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He may have been busted for making his bodyguard buy guns for him when he’s a convicted felon who’s not allowed to buy firearms but that doesn’t mean T.I. can’t have some good news given to him.

T.I. won two awards out of nine nominations at the BET Hip Hop Awards last weekend. The southern rapper didn’t walk the red carpet but he was in attendance for the show in one way or the other. News of his arrest got around which had some people talking. Rapper KRS-One said, “I’m saddened any time I hear of a hip-hopper being locked up or somehow being stunted in his life or his growth. I hope he wasn’t into nothing crazy.”

Common won CD of the year along with T.I. and he decided to dedicate his win to him saying “I salute my guy T.I., who also won, wherever he is.”

It should still be the honeymoon phase for most couples but then again, when you’re a celebrity, you can’t be considered in the ‘most’ category.

A month after he got married to longtime girlfriend Heather Singleton, country singer Joe Nichols got checked into rehab. Nichols, best known for his hit song ‘Another Side of You’, entered a program to deal with unspecified substance abuse problems.

Nichols’ management released a statement via his website saying “As Joe has alluded to in interviews over the past year, he has struggled with the issue of substance abuse. In order to be a healthier person and deal with longstanding issues, he has entered into a rehabilitation program for consultation and treatment.”