Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle busted on drug charges

Five months after the hip-hop star finished his  prison stint on weapons charges, Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife Tameka Cottle on suspicion of possession of methamphetamines.

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 29-year-old T.I. and his wife were arrested Wednesday night in West Hollywood after deputies smelled marijuana and pulled the couple over. They were released from jail at about 4 a.m. Thursday after posting $10,000 (U.S.) bail each.

T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, served seven months in an Arkansas federal prison and three months in a Georgia halfway house on federal weapons charges for possessing unregistered weapons. He was sentenced to serve three years of supervised release after his prison sentence ended in March and was ordered not to illegally possess a controlled substance. He was also known as the “King of the South”.

Since his release, the Atlanta-based rapper, who previously spent time behind bars for drug offences, has vowed to live a better life, but apparently went on to live otherwise.