Rapper T.I., more commonly known as “Tip” to his friends and family, visited the ladies of The View yesterday while in New York on a book tour. T.I talked about his post-prison life and his book, Power & Beauty, which hit store shelves yesterday.

The interview went about as you might have expected:

SHERRI SHEPHERD: “In 2007, you spent 7 months in prison for buying machine guns. Then you were released. Then 9 months later you were sent back to prison for another 10 months, because it was reports that there was…”
T.I.: “Eleven…”

SHERRI SHEPHERD: “11 months… it was reports that there was ecstasy in the car that you were driving.”
T.I.: “Yup.”

SHERRI SHEPHERD: “What happened then?”
T.I.: “What happened? Well, uh, I was pulled over and ecstasy was found in the car I was driving.”