When Is It Okay To Get Paid For Community Service?
 Thursday, May 29th, 2008

When you're famous, apparently. I mean - we're glad for rapper Clifford Joseph Harris, aka TI, that he's supposedly getting his life together enough to reflect and to speak to younger kids about not following down a path of crime.  But you can't tell us he's not going to get paid for his new reality show, which has gotten the okay for at least 6 (some sources say 8) episodes from MTV. The premise of the show covers TI's house arrest for machine gun charges, and some of his 1,000 hours of community service up to his return to jail in early 2009; TI has been sentenced to one year in prison.

The reality show is being produced by Michael Hirschorn and Stella Stolper of Ish Entertainment. Sound familiar? We did an article about Ish Entertainment back in January, when Tionna Tee Smalls of Talk Dat Ish Entertainment contacted us and alleged that after business talks with Hirschorn, Ish was formed and took her name.

We've contacted Tionna for an update, and will let you know how she's doing. As for TI's show, it's set to air sometime in 2009 after he begins serving his sentence.

UPDATE:  Tionna has advised us that she is changing legal counsel but is continuing to pursue her claim that the name is hers. "I am hoping this is all a part of God's plan and that I have a bigger blessing waiting for me at the tunnel," she said. You can read more about Tionna on her website.

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