T.I. and little Major, the latest addition to his clan of children, share the limelight in the March 2009 issue of Blender Magazine. In the issue, the rapper, who faces a year and a day behind bars beginning this March, says what he plans on doing with his time.

“You stay to yourself as much as possible,” he says. “Speak when spoken to. And just mind your business. You ain’t there to make friends. You ain’t there to join in on the jailhouse games. You just there to do your time and go home.”

So how will he get through each day?

“Well, that depends on the facility. Some luxuries are available in some facilities that aren’t available in others. Some facilities have a TV, but you can’t watch it ’cause cats in there wild out so much. I’ll read the Bible a lot. Biographies, magazines. I don’t really read fiction. I read for information, rather than for entertainment. I’ll talk on the phone a lot. I’ll spend a whole day on the phone, checkin’ on what’s goin’ on, makin’ sure things are taken care of. Ain’t a lot to do.”

He says his fame won’t really make much of a difference: “People are in awe at times about who I am. I can’t believe I’m in here with T.I., but that usually goes away in about three, four days. After so long, everybody just inmates.”

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T.I. - SWAGGA LIKE US

FEAT. M.I.A., LIL’ WAYNE, JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST

Check out these performances (courtesy of the good people over at On Smash) form Sunday night’s Grammy Awards!

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Celebrity entrepreneur Russell Simmons and rapper T.I. posed for photos on the red carpet at Simmons’ “Salute to Grammy Award Nominees” celebration on February 8, 2009. The event was held at a private mansion in Beverly Hills and had a guest list that included Keyshia Cole, Anthony Hamilton, Taraji P. Henson and more. Continue reading for the rest of the photos!

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Check out these candid shots of Diddy, T.I., Kanye West, T-Pain and more chilling either backstage or in the audience at last night’s Grammy Awards. Continue reading for more!

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Here are the photos from last night’s Grammy Awards, which featured a big performance of “Swagger Like Us” with T.I., Lil’ Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West and M.I.A., who was reportedly performing on stage on her due date! Crazy… Continue reading for the rest of the flicks!

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The 51st annual Grammy Awards went down last night in Hollywood, despite all of the hoopla surrounding the whole Chris Brown and Rihanna situation, and dozens and dozens of the biggest names in celebrity entertainment showed up on the red carpet to pose for photos: Jay-Z, T.I., Keyshia Cole, Jennifer Hudson, T-Pain, Diddy, Robin Thicke and more! Continue reading for the rest of the photos.

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T.I. and Justin Timberlake were spotted on location at the video shoot for their latest collaboration, “Dead and Gone,” off of T.I.’s latest LP Paper Trail. The video was shot in Lancaster, CA and should premiere sometime before T.I. heads to prison in March of this year. Continue reading for more pics.

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DJ Drama, T.I., Snoop Dogg and Akon were spotted on the set of DJ Drama’s latest music video for his new single, “Daydreamin.” The video was filmed in Hollwood, CA and here are the photos from last night’s shoot. This will probably be T.I.’s last music video appearance (if he doesn’t release his own) before he heads back to jail for one year beginning in March of this year. Continue reading for the rest of the photos and to see who else dropped by the set!

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Anybody who was anybody made a trip to Washington, D.C. last weekend to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama. That event alone made it okay for everyone in town to celebrate and party the weekend away. Young Jeezy kicked things off with his Presidential Status Inauguration Ball at Club Love in D.C. on January 18th 2009. Celebrities like Jay-Z, Beyonce, Trey Songz, Nelly and more all showed up to party for Barack! Continue reading for the rest of the photos.

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Atlanta rapper T.I. is trying to set people (young teens, mainly) straight with this new MTV reality series of his, “Road to Redemption,” which is set to premiere on Tuesday, Februrary 10th 2009 at 9 PM ET/PT.