( CNN ) -- Rapper T.I. , who was sentenced to a 366-day prison sentence in March , reported Tuesday to a federal prison complex in Forrest City , Arkansas , according to CNN affiliate WSB-TV . T.I. , left , performed to a packed crowd Sunday , days before he was to start a prison term . The rapper -- whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr. -- was required to be at the prison before noon local time to begin serving his sentence on federal weapons charges . According to news reports , officers from Forrest City and the prison set up a roadblock along Arkansas Highway 1 about one-tenth of a mile from the complex . Reporters were not allowed any closer to the prison . T.I . threw himself a going-away party Sunday night at Philips Arena in Atlanta , Georgia , before a packed house . During Sunday 's concert -- called `` T.I . 's Final Goodbye Bash '' -- the 28-year-old Grammy winner reiterated a message that 's become familiar in recent weeks : He wants others to learn from his mistakes . `` I 'm doing the best I can to get out there , man , and put something positive on these young kids , man , '' T.I . said during the show . `` I try my best . I need y'all help , though . '' The rapper played to a sell-out crowd of 16,000 people , said Kenan Woods , a spokesman for the arena . T.I . played through much of his catalog , including the hits `` Whatever You Like , '' `` Live Your Life '' and the Grammy-winning `` Swagga Like Us , '' Woods said . At times in the show , Harris was joined on stage by fellow rapper Soulja Boy and by his five children and mother , Woods said . T.I . was sentenced in March on weapons charges related to purchasing machine guns and silencers . In addition to serving prison time , T.I . was placed on house arrest , was given community service and was ordered to pay a $ 100,300 fine . Though he had been in legal trouble before , Harris ' current situation began when he was arrested just hours before he was to perform at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta . The rapper had provided a bodyguard with $ 12,000 to buy weapons . Harris was not permitted to own any guns , however , because he was convicted in 1998 on felony drug charges -- possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute -- in Cobb County , in suburban Atlanta . After his arrest , he entered a plea agreement , which federal authorities called unique because it allowed the rapper to remain out of prison for a year while he performed community service . Harris has already left a strong mark on the hip-hop genre , music experts told CNN , which should position his career well when he is released . Harris had been named to the Forbes list of top-earning rappers , making an estimated $ 16 million in 2006 . Some music industry observers have said T.I . 's prison term will only make him more popular . `` I think that if anything , it will gain him more fans and actually support his fan base , because he 's talked about making a mistake , '' Emil Wilbekin , editor in chief of Giant Magazine , told CNN . `` He 's talked about taking care of the error of his ways . '' The Atlanta rapper has expressed remorse for the situation . `` I would like to say thank you to some and apologize to others , '' he said at his sentencing in March . `` In my life , I have been placed in the worst-case scenario and had to make the best of it . '' In a March interview with CNN 's T.J. Holmes , Harris said he no longer felt like he needed to carry weapons to protect himself . He said people should not idolize him for what he 's gone through , but should take note of the fact that he has taken responsibility for his actions . `` You should n't take the things that I 've gone through , and the negative parts of my life , and admire me for that . If anything , admire me for how I 've accepted responsibility for the part I played in placing myself in these situations , and what I 've done to recover from it , '' Harris said . Harris has been the subject of an MTV reality show , `` T.I . 's Road to Redemption , '' in the lead-up to the prison term .
T.I . performed Sunday , less than two days before his prison term was to start . The rapper has been sentenced in connection with federal weapons charges . Rapper T.I. is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on Friday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood,