Last night I posted information on a social networking site pertaining to what I thought was a genuine photo of rapper T.I. stripped down to his bare essentials, exposing all his impressive assets.

After conferring by phone with the loyal reader who sent in the photo — and after careful examination of the photo in Photoshop — I came to the conclusion that the photo is not authentic. Instead, it appears to be the result of an overeager fan with decent Photoshop skills.

The image fooled me until I enlarged it in Photoshop and looked closely at the pixels. At 300% magnification, I could see the telltale signs of pixel manipulation.

I even had a credible source reach out to two women (strippers) who have intimate knowledge of T.I.’s bare essentials to verify that he was, shall we say, uncut. But neither woman picked up the phone.

But since I know some of you lost sleep last night from heated anticipation, I’ve decided to post a portion of the photo after the break so that if you come across it on the Internet you will immediately know it is a fake.

Think of this as a PSA Morning Wood.

In other T.I. news, I now know the wedding date of Tiny and T.I., and it’s a lot sooner than I originally thought. In fact, it’s almost right around the corner. I also know that the wedding will not take place in Atlanta, and I am not invited to the nuptials. But that’s no surprise there. I’m just happy that the big day is almost here and Tiny is very happy.

Tiny has stepped up preparations with her wedding coordinator and the bridesmaids dresses are almost complete. This wedding will be planned in record time considering it takes a year to plan most big weddings.

I’m sure there will be a bunch of Twitpics posted on the Internet from inside the wedding, so we won’t feel left out!

More after the break!

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