T.I.’s girlfriend, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, who was also arrested with the Atlanta bred rapper on Saturday (October 13), has reportedly been hit with drug possession charges.

As reported earlier, T.I. was arrested at a shopping center parking lot in midtown Atlanta yesterday while trying to purchase a machine gun and two silencers from his bodyguard.

T.I. was accompanied to the scene by Cottle along with Mac Boney and Young Dro,  who are rappers under T.I.’s Grand Hustle label. All four were taken into custody.

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cottle was charged for possession of marijuana and ecstasy. Updated October 15 (2:31pm): Cottle was released on $10,000 bail on Sunday (October 14)

Young Dro and Mac Boney were not charged with any crimes and were released.

“We're going to be all right,” Young Dro told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It's just a mistake. Everybody's entitled to some. We'll be OK.”

Dwight Thomas, T.I’.s  lawyer, revealed that a couple of his client's bodyguards were also taken into custody b ut were not charged.

T.I. has been charged with two felony gun charges and will appear before a judge at the United States Courthouse in Atlanta today (October 15). Updated October 15 (2:43pm): T.I. will appear in court at 3pm.

“We'll go in [today], request bail on his behalf and vigorously defend him," Thomas said.

Thomas said he spoke to T.I. in jail and the rapper is in a positive emotional state.

“I can tell you he's in good spirits,” Thomas said. “He's confident the legal system will work in his favor.”

How did T.I. get caught up in this ugly situation?

T.I.’s bodyguard, who had been working for the rapper since July, was reportedly busted on Wednesday (October 10) for trying to purchase the aforementioned guns from an undercover ATF agent.

While in custody, the bodyguard agreed to co-operate with the authorities and revealed that he was buying the guns for T.I. and he had also bought other guns for the rapper in the past.  He also told the police about other guns in T.I.’s  bedroom closet at his Atlanta home

The authorities would then record the bodyguard holding a series of conversations with T.I. about buying the guns.  The bodyguard then arranged the meeting at the parking lot for T.I. to pick up the guns.

The arresting officers would find three other guns in the car that T.I. drove to the parking lot.

A search of T.I.’s home shortly after the arrest would produce six guns which were  discovered in his bedroom closet.

The rapper is a convicted felon on seven year probation thanks to drug and illegal firearm possession charges he picked in the late 90’s.  Felons are not allowed to own guns.

Vanessa McLemore, an ATF special agent, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in statement Saturday that T.I. is facing a “potentially long prison sentence”.

A source close to T.I. revealed yesterday(October 14) that the rapper was set up and the guns found in his home belonged to the security team that lives with him.

Thomas confirmed the source's claims when he spoke to The New York Daily News saying other people live with rapper in his Atlanta home.

Producer DJ Toomp, who helped T.I. craft some of  his biggest hits including  “What You Know” and “ U Don’t Know Me”,  told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he tried to warn the rapper about hanging with the wrong crowd.

“I was in his ear all the time,” Toomp said.

 T.I.’s family members have refused to comment on the arrest.