Uh Oh: Lil Wayne and Ja Rule Arrested

Rappers Ja Rule and Lil Wayne both found themselves ending their weekend with arrests last night. The separate incidents both took place in the city.

Lil Wayne, fresh off the Beacon Theater stage following his Sunday night show there, was found smoking pot by his tour bus on 61st and Columbus Avenue at 11:30pm. What not to do while smoking an illegal substance, on the street, in the city? Carry a firearm. Lil Wayne had a .40-caliber pistol, and he and his friend were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana.

Meanwhile, one hour earlier, Ja Rule was arrested on West End Avenue. His luxury sedan was speeding when the cops pulled it over. Then they arrested him as well as other occupants of the car after finding a .40-caliber pistol. Guess it's the handgun of choice these days!

Lil Wayne collaborated with Ja Rule on a new track called "Uh Oh." Though it's unclear if Ja Rule was at Beacon Theater performing with him last night, both arrests took place fairly close to the venue.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events, News on July 23, 2007 11:26 AM

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guest

What can you say ? It's just Nigga's being Nigga's ! They know they have "Eyes" on them yet they persist in provoking those "Eyes" ! How many times will it take for these cats to finally get the message ? I guess the answer to that question is "A couple more times around and through the system" . Dumb fucks ! All that money and you want to show Ur not afraid by packin heat . Posted by; "Still Not Amused"

guest

at least the concert was amazing. you're just jealous that you weren't there.

Spirit of 76

That's "thug life." You don't get street cred by letting anyone else shoot people who diss you. You pop them yourself. And these guys have to have street cred. They wouldn't be taken seriously anywhere else.

guest

Obligatory post:

I haven't yet heard from Al Shrpton or Charles Barron on this.

guest

Funny - I was going by the Beacon on the way to see Harry Potter last night (AWsome btw) and saw the mounted Police, barricades and fans outside hours before the concert started. Mostly, it was a white crowd with A LOT of young, suburban-looking females milling about so I didn't feel like too much of a racist when my Spidey Sense started tingling (I have a pretty good record of predicting shit storms.) It wasn't the rap or the cops on horses or the crowds that got me thinking that crap was about to fly - but a combination of all of the above and the fact that Lil' Wayne is a fucking basketcase (if a decent rapper). Sho'nuff I get home late and CNN has a "Rappers Arrested" headline - got to say, "I told you so" to my brother.

guest

Both are losers. This news just goes to show money can't buy class or brains...

guest

excuse me, but the staten islander homeowners with guns were found in the home, not on their person like these two. the penalties for carrying in the streets are much harsher.

TKaisen

Why do rich guys carry around their own guns? That's what your body guards are for.

Reality Czech

Yet another rapper is arrested. Good thing that rap isn;t the music of the ghetto and violence.

STOP SNITCHIN' YOU IDIOTS!

guest

guest # 13:

how exactly is marijuana dangerous?

do you really think it is more dangerous than alcohol?

janelle

please, how stupid can you be? or is it just arrogance?

Ace

Make an example out of them.

guest

Heh profiling like whoa, I've never seen anyone get pulled over for speeding in the city (other than cabs anyway) and I tend to drive as much as I MTA.

guest

funny, I don't recall these comments when guns were discovered at a Staten Island home or the rocket launcher in jersey city?

come take them.

guest

weezy is the man, yo!

greatest rapper alive.

guest

It's not their fault. It's the white man's fault for not wanting to hire tattooed vulgarians into honest jobs which then forces them to become rappers.

guest

I'm glad to see the cops are still enforcing the laws.... at least sometimes. Pot is still a dangerous drug. Too bad they don't enforce the law in the Lower East Side.

I smell pot everywhere while walking around the east village, orchard street, essex street, etc every night.

Are the cops in the 7th and 9th precient lazy or what? Why don't they put down that donut and enforce the law.

guest

From an article below: to highlight the new penalties for illegal gun possession in New York, such as longer mandatory minimum sentences of 3.5 years.

Hmmm...anyone want to bet that they don't get that sentence, or any jail time?

Shoot them both, wash hands, end of story.

People who send this type of message (guns are cool) to our kids have no place in society.

brooklynbee

Uh Oh, indeed.

guest

you guys are idiots to think that these guys wouldn't want to get arrested. It's like a badge of honor for them. The more arrests= more street cred = more album sales. Hell, they were probably sitting in a bubble bath in their jacuzzi thinking "damn, my last album only sold so many units, I know I'm gonna get arrested! that will move em"

mocanlagunas

Profiling, anyone? Oh man, what morons...

And these are kids role models....

guest

aw little kids with their big t shirts and guns, they're so cool.

gothamist sucks at journalism, yo. they can't even get info whether ja rule performed ata fucking concert? what kind of journalism is hits? oh wait it's a blog.

guest

what idiot-thug-morons these two are!

look at their stupid poses in the photos above.

they look like retards.

so they go speeding down the highway even though they have guns in their cars and could get stopped and searched. einsteins!!!