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2010-03-08T18:17:00Z

* LIL WAYNE BEGINS YEAR-LONG PRISON TERM Rapper LIL WAYNE has begun a year-long prison term after a string of delays postponed his sentencing for weapons possession, stemming from a 2007 arrest. The Lollipop hitmaker, real name Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty last year (09) to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, and admitted having a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus. He was initially expected to be sentenced to a year behind bars last month (Feb10), but he was grante...

Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term in NYC gun case

2010-03-09T04:00:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Lil Wayne begins sentence of 1 year in NYC jail for having loaded gun on tour bus</div><div><p>After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.</p><p>The Reuters) - After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail on Monday after he pleaded guilty on a gun possession charge in a 2007 incident.</p><p>Lil Wayne, 27, whose real name is Dwayne Carter and who also goes by the moniker "W...

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2010-03-08T18:16:49Z

Lil Wayne Arrives In Court For Weapon Charges

2010-03-08T14:32:43Z

NEW YORK - MARCH 08: MTV personality Sway (R) records a segment outside New York State Supreme Court where rapper Dwayne Carter, known as Lil Wayne, arrived to begin serving a one-year prison sentence for possession of an ill...

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2010-03-08T13:06:36Z

Rapper Lil Wayne appears in Manhattan criminal court, Monday, March 8, 2010, in New York, as he is sentenced to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

Copyright 2010 Lil Wayne is handcuffed at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, March 8, 2010, in New York, after being sentenced to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Lil Wayne sentenced to year in prison

2010-03-08T12:16:51Z

<div><p>Rapper Lil Wayne was led from a New York court in handcuffs Monday to spend a year in prison on a gun charge -- though he will not have to mix with dangerous criminals.</p><p>The platinum-selling performer had put off judgment day thanks to a courthouse fire that disrupted proceedings last week, as well as a court-approved time-out for him to undergo surgery on his ...

Lil Wayne to be sentenced over gun charge

2010-03-08T12:16:50Z

<div><p>After delays from surgery on his diamond-encrusted teeth and a courthouse fire, rapper Lil Wayne was finally due to be sentenced to prison Monday on a gun possession charge.</p><p>Wayne, 27, was expected to be handed a one-year sentence in New York criminal court as part of a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to attempted possession of a loaded semi-automatic han...

Lil Wayne sentencing scheduled Monday

2010-03-03T12:45:39Z

<div><p>Rapper Lil Wayne is scheduled to be sentenced to prison in New York next Monday, officials said Wednesday after a courthouse fire delayed the sentencing.</p><p>"He's due to be sentenced on Monday," a spokeswoman for District Attorney Cyrus Vance told AFP.</p><p>The platinum-selling singer had been due...

Fire delays Lil Wayne sentencing

2010-03-03T12:16:03Z

<div><p>Platinum-selling rapper Lil Wayne appeared to have won at least one more day of freedom Tuesday when his sentencing on a weapons charge in New York was delayed due to a courthouse fire.</p><p>The fire at the New York state court complex in downtown Manhattan injured eight people, including a prisoner and five firefig...

Lil Wayne sentencing postponed due to court fire

2010-03-02T15:00:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Rapper Lil Wayne's sentencing in gun case postponed due to NYC courthouse fire</div><div><p>Lil Wayne was ready Tuesday to go to jail, but his court date went up in smoke.</p><p>While the rap star was heading to his sentencing after pleading guilty in a 2007 gun case, a fire shut down the courthouse and postponed the already-delayed ...

Music-Rappers in Prison

2010-03-02T05:00:37Z

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2009 file photo, Rapper Lil Wayne enters Manhattan criminal court in New York. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, file)

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Lil Wayne set to test how jails handle celebs

2010-03-01T08:32:44Z

<div id="subtitle">With NYC sentence looming, Lil Wayne set to test of how jails handle celebs _ and vice versa</div><div><p>Lil Wayne may be a self-professed gangsta with the gunshot wound to prove it, but he's made plenty clear how he feels about doing time behind bars.</p><p>"I'd rather be pushin' flowers," he raps in 2008's "A Milli," "than to be i...

Lil Wayne Celebrity Inmates

2010-02-28T18:48:05Z

FILE- In this Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, rapper Lil Wayne enters Manhattan criminal court in New York. The Grammy Award Winning performer will be the latest in a string of rappers to go to jail after rising to fame, and the latest celebrity inmate to test the line between affording special tre...

Rap's well-traveled path to prison

2010-02-26T08:00:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Despite past examples in hip-hop, rappers like Lil Wayne continue on much-traveled prison path</div><div><p>It's a ritual that seems to play out at least once a year in the rap community: A top star faces a criminal charge, and more often than not, is locked up at the height of their wealth and fame.</p><p>Lil Wayne is the latest example. On Tuesday, he is to be sentenced on a weapons charg...

Q&A: Jay Sean trades stethoscope for microphone

2010-02-22T10:04:53Z

<div><p>Jay Sean enjoys cutting up dead bodies. Really.</p><p>The singer — who made his U.S. debut in grand fashion with the No. 1 smash "Down" featuring label mate Lil Wayne — is a former medical student who used to cut up cadavers.</p><p>"Deep down inside, I'm a science geek," 26-year-old Sean said in a recent in...

Ke$ha holds atop Hot 100, Pink's "Glitter" glows

2010-02-22T10:00:14Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Billboard) - Ke$ha claimed the longest-running No. 1 debut single by a female artist on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1977 as "TiK ToK" held steady Thursday for an eighth week.</p><p>Thirty-three years ago, Debby Boone took her maiden Hot 100 appearance, "You Light Up My ...

Lady Antebellum holds atop U.S. album chart

2010-02-22T10:13:52Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" claimed the No. 1 spot on the U.S. pop album chart for a second week, while rapper Lil Wayne, who's awaiting a prison sentence, debuted in second place.</p><p...

Lil Wayne NY sentencing put off for dental surgery

2010-02-22T10:38:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Rapper Lil Wayne's sentencing in NYC gun case postponed because he needs dental surgery</div><div><p>After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention.</p><p>His sentencing in a we...

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