General Motors might be looking for a new face to pimp its Chevy Impala SS model to replace rapper and sometimes actor, T.I., reports TMZ.
com . Feds over the weekend cuffed T.I.
(real name Clifford Harris) on charges of illegal gun possession, just hours before a scheduled appearance at the BET Hip Hop Awards. Chevrolet, which late last year brought in T.I.
to be featured in various new promotions for the new Impala, including a TV commercial featuring racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a Superbowl spot, is apparently "reviewing the situation," a GM representative told the online gossip site. Finding a worthy replacement could prove tough.
According to TMZ, the automaker said earlier this year: "Chevy is a brand that represents a voice of American Revolution, and T.I. shares some of those same values.