Rapper T.I. was arrested hours before he was slated to perform at the BET Hip-Hop awards. T.I. was arrested on federal charges for illegally buying machine guns. Is he preparing for WWII again? What in the world does someone want with machine guns? I hope it’s because he collects guns or something.

According to People.com T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, 27, was arrested by federal agents in an Atlanta shopping center parking lot Saturday and charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers and possession of firearms by a convicted felon, the Associated Press reports.