
Lil Wayne is bound for Rikers Island to serve a 12-month sentence for weapons possession. (Photo: Terry Richardson)
On Tuesday, New Orleans rap phenom Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Carter) will report to New York‚Äôs Rikers Island prison to begin serving a 12-month sentence for weapons possession. The sentence begins just one week after the release of Rebirth, the rapper‚Äôs oft-delayed/much-anticipated new album. Wayne, who originally pleaded not guilty to weapons possession, changed his plea to guilty back in October 2009 in exchange for a reduced sentence. The felony charge stems from a July 2007 arrest in New York City, when police found a .40-caliber handgun in his tour bus. Read More »











