Lil Wayne: One-Year Sentence Expected in Gun Case
Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to felony gun possession charges Thursday in a New York City courtroom. He is expected to receive a one-year jail sentence, MTV reports.
The charges stem from a 2007 arrest in Manhattan, when Wayne's tour bus was stopped by police for wafting marijuana smoke following his concert at the Beacon Theatre. A search discovered a .40 caliber semi-automatic loaded gun.
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Wayne, born Dwayne Carter, had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, which carried at least 3 1/2 years in jail upon conviction. The trial was set to begin Jan. 20. Thursday's hearing was centered on a controversial DNA profiling technique, which prosecutors said tied the loaded weapon to the artist. The defense maintained that the gun wasn't Wayne's, and that the testing technique was too problematic to prove otherwise, the AP reports.
A solemn Wayne, 27, arrived to for the hearing dressed casually in black jeans, a gray coat, white T-shirt, and blue Converse Chucks, and accompanied by Bryan "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams, the CEOs of his label, Cash Money Records.
Wayne will be sentenced in February 2010. With good behavior, he is expected to serve eight to 10 months.
But the gun charge isn't the only trouble for Wayne: the multi-platinum rapper is also scheduled to go to trial in Arizona on felony drug possession and weapons charges, stemming from a January 2008 arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.
Wayne is currently No. 1 on the pop charts with his cameo on Jay Sean's track "Down." The position is familiar to the rapper: on the success of 2008's Tha Carter III, Wayne shot from underground prodigy to chart-topping pop star. The album has sold over three million copies -- thanks to hits like "A Milli," "Mr. Carter," and "Lollipop" -- and was well received by the press, including SPIN's Charles Aaron, who wrote of Wayne: Never has such a gifted MC been more motivated and distracted, piercing and random, clear-eyed and stoned into total bewildering oblivion. Who can't relate?"
The massive success led to this past summer's nationwide "America's Most Wanted Tour," featuring hot up-and-comer Drake, Jeezy, Soulja Boy, and more.
Wayne has long been prepping his next album, the rock-tinged Rebirth, which is finally expected to drop December 15.













It's too bad that his sentence is ONLY one (1) year for this brain-dead,
drug-infested, worthless pile-of-shit, who can't sing, play any instrument,
dance, read or write music, or even dress. And you idiotic fans, who bought
3 million cd's of his worthless crap....need to start wearing your signs again....the one that says, "I'M STUPID"...and on the flip side says,
"DEAD SOON".
Seriously 1 year for guns? That's a little ridiculous considering what the man does he is main stream and everyone knows who he is. The man needs protection. Lil Wayne is my guilty pleasure just when I thought rap was dead Wayne made me a believer again.
Lil Wayne is the BEST rapper alive!! He is very talented in all instruments.. Ass for you who think he can't read or write yall need to go to hell! He was actually number 1 in all his classes and graduated!!! You should ask yourself why must I hate on someone that is actually doing something for themselves and thay family!! I know why yall hate on him its because: You are just mad cause you can't knock us Black people down anymore.. We are no longer your slaves.... And we are finally getting our 40 acres and a mule one damn way or another!!!
I'm sorry, but I will have to disagree with you. The last time i checked, talent was based on something natural flowing through you. And, if im not mistaken, I believe that this artist uses AUTO TUNE for everything. So please, tell me, how can you say someone has talent when all of the notes they play or sing is perfected with this program? And this has nothing to do with race, it has to do with wrong decisions that a human being has taken in their life and must face the consequences that this decision has brought them. I think that the american people should stop thinking that celebrities are better people then us, because they are just the same as any human being on this planet. So people please stop defending people you don't even know and think you know based on what the media displays as their personality. Most of the time they are not who they think they are.
Just becuase he use auto tune doesn't mean it's not coming directly from him dummie. and if you dis like it, he could give two f***s.. So get a life.. YouNg moNey
What the hell can you do, you talk so much about somebody and i bet you a lame yourself. This man is doing what makes him happy and what makes him alot of money. SO why you wasting your dumb time hating on him and his money, you need to get your game up and shut up.. And if he is worthless, then your sorry ass is already dead and gone like T.I say.. So stop hating on Wayne and get you some money. You probably on drugs yourself. Grown up and let the man be him, cause believe me, he still love you just fo acknowledging him. TRICK!!!!
I think this dr. bob fellow is just one of the many haters that lil wayne has. He really is just mad that someone better than him has the fame and fortune that he wishes he can have but doesn't. Point is Wayne is making money (more than you'll ever see in your life) and he has many fans that love his music. Theirs nothing wrong with creating music that people love and making bank off fans. But along with a good artist with good music he will have angry haters who only talk shit ("Mr. Bob"). Kill yourself and let the guy be. I hope he gets out quick and someone shoves a rusty mic up your ass. =)
Aye Dr. Bob shut da fuck up about Lil Wayne cause we kno ur dumbass is jus hatin on his success and u been waiting for this. So you got what u want but remember this who is famous and who's not famous.
Some of ya'll fools are being too unrealistic, too excessive, or too extreme in one direction or the other. Especially posts 1 & 3. Give me a fuckin break. First of all, albeit I'm not a huge fan, Lil Wayne is clearly a continually viable, huge, commercially marketable success for a long time now and this clearly indicates his abundant talent, speaking objectively. Granted, that Auto Tune isht is garbage, and should be used mad sparingly...if you can't sing, you shouldn't be singing, plain and simple...but mad people dig this combination of Weezy's voice with Auto Tune, so let it be...occasionally that is. Regarding his conviction and sentence, he should be treated no differently than any other idiot who breaks the law (and gets caught). He has stacks and stacks, so by now, he shoulda got one of his non-felonious homeboys to get licensed to carry a shooter and be his bodyguard or some isht..."knows who he is" my a$$...he ain't Steven Seagal!! Plus none of his other homies would take the hit for him and receive a nice little outlay on the come-out?? Isht is all fucked up anyway so he'll probably receive rock star treatment in prison, so hold the tears, and...this kind of isht adds to the persona that is...Lil' Wayne. Always a plus for his camp. Oh, and if herb was legal like it motha fuckin should be, none of this woulda happened, son!!! Peace.
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wane the best bitches face it who better
for all you haters out there.....wayne is the best rapper aliveee! he is actually a smart guy when you think about it and know something about him and his past...!...he came up from nothing and made himself into something big so stop hating!.. his lyrics are also very inspirational and he has alot to say..why do you think he made that many albums?!
so stop hating and start aknowledging him!!!!!!!!
WAYNE ALLLL THE WAYYYYYYYYYYYY <3 :)
First of all i'd admit sin does caught up to you, even when u don't expect it dats scary, but look at wat u know about Lil Wayne dats suprising and wat u don't know about Lil Wayne dats even better, i know dat Lil Wayne is Da Best Rapper Alive, on every new or old song either his own or featuring, make da best beats, rap da best songs, and create da best metaphors and true lyrics, Jay-Z sucks, so dats one knock out he's a dickrider, 50Cent is just knocking down producers not da charts if u haven't checked lately, u gotta look at da real artist dats in da spot light but is also blinded by it:Lil Wayne, T.I., The Game, Rich Boy, dey confess true stories and goes through everyday issues, and even though dey are richier than our front pockets still trying to make it like da average struggling civilian, imma an artist, and i know i gotta long way to go, yeah Lil Wayne got caught wit a gun, well he says he carrys and sleeps wit a couple in his every rap i wouldn't be surprised if dey followed him wit his rhymes, but dat just shows u dat we all sin and fall short, but if we aint dead we still living, he's still da best, still got more music, left music behind while he's gone, gonna make even better music before he leaves and better than dat when he gets out same for T.I., now The Game he's da definition of a real nigga fo sho' he should be in da hood doing his daily routine, but hip hop saved him like Lupe, note to yall if u don't belong in da type of game u in stick to ur day job, or couch sitting eating Debbie Cakes, Lil Wayne speaks for his self just listen to his songs, reply on this if u are able to listen to his first made song to da most recent updated, imma try dat in a couple years, just to let yall know REAL NIGGAZ GO THROUGH REAL NIGGA SHIT AND IF U FAKE U CAN'T UNDERSTAND US, U CAN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING AND DATS JUST BEING REAL, HEADS UP HOLLYGROVE 7THWARD, UPTOWN NEW ORLEANS, 605 HOWARD ST. OAKVIEW NORTHSIDE 7218 SHORT ST. SOUTH CAT ALL DAY NIGGA WAT IT IS, LIL WAYNE AINT DA BEST? WHERE DEY DO DAT AT DEFINITLY NOT ON DA EAST COAST, LIL WAYNE IS HIP HOP AND I QUOTE FUCK YALL **** ASS NIGGAZ "FUCK THESE RAPPERS...FUCK DA EDITORS, THESE NIGGAZ DA PREY IM DA PREDATOR, SEE ME DREADLOCK, TOUGH AS BAM BAM FROM BED ROCK, IM TIED TO DA GAME LIKE WEDLOCK, SAY HELLO RED DOT, SAY GOODBYE LIFE AND SAY HELLO SATON, A DEVIL IN DA FLESH, A REBEL AT ITS BEST, NO COMPLAINING WE LIVING HELL AND IM BLESSED...SCARFACE, DEY ONLY KNOW MY NAME DEY DON'T KNOW MY FACE, ON DA FOREALLA, MY NIGGA JUST CALL ME SCARFACE!"
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