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UsherLil Wayne Finally Went to Jail… But He Might Only Have to Serve 8 Months!
Pull out your “Free Wayne” or “Free Weezy” tees because after many a delay, rapper Lil Wayne is behind bars (for real this time). For the third time in just one month, Weezy made his way to a New York City courthouse for his hearing on his 1-year jail term for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.
AP says Wayne (real name: Dwayne Carter) gave a brief bow to fans/supporters as he was arrested and led out of the NYC courtroom in handcuffs to begin serving his year-long sentence Monday (Mar 8). He was arrested back in July 2007 after cops found a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his bus. He pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him in October.
Reports say the 27-year-old rapper chose not to speak at his sentencing yesterday when he turned himself in. With good behavior, he’ll only serve 8 months out of the year, and he will be held in protective custody (outside of the general pop.) at Rikers Island prison.
The Grammy winner — who has made upwards of $50 million a tour — was mobbed on his way into Manhattan Supreme Court by hundreds of reporters and cellphone-waving fans, and serenaded up the con crete steps by shouts of, “Weezy! We love you!” “Yo, keep your head up, Weezy!” one fan shouted from a back row of the courtroom as the cuffs went on. Lil Wayne — nickname “Weezy,” real name Dwayne Carter, age 27 — will continue making music in jail, said his lawyer, Stacey Richman. “He’s an unstoppable musician and creator,” she said.
This date has been a longtime coming for Wayne. The first time he was scheduled to appear in court, his attorney got the judge to postpone it a few weeks so that he could have dental surgery before he went into the slammer. The second time he was scheduled to turn himself in, a fire broke out at the courthouse just hours before he was to arrive.
More pics of Lil Wayne turning himself in below and after the cut…
He said goodbye to fans on Twitter, in print interviews and in YouTube videos, only to see the surrender date come and go, each time necessitating renewed goodbyes. “Law is mind without reason . . . I’ll return,” he wrote on his Twitter page yesterday morning. But once in court yesterday, he said nothing.
Asked by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon if he wanted to speak before sentencing, the rapper shook his head. “Nothing at all?” repeated the judge. The rapper shook his head again.
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free_weezy
March 9, 2010 at 10:11 PM
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dajuan bowens
March 18, 2010 at 2:20 PM
weezy f. baby is my fav rapper alive like 4real datz my nigga man but every body got to go when its time to go he made a mistake but now he got to pay the consqences but fuk it we gone wait 4 my influence on rap and life to get out no homo im out!!!!!
tay
March 31, 2010 at 1:12 PM
you is so damn fine whu yo people sexiness
Steven
May 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM
LOL WAYNE IN PRISION AHAHHAHA GOOD HE SUCKS ANYWAYS SHOULD STAY IN JAIL FOREVER LMAO LIL WAYNE IS SUCH A LOSER LMAO !
brad
May 30, 2010 at 2:32 AM
@Steven: @Steven: LOL right on that
FREE WEEZY AKA YOUNG MONEY
July 12, 2010 at 9:08 AM
LIL WAYNE WE ALL GOING 2 LISTERN 2 YO MUSIC TILL YHU GET OUT WE ALL SAY FREE_WEEZY OR FREE WAYNE OR AS I WILL LIKE 2 CKALL YHU FREE WEEZY AKA
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chelsea Hollingsworth
August 25, 2010 at 3:32 PM
OMG!!!!! Yall need to stop hatin on lil wayne…….he is one of the best rappers
OMG
August 29, 2010 at 12:37 PM
he dissed JayZ in the song ‘either freestyle’ but,when he gets out of jail he’ll join rocafella when he gets out of jail.I know that ‘either freestyle’ song is old but, do the math.
abby
September 4, 2010 at 9:05 PM
godd just fucken free weezy !! i love him e!