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. 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 ...

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. 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 ...

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. "He's due to be sentenced on Monday," a spokeswoman for District Attorney Cyrus Vance told AFP. The platinum-selling singer had been due for sentencing Tuesday on a weapons possession conviction. However, a basement fire ...

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. The fire at the New York state court complex in downtown Manhattan injured eight people, including a prisoner and five firefighters, before the building was evacuated and ...