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Lil Wayne to Go to Prison for a Year

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Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday -- and is to be sentenced to a year in prison, according to the Associated Press.

The rapper (nee Dwayne M. Carter Jr.), 27, remains free on $30,000 bail. He is set to appear in State Supreme Court in NYC again on Dec. 15.

A sentencing hearing before Justice Charles H. Solomon is scheduled for February.

Police said a gun was found on his tour bus in Manhattan in 2007. He previously had pleaded not guilty to the gun possession charges, which carried a sentence of 3 1/2 years behind bars. His trial had been scheduled to start Jan. 20.

But the rapper ended up signing a plea agreement with prosecutors after police used a DNA profiling technique to tie him to the gun found on the bus.

Lil Wayne is expecting his fourth child. The mother is singer Nivea, 27 (ex-wife to The Dream,Christina Milian's new husband). It is the third son in about a year for the rapper.

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Posted By InspectorGadget InspectorGadget | about 1 month ago
I guess T.I. is going to have some company. It's unfortunate for Wayne. His career is just rolling, and a year in jail is going to put a pause on all the new music. He should have thought about the consequences before deciding to carry weapons illegally. Why do these rappers carry weapons any way? They have body guards and what not. Wayne's music is very successful. It's not like he needs "street credibility" for sales.
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