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T.I. TALKS TO ABC TELEVISION'S NIGHTLINE TONIGHT

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T.I. On a sticky autumn day in sunny Atlanta, the rapper T.I. (who now goes by Tip; more on that later) is riding his BMX bike around the old neighborhood. "Hey T.I.," a woman yells. "What's up!" he cheerfully shouts back. As he rides with ABC News' Dan Harris in tow, Tip points out houses with significant meaning in his life. "The house right there," he explains, "That's where I got my first kiss… on the back porch. My girlfriend — third grade — she lived right there." "You started early! Third grade!" Harris interjects. "I joined the band so I could stay after school. … Made my Uncle May buy me a saxophone just so I could stay at the school, and pretend to practice with the band. I was walking down to her house and I got a kiss. Still don't know how to play the saxophone," Tip says with a chuckle. But Tip, a three-time Grammy winner, Tony-nomi...