Live Your Life is by the artist T.I.
`` Dead and Gone '' is a song by American hip hop recording artist T.I. , featuring American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake . Live Your Life (T.I. song) . In the United States , the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 , marking T.I. 's third number-one single , and Rihanna 's fifth . The song remains T.I. 's highest charting and most successful single worldwide since its release . Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. ( born September 25 , 1980 ) , known professionally as T.I. and Tip ( often stylized as TIP ) , is an American hip hop recording artist and actor from Atlanta , Georgia .