Lil Wayne (Finally) Sentenced To One Year In Prison

After a series of bizarre delays, including dental surgery and a courthouse fire, rapper Lil Wayne was finally sentenced today to a year in Rikers. Lil Wayne was greeted by over a hundred fans outside Manhattan Supreme Court, reports the Times, where Judge Charles Solomon handed down the year-long jail sentence. Wayne pleaded guilty last October to felony gun charges for having a pistol on his tour bus in July 2007, and had faced up to seven years in jail if he had not made a plea deal. With good behavior, Wayne could be out of jail in eight months.

Defense lawyer Stacey Richman told reporters that Wayne would be housed in protective custody at Rikers, and is planning on continuing to work on music, as he is an "unstoppable musician." EW agrees with the assessment, and makes the daring prediction that the rapper's career won't be hurt by jail time. Wayne told MTV that he has filmed seven new videos in anticipation of today's sentencing. MTV also looks back over the month in Lil Wayne tweeting, including what is assumed to be his last tweet for awhile: "Law is mind without reason. I'll return."

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By Ben Yakas in News on March 8, 2010 5:45 PM

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newy

I'm pretty sure he adapted the line in his tweet from Legally Blonde.. amazing.

Radbecca

Not sure anyone deserves going to prison for gun possession... This wouldn't happen in Louisiana. Maybe that's what he gets for not pulling for the Saints?

ilovejapgirls

who's lil wayne?

Rocko

Best rapper alive? only someone who is stupid or under the age of 20 and doesnt know shit about rap would say some dumb shit like that

airtech1

But rappers -- and their record execs -- LOVE that crowd. Those 'under the age of 20's' are forking over loads of cash to fund their lifestyles. It pays to be stupid.

free_weezy

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kazubes

Calling the headline now of Rikers guard caught smuggling him in cough syrup

Wza

He won't be in general population, meaning he'll be chillin' for the next few months.

maryjr

What a wuss! He had "dental surgery" to get all the diamonds taken off his teeth because he knew the other inmates would just pull his teeth out to get them. hahaha.

peanuthead

so, will not being housed in gen pop make l'il wayne wussier than utah? man, if i am not mistaken even utah took the shit of gen pop as did, perhaps, good ol' CXB.

hey utah, cxb . . . where you @?

Wza

Word.

What I'm reading now is that he requested to be in general population, and will have an escort.

Cannibal

Not wanting your teeth ripped out of your head by prison inmates is being a 'wuss'? It was a smart move.

maryjr

I assumed he's fearless since he's been bragging so much about how much he's looking forward to his prison sentence.

adeez

Ha! As soon as I saw the headline I immediately thought, "PC?"

Then I click on the link, and the first thing I see is

"Defense lawyer Stacey Richman told reporters that Wayne would be housed in protective custody at Rikers."

bitchincamaro

What is the ratio, I forget? For every month served, something like 5,000 additional units are sold? Bitch is gettin paid to do the time.

JenChungsNewBra

Best rapper alive

carbomb

best "rapper" aint saying much. absent an audience of idiots, what is his contribution to the human race? Maybe he'll be dethroned in the can, and have to compete with "best dead rapper". One can only hope.