After serving seven months behind bars and three months in a halfway house, T.I. touched down in New York for the first time since he was incarcerated. The King of the South was gracious to TMZ’s cameras when they caught up with him at the airport with girlfriend Tiny in tow.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Tip compared his new album King Uncaged to Tupac’s 1996 classic All Eyez on Me, which was released months after Pac got out of prison. “This is the most significant return from incarceration that the game has had since then,” he said.