Rapper T. I. found his celebrity made little difference on his daily life in prison, although the guards would sometimes punish him for being famous. The 26-year-old served time in Cobb County, Georgia for violating his probation in relation to a late '90s conviction for drug-dealing. However T. I.'s celebrity didn't necessarily guarantee him an easier existence behind bars.

He tells Blender magazine, "(Fame) made it easier because I had a reputation that preceded me, so there wasn't a lot of stand-offish situations. People only gonna mess with you if the s**t you kickin' ain't real. C.O.s, though, some of them would go out of their way to make my life a little harder sometimes. I'd ask them to keep the phone on an extra 30 minutes - they'd cut it off 30 minutes early. Just to say, 'it doesn't matter who you are.'"

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