Rapper T.I. Says 'I'm Wore Out,' Offers Apology for Career 'Destruction'

Rapper T.I. vowed to stop what he called "this ongoing process of destruction" Thursday, a day before he goes before a federal judge who could send him back to prison for a probation violation.

"I'm tired. I'm wore out," T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, told CNN's Don Lemon.

Harris was arrested on drug charges in Los Angeles last month, triggering Friday's hearing in Atlanta, which could end with the revocation of the rapper's probation on a federal weapon's conviction.

Although he could not talk about the facts of his case, Harris did speak personally about his regrets.

"The only thing that I can say, man, is that all people who have supported me, who were behind me, who believed in me, who were disappointed and were let down, I just offered your trust back and to make you proud yet again," he said.

When Lemon asked the rapper if that meant he would "never again" get in trouble, he answered "absolutely."

"I'm tired. I'm wore out," he said. "I don't have the age, the energy or just the attitude to move forward and continuing in this cycle, in this ongoing process of destruction and disparity in my life. I've got too many depending on me and counting on me. I can't do it."

Harris and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, were arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood last month.

In 2008, Harris was sentenced on charges of unlawfully possessing firearms as a convicted felon. The charges came after an arrest by federal agents a year earlier while Harris was buying three machine guns in the parking lot of an Atlanta grocery store.

Harris was released after serving nine months in prison and three months in a halfway house.

Source: CNN

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