Today's top pop news stories

AP - Atlanta rapper T.I. has been released from a federal prison in Arkansas and is headed to a halfway house in Georgia.

AP - T.I. didn't need to attend the BET Hip-Hop Awards to take home two trophies.

Reuters - Incarcerated rapper T.I. scored the highest debut on the new Billboard Hit 100 singles chart Thursday, while the Black Eyed Peas logged a sixth consecutive week at No. 1.

So far on his Internet Leaks EP, Al's played around with T.I. and the Doors before actually getting weirdly serious, but for now he's back to the good times pop cultural mishmashing shtick, bringing a Jack and Meg-styled thump to "CNR" -- as in Charles Nelson Riley, whose virtues are extolled Chuck Norris facts style. Or maybe ala Bill Brasky. T...