T.I. jokes about assault arrest at the Billboard Music Awards

Rapper T.I. tried to make light of his recent arrest while presenting the top rap song trophy to Post Malone for his hit Rockstar during Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards telecast on NBC.

‘Jeesh. Good thing they let me in here tonight,’ the 37-year-old hip-hop star joked onstage the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The three-time Grammy winner’s televised crack came four days after ‘sleeping’ security guard Euwan James wouldn’t let him into the Eagle’s Landing Country Club gated community (where he lives) in Georgia. 

  

And the winner is…: Rapper T.I. tried to make light of his recent arrest while presenting the top rap song trophy to Post Malone for his hit Rockstar during Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards telecast on NBC

The 37-year-old hip-hop star cracked: 'Jeesh. Good thing they let me in here tonight!'

The 37-year-old hip-hop star cracked: ‘Jeesh. Good thing they let me in here tonight!’

Tip (born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) posted $2,250 bail after the Henry County PD charged him with simple assault, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness – according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The married father-of-seven denied all the charges through his attorney Steve Sadow, and he plans on pursuing legal action against his homeowner’s association for the incident.

The Hip Hop Squares panelist previously served three prison stints (2004, 2009, and 2010) including one for the 2003 battery of a female sheriff deputy at University Mall in Tampa.  

He misplaced his key: The three-time Grammy winner's televised crack came four days after 'sleeping' security guard Euwan James wouldn't let him into the Eagle's Landing Country Club gated community (where he lives) in Georgia

He misplaced his key: The three-time Grammy winner’s televised crack came four days after ‘sleeping’ security guard Euwan James wouldn’t let him into the Eagle’s Landing Country Club gated community (where he lives) in Georgia

Mughshot: Tip (born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) posted $2,250 bail after the Henry County PD charged him with simple assault, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness 

Mughshot: Tip (born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr.) posted $2,250 bail after the Henry County PD charged him with simple assault, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness 

'Wrongfully arrested': The married father-of-seven denied all the charges through his attorney Steve Sadow, and he plans on pursuing legal action against his HOA for the incident

‘Wrongfully arrested’: The married father-of-seven denied all the charges through his attorney Steve Sadow, and he plans on pursuing legal action against his HOA for the incident

Hot-tempered: The Hip Hop Squares panelist previously served three prison stints (2004, 2009, and 2010) including one for the 2003 battery of a female sheriff deputy at University Mall in Tampa

Hot-tempered: The Hip Hop Squares panelist previously served three prison stints (2004, 2009, and 2010) including one for the 2003 battery of a female sheriff deputy at University Mall in Tampa

Standing out: On Saturday, T.I. was spotted out and about wearing a bright neon cap. T-shir, and sneakers beneath a palm tree-print jean jacket

Standing out: On Saturday, T.I. was spotted out and about wearing a bright neon cap. T-shir, and sneakers beneath a palm tree-print jean jacket

On Saturday, T.I. was spotted out and about wearing a bright neon cap. T-shir, and sneakers beneath a palm tree-print jean jacket.

The I Believe rapper – who’s married to Grammy winner Tameka ‘Tiny’ Cottle – is next scheduled to headline the Halftime Music Festival happening June 9 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

The Sleepless actor will also reprise his role as getaway driver Dave in the star-studded sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, which hits US theaters July 6 and UK theaters August 3.

Still on? The I Believe rapper is next scheduled to headline the Halftime Music Festival happening June 9 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa (pictured March 17)

Still on? The I Believe rapper is next scheduled to headline the Halftime Music Festival happening June 9 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa (pictured March 17)

Star-studded sequel! The Sleepless actor will also reprise his role as getaway driver Dave (2-L) in Ant-Man and the Wasp, which hits US theaters July 6 and UK theaters August 3

Star-studded sequel! The Sleepless actor will also reprise his role as getaway driver Dave (2-L) in Ant-Man and the Wasp, which hits US theaters July 6 and UK theaters August 3



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