Wow, Lil Wayne has the worst luck. The rapper was scheduled to attend a court date in Arizona today, but there’s only one thing preventing him from making this appearance… he’s currently in a New York City prison serving his 1 year sentence. But despite that, Yuma County, AZ do about this? They went ahead and issued a bench warrant for his arrest even though they knew Weezy was behind bars. How childish.

According to TMZ, Wayne pled not guilty in the past to a litany of drug charges related to a January 2008 arrest, where DEA agents found 105 grams of marijuana, 29 grams of cocaine and 41 grams of ecstasy pills and a 40-caliber pistol on his tour bus.

So does this mean Wayne’s gonna get MORE time tacked on when he gets out in 8 – 12 months?

One of many music videos filmed by Lil Wayne before he started his stint in prison hit the Internet over the weekend. Continue reading to check out his new music video for “Drop the World,” featuring Eminem, from his latest album Rebirth…

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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…

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Lil Wayne has got to be one of the luckiest dudes on earth right now. Yesterday, we told you how his jail sentence was postponed again due to a fire in the courthouse. Well guess what? Mr. Carter’s official sentencing has been pushed back until this upcoming Monday. The judge just made this decision just moments ago to allow repairs to be done on the courthouse in the meantime.

All we can say is… wow. We guess we can expect to see a third round of going-away concerts, tweets, and Ustream videos! And speaking of “concerts,” we hear Lil Wayne was Jay-Z’s surprise guest last night at his big concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden! And guess what song he performed: “I’m Goin In!” (LMAO!)

This dude is never going to jail… lol

Rapper Lil Wayne was scheduled to be sentenced to one year in prison today, but he was granted more free time all because of a fire at the Manhattan court building where he was supposed to receive his sentence. When Weezy and his crew arrived, they were turned away because the building was evacuated when a small fire broke out in the basement. And officials shut the courthouse down for the remainder of the day. So Wayne gets yet ANOTHER day of freedom due to circumstances beyond his control.

A few weeks ago, the NOLA rapper was granted more free time after his lawyer requested that the judge postpone his sentencing so that he could have dental surgery, which we later learned involved the removal of his grill and 8 root canals.

No word just yet on when today’s sentencing will be rescheduled, but we hear Wayne spent his day in the studio to lay down some last minute tracks. Peep what he told his 230k plus followers on Twitter below:

Young Money rappers Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Tyga act as comic book characters in their newly released “Roger That” music video, directed by David Rousseau & Adam Rush.

“Roger That” is the latest single from YM’s compilation album We Are Young Money, in stores now, and the video is one of umpteen music videos Weezy filmed in preparation for his 8 – 12 month bid in prison. Continue reading to peep the new video!

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Rapper Lil Wayne is scheduled to report to prison on Rikers Island in New York next Tuesday (Mar 2) to begin his 8 – 12 month prison sentence. He was originally scheduled to go in earlier this month (Tues. Feb 8) but the judge agreed to hold off on that so that he could have surgery on his teeth, which involved 8 root canals and some other major dental work, like having some tooth replants redone and some work on his grill.

Sunday night (Feb 21) Wayne, with the help of one of his Young Money artists Lil Twist, hopped on Ustream to debut his new pearly whites and his new Twitter account @liltunechi, which was named after his first son whose nickname is “Lil Tune Chi.” And after only a little over 24 hours, dude already has well over 100,000 followers. Dayum!

Just in case you missed Wayne and his latest Ustream moment, a video is waiting for you after the cut…

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Lil Wayne is a very busy man. In a recent interview with Tim Westwood, Birdman said that Wayne would be shooting 20 to 30 videos before he begins his bid in prison next month. This is a far cry from the original 10 he shot a couple weeks back.

Here are 10+ pictures of Wayne, Shanell, Tyga, Birdman, Nicki Minaj and other members of Young Money on the set of “Roger That” in Miami. Check them out below and after the cut…

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Lil Wayne apparently has some really rotten teeth! Well now that he’s reportedly had 8 root canals done, we guess you could say Wayne “had” some really rotten teeth…

Last week, Wayne’s upcoming prison sentence was postponed because the rapper needed some major dental work done. Well according to TMZ, Weezy had a record breaking 8 root canals done in one sitting this past Tuesday (Feb 16). Ouch!!

We’re told during the eight hour procedure, Wayne had his grill worked on, several tooth implants redone, more implants added and had the few real teeth he had left repaired. This is the critical dental surgery that kept Wayne from being shipped off to the big house last week.

The judge allowed the rapper to put his sentence for felony attempted gun possession on hold until March 2 — enough time for Wayne to get his mouth prison-ready. If that’s even possible.

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8 root canals? How painful! And isn’t that grill in his mouth permanently bonded? Can you imagine what it was like working around that??? Wow…

The music video for “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti” debuted Friday night (Feb 12) during the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

This version of the song, featuring vocals from Justin Bieber, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Wayne, Janet Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, T-Pain, Usher, Wyclef Jean and much more, is much more contemporary than the original but it fits today’s music era. The song’s original writer and singer Michael Jackson also appears in the song and video (his sister Janet sings the first chorus with footage of Mike thrown in). They also kept one of MJ’s original parts and show footage of him singing it (Nice!).

The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of We Are The World 25 For Haiti embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.

The video shows footage of Haiti and the efforts surrounding its repair, along with footage of the artists mentioned above and more recording the song in the studio. Check it out below…

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