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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - T.I. isn't letting legal troubles - including an upcoming one-year stint in jail - interrupt his acting career.
The rapper, whose real name is Tip Harris, has signed a three-picture deal with Screen Gems that will kick off with the crime drama "Bone Deep."
The movie, also starring Matt Dillon and British actor-musician Idris Elba, follows a group of bank robbers attempting to pull off a $20 million heist, while dodging the pursuits of a hardened Manhattan cop (Dillon).
T.I.'s second movie for Screen Gems will be a drama called "Boulevard;" the third movie has yet to be determined.
The rapper, whose past acting credits include "American Gangster" and "ATL," will have to schedule his newest projects around his recent legal woes. He was sentenced in April to 1,000 hours of community service and will head to jail in early 2009 on charges of weapons possession.
Around that time, MTV will air an eight-episode reality show following T.I. through his community service this summer.
T.I.'s new album, "Paper Trails," is due in stores Aug. 12.
