Will Lil Wayne, T.I.s Prison Histories Prevent A Future Collabo?
One of the things that may have spurred a judge to send T.I. back to prison this week was the allegation that the King of the South was riding with a convicted felon on the night the rapper’s car was pulled over in Los Angeles in September. Along with testing positive for opiates — a no-no under the provisions of Tip’s probation on a 2007 federal weapons charge — as a felon himself, the Atlanta MC was not allowed to associate with known felons. That got us wondering about whether probationary conditions could restrict some potential post-prison musical collaborations for T.I. (born Clifford Harris). According to New York lawyer Scott Leemon, in some cases it definitely can. “However, I know in my cases, at the time of sentencing, I have gotten the judge to authorize incidental felonious contact for business purposes,” said Leemon, who has worked with rappers including 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Tony Yayo, Remy Ma and Lloyd Banks. “Usually, it is no big deal as long as the contact is for re
