Rapper Lil Wayne is going to do some jail time. The hip hop superstar just pleaded guilty to gun possession and is about to go away to work on his next album. Isn’t it ironic that serving time in prison is considered a career boost in hip hop.
Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted possession of a weapon in the second degree this morning in a New York courtroom; the plea bargain carries a sentence of up to a year in prison. Wayne had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were filed after the NYPD found a .40 caliber handgun on Wayne’s tour bus in July 2007. But after the court ruled that DNA evidence found on the gun would be admissible — evidence obtained by techniques Wayne’s lawyer Stacey Richman has called problematic — Wayne opted to take the plea bargain, AllHipHop reports. If Wayne was found guilty following the trial, which was set for January 2010, the charges carried a three-and-a-half year sentence.
Neither Lil Wayne nor his representatives have released any statements as of press time, and when the Grammy winner left court this morning he said only “What’s up?” to waiting reporters. According to TMZ, cops searched Wayne’s tour bus after they detected the aroma of marijuana following his show at the Beacon Theatre. When police approached the bus, Wayne allegedly tossed a Louis Vuitton bag with the gun inside. It’s expected that Wayne will serve a sentence of eight months to a year, as the New York judicial system is usually tough on firearm violators, regardless of fame. Case in point: Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in September 2009 for possessing a gun at a nightclub. [source]
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He’s not a thug. He said it wasn his gun. He is brave enough to take another person’s punishment. That’s was up to him and his contious. It was his bus and he allowed it though. But don’t look at the man as a criminal with a gun going to jail. He says ” I don’t even carry a gun, I don’t roll like that.” I believe him, Maybe it should be in his next “cd”. “I don’t roll like that.” O well, “jail time. Wyane, you know not to drop it.