Officials Say Music Video Filmed in Jail

[Champ]

By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA - A best-selling rapper filmed an unauthorized video at the Fulton County Jail while out on work release from another jail, embarrassed county officials said.


Part of a video for rapper Clifford Harris, whose stage name is T.I., was shot Thursday night, authorities said.


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A spokesman for Fulton County Sheriff Jackie Barrett said she had no idea a rap video was being filmed inside the 3,200-inmate jail. Deputies apparently allowed "four or five" men up to the seventh floor with a hand-held camcorder, Barrett said. Barrett said the deputies would be disciplined.


Coker said officials in her county didn't block the request at that end because "we felt that the Fulton County Jail was not an inappropriate destination for him to be." Harris had served time at Fulton previously, officials said.

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[WillParkinson]

1. Gee, Jailhouse Rap...?

Strange.

[Insider]

2. shocking

"that's a rap, fellas"