、《劫匪》、《蚁人》
主要成就 3座格莱美奖
2座全美音乐奖
1座MTV音乐录影带大奖
11座美国公告牌音乐奖
3座黑人娱乐电视奖
艺人资料
T.I.,1980年9月25日出生于美国佐治亚州亚特兰大,美国说唱歌手、演员。
2001年10月9日,T.I.发行个人首张专辑《I'm Serious》。2003年发行专辑《Trap Muzik》。2004年发行专辑《Urban Legend》。2006年发行第四张专辑《King》。2007年2月12日,在格莱美颁奖典礼上获得最佳说唱歌手和最佳说唱歌曲合作奖,而他的第五张专辑《T.I. vs T.I.P.》则于同年7月发行。2008年发行专辑《Paper Trail》。2009年在格莱美颁奖典礼上获得格莱美最佳说唱乐队/组合。2010年发行第七张专辑《No Mercy》。同年参演动作电影《劫匪》。2013年参演喜剧电影《身份窃贼》。2014年凭借单曲《Blurred Lines》获得格莱美两项提名。2015年参演科幻电影《蚁人》。
演艺经历
T.I.最先被人们所了解是从2001年开始的。2001年6月26日,T.I.与说唱歌手Beenie Man合作单曲《I'm Serious》,在单曲发布之后他与Arista唱片公司签约。
2001年10月9日,T.I.的第一张专辑《I'm Serious》发行。但是这张专辑并没有引起什么反应,专辑销量也不理想。
2003年8月19日,T.I.的第二张专辑《Trap Muzik》发行,专辑发行首周销量超过10万9千张,在Billboard专辑榜上排第四位。
2004年,T.I.的第三张专辑《Urban Legend》发行,专辑发行首周排在Billboard专辑榜第七位,销量则达到19万3千张。
2006年,T.I.的第四张专辑《King》发行,专辑由坎耶·维斯特等人制作。专辑发行首周以52万2千张的销量在Billboard专辑榜中获得冠军。
2007年2月12日,第49届格莱美颁奖典礼在洛杉矶斯台普斯中心举行。T.I.凭借单曲《What You Know》和与贾斯汀·汀布莱克合作的单曲《My Love》获得格莱美最佳说唱歌手和最佳说唱歌曲合作奖。同年7月,T.I.的第五张专辑《T.I. vs T.I.P.》发行,发行首周获得美国Billboard专辑榜冠军。
2008年9月30日,T.I.的第六张专辑《Paper Trail》发行,发行首周以创个人最高纪录的56万8千张的单周销量,连续第三年获得美国Billboard专辑榜冠军。专辑单曲《Whatever You Like》和《Live Your Life 》获得美国Billboard单曲榜冠军。
2009年2月9日,第51届格莱美颁奖典礼在洛杉矶斯台普斯中心举行,T.I.登台献唱,并获得最佳说唱乐队/组合。同年9月,凭借单曲《Live Your Life》获得MTV音乐录影带大奖最佳男歌手录影带。
2010年,T.I.的第七张专辑《No Mercy》发行。同年他与保罗·沃克、马特·狄龙等人合作,参演动作电影《劫匪》。
2013年,参演喜剧电影《身份窃贼》,他在片中饰演Julian。同年,他与罗宾·西克、法瑞尔·威廉姆斯合作的单曲《Blurred Lines》在MTV音乐录影带大奖获得三项提名。
2014年,凭借单曲《Blurred Lines》获得格莱美年度制作和最佳流行组合两项提名。
2015年,参演科幻电影《蚁人》,饰演戴夫。
2016年2月,发行录音室专辑《Money Talk》,5月发行录音室专辑《DOPE》。
Life and career
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, 1980), better known by his stage names T.I. and Tip (stylized as TIP), is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from Atlanta, Georgia. He signed his first major-label record deal in 1999, with Arista Records subsidiary, LaFace Records. In 2001, T.I. formed the Southern hip hop group Pimp Squad Click (P$C), alongside his longtime friends and fellow Atlanta-based rappers. Upon being released from Arista, T.I. signed to Atlantic Records and subsequently became the co-chief executive officer (CEO) of his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records, which he launched in 2003. T.I. is also perhaps best known as one of the artists who popularized the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.
T.I. has released nine studio albums, with seven of them reaching the top five of the US ‘Billboard’ 200 chart. Throughout his career, T.I. has also released several highly successful singles, including "Bring Em Out", "Whatever You Like", "Live Your Life" (featuring Rihanna), "Dead and Gone" (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Ball" (featuring Lil Wayne) and "No Mediocre" (featuring Iggy Azalea). He began to gain major recognition in 2003, following his first high-profile feature, on fellow Atlanta-based rapper Bone Crusher's hit single, "Never Scared". He earned more prominence with the release of ‘Trap Muzik’ (2003), which includes the Top 40 hits, "Rubber Band Man" and "Let's Get Away". The next year, T.I. appeared on Destiny's Child's international hit, "Soldier", alongside Lil Wayne. His subsequent albums, ‘King’ and ‘T.I. vs. T.I.P.’, generated high record sales and were supported by popular singles, such as "What You Know" and "Big Shit Poppin'", respectively.
T.I.'s sixth album, ‘Paper Trail’ (2008), became his most successful project, with the album being certified gold for first-week sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States, additionally making it his third consecutive number one album. In 2013, T.I. was featured on Robin Thicke's hit single "Blurred Lines", alongside Pharrell Williams, which peaked at number one on several major music charts. In November 2013, T.I. announced that he had signed with Columbia Records, after his 10-year contract with Atlantic came to an end. He released his Columbia Records debut, ‘Paperwork’, in October 2014. In February 2016, T.I. announced he signed a distribution deal with Roc Nation, to release his tenth album. T.I. has won three Grammy Awards, namely Best Rap Solo Performance, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
T.I. has served two terms in county jail, twice for probation violations and a federal prison bid for a U.S. federal weapons charge. While serving 11 months in prison, he released his seventh studio album, ‘No Mercy’ (2010). T.I. has also had a successful acting career, starring in the films ‘ATL’, ‘Takers’, ‘Get Hard’, ‘Identity Thief’, and ‘Ant-Man’. He is also a published author, having written two novels ‘Power & Beauty’ (2011) and ‘Trouble & Triumph’ (2012), both of which were released to moderate success. T.I. has also starred in the American reality television series ‘T.I.'s Road to Redemption’ and ‘T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle’. In 2009, ‘Billboard’ ranked him as the 27th Artist of the 2000s decade.
Studio album ‘Money Talk’ was released in February 2016,and album ‘DOPE’ was released in May.