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All About the Money - King of the South Clifford "T.I." Harris turns 35 today and has stated from day one that he was a hustler in the pursuit of cash. In honor of his big day, let's take a look at 35 ways he's trapped paper over the years. Read on. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Maury Phillips/WireImage)

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I'm Serious About This Music - The King of the South stacked a lot of paper in this music game since his debut, I’m Serious, dropped in 2001, moving over 12 million albums helped fatten his pockets. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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Primetime Player - TIP checked in with Hollywood and those television checks from shows, like Boss and House of Lies, added up nicely too. (Photo: Starz)

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Brick by Brick - Keeping the money in the family, Mr. Harris knows how to check paper from all resources. He invested some coins in a construction company years back called New Finish with his uncles that builds and repairs homes throughout the A. (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Drive Slow - General Motors cut The King a nice check back in 2007 when they enlisted him and race car drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart to give the Chevrolet Impala SS some worldwide exposure. (Photo: Chevy)

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Swagga Like Us - The Rubber Band Man always had a flare for fashion and introduced his “upscale urban apparel” line AKOO in 2008. A King of Oneself has netted the Hustle Man several millions with it’s swagged out jeans, shirts, jackets and more.  (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Street Cred Certified - Always looking for the next paper route, TIP made a few ends in 2007 when he unveiled his short-lived hip hop social networking site, Street Cred. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

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Smells Like Money - Ladies love a good smelling man and The King was summoned by AXE body spray in 2010 to push their smell goods to the fellas.(Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for AXE)

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Fine Dining - The South is known for supplying that good ol’ soul food and T.I. expanded his financial portfolio when he opened his restaurant, Scales 925, in Atlanta this spring. The investment will definitely keep The King eating as customers have lined up for the grub described as “upscale Southern cuisine.” (Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

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Grand Hustler - After his first deal with Arista went left, TIP went back to his hustling roots and started his own label, Grand Hustle, in 2003. Eventually inking a distribution deal with Atlantic and now standing on it’s own, T.I. has been the driver of his own career ever since and the multi-talented label also watched it’s paper pile up with acts that include B.o.B, Travi$ Scott and Young Dro. (Photo: Grand Hustle Records)

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I'm Flexin' - TIP kept his fashion game pumping and the money too when he dropped his second line, Hustle Gang Clothing, several years back.  (Photo: JP Yim/Getty Images for BET)

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You Know What It Is - The King is known to run the nightlife in Atlanta too thanks to Club Crucial. Another family investment, T.I.’s uncles run the day to day, or shall we say the night to night, while he kicks his feet up and watches the money pile up.  (Photo: Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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The Negotiator - T.I. and Atlantic made a lot of paper together through their joint venture, which saw them stack millions with five platinum plus selling projects.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Dope Boy Fresh - Prior to music and film, TIP made his name on the streets of Bankhead as a local street pharmacist determined to get it by any means necessary and had the trap bumping for a period of time.(Photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters/Corbis)

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Tech King - T.I., Serena Williams, La La Anthony and Russell Simmons partnered together last year when they signed on as investors and sponsors for Mission G-Rok, which eventually was named one of the Top 15 apps for kids. He also set his son Domani up on his own paper trail when he had him rap the theme song for the popular children’s application.(Photo: Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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Hustle & Flow - TIP also elevated his boss status in 2005 when he executive produced the soundtrack for the Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson blockbuster film Hustle & Flow. (Photo: Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records)

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Ready for Whatever - After his deal with Atlantic was up, Clifford then headed over to Columbia records in 2013 and shook them down for a few mills.(Photo: Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Connected Ventures)

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Hollywood Player - The King of the South diversified his income by appearing in several hit movies, including ATL and Get Hard with Kevin Hart, and made the Hollywood studios take notice that the Hustle Man was a viable commodity. (Photo: Warner Bros Entertainment)

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Drink to That - In 2010, TIP hopped into the spirit business briefly when Remy Martin Cognac added some dollars to his bank account by naming him as one of their global creative consultants. (Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

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It Was Written - Besides writing rhymes and checks, TIP also watched his money pile up after authoring the fiction novels Power & Beauty and Trouble & Triumph and hooking up with book publisher HarperCollins to get them out to the masses.(Photo: HarperCollins)

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Let's Get Away - T.I. furthered his march into the tech industry when he invested in Yopima in 2013. The app lets users log in when they enter events and parties and let other users know where the party is before they even leave the house as it registers how many men and women are already there.  (Photo: Byron Purvis/AdMedia/AdMedia/Corbis)

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Money and the Power - After getting his weight up in Tinseltown, the ATL trapper then flipped his money and served as one of the executive producers of and starred in 2010’s Takers.(Photo: Screen Gems)

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King Back - King TIP watched his dough continue to rise after moving over three million copies of Paper Trail as the project lived up to its name.(Photo: Atlantic Records)

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Taking Money to the Bank - The crime action thriller Takers brought T.I. a lot of bank after it topped the box office in 2010 and has grossed nearly $58 million since its release. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images) 

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Front, Back, Side to Side - Clifford has always had a thing for cars and owned his own custom car shop, Elite Auto Concierge, for several years in the A. (Photo: TI via Instagram)

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Trap Back Jumpin' - The Rubber Band Man’s paper really started doing flips in 2003 after he moved nearly two million units of his sophomore album, Trap Muzik, which finally had the people rallying behind his king status.(Photo: Atlantic Records)

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Bring 'Em Out - The King caught lightning in a bottle again in 2004 after Urban Legend had a million plus people running to the store “ASAP.”(Photo: Grand Hustle, Atlantic Records)

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Hit 'Em Up - TIP’s smile became even brighter in 2013 when he co-starred as a hitman alongside Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy in their number one film Identity Thief. Those residual checks must be nice because the film has grossed nearly $135 million to date.(Photo: Universal Pictures)

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Big Things Poppin’ - T.I. and TIP went head to head and both came out victorious after The King’s dual personalities had a million plus people choosing sides.  (Photo: Atlantic Records)

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Ruler of All I Survey - The Bankhead ambassador is also serious about his real estate investments which continue to help him stack his bundles.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for MAXIM)

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King Me - T.I.’s subjects made more deposits into his account as King went double platinum and kept him living the “Goodlife.”(Photo: Atlantic Records)

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American Gangster - TIP was able to buy whatever he liked after he appeared in the biopic about drug dealer Frank Lucas, which also starred Denzel Washington. Besides picking up some acting tips, he also scored a nice check from the film, which clocked over $130 million in 2007.(Photo: Universal Pictures)

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Reset, Go - After Arista and La Face dropped the ball with his debut I’m Serious in 2001, TIP went back to the trap but had a new product to sell. This time he flooded the streets alongside his Pimp Squad Click with a gang of mixtapes called In Da Streetz, which kept him on the road and eventually made Atlantic take notice of his hustle. The rest became history.(Photo: Grand Hustle Records)

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Gang of Hustlers - While everything musically falls under his Grand Hustle umbrella, The King also established a sub imprint under the label called Hustle Gang to distinguish his new artists from his day one riders. Signees like Iggy Azalea keep his pockets bulging, too.  (Photo: Hustle Gang)

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Quiet Money on the Set - The King prefers to get his money on the back end these days, which has proven to be quite lucrative after executive producing television shows like Sisterhood of Hip Hop, T.I.’s Road to Redemption and T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle. (Photo: Tim Brown/Oxygen)

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That's All He Wrote - TIP’s pen game is as sharp as they come and he picked up some huge publishing checks over the years writing rhymes for such stars as Diddy, Dr. Dre and Bow Wow. (Photo: Ricky Fitchett/ZUMAPRESS.com)