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FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) -- Rapper T.I., sentenced to prison in
Arkansas for a federal weapons charge, asked a court Thursday to let him remain free while he seeks placement in a minimum security prison closer to his Atlanta home.
T.I., whose real name is Clifford J. Harris Jr., claims prison
officials miscalculated his criminal history.
His lawyer called a 2003 incident a "scuffle" with a mall cop.
A pre-sentencing report says T.I. has a "serious history of violence."
The rapper is scheduled to report by noon Tuesday to the Federal Correction Institution at Forrest City, Ark.
He was fined $100,000 and sentenced to 366 days for trying to buy machine guns and silencers he said he needed for protection.
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