Thu 22 Oct 2009
Breaking News: Lil Wayne pleads guilty to gun charge, faces 1 year in jail
Posted by Miss Info under Crime , Life Beyond Rap , Not Good For Hip Hop[58] Comments
(Lil Wayne leaving the Manhattan courthouse yesterday)
wow….this certainly brings things to a grinding halt. The Associated Press reports:
The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.
He previously had pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession charges that carried at least 3 1/2 years in prison upon conviction.
Police said a gun was found on his tour bus in Manhattan in 2007.
UPDATE: Weezy will be sentenced in February 2010, so he’s free on bail until at least then. So I guess this means he’ll record 4 albums, shoot 20 videos, and do 2 laps around the globe before then….
The change in plea stems from the fact that prosecutors used a new test to show that there were traces of Wayne’s DNA on the gun in question. They really pulled out all the stops to get this guy for having a gun (that had an expired Georgia license) on his tour bus, didn’t they. He probably had a million in jewelry on that bus…My tax dollars at work.
Related: Lil Wayne and Ja Rule get arrested after performing at the Beacon Theater (Oct 8, 2007)
UPDATE 2: Here’s the TMZ footage of Wayne going to court this morning….(thanks to Ice for the link). But I just have to say….I know the camera man is making his living, but I can’t imagine having the nerve to be this obnoxious and ignorant to someone just to push them to react. “Make sure you stay around to see the kids, man….you know they got DNA testing in there for you…how you ‘Always Strapped’?” Wow…you sir, are quite the bottom feeder.
UPDATE 3: Juelz Santana reacted to Weezy’s plea deal in a phone call to MTV’s Shaheem Reid…He’s steaming mad.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:04 am
What is “attempted weapon possession”???
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
I WISH NO ONE A HALT ON THEIR LIFE…BUT…I DON’T KNOW ABOUT WAYNE. JUST SEEMS LIKE HE’S OUT OF CONTROL SOMETIMES…JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AROUND WATCHING HIM BE OUT OF CONTROL…WHILE HE MAKES THEM MONEY(WAT’S UP BIRDMAN!)
A LITTLE TIME TO GET HIS MIND RIGHT AND SYSTEM CLEAN..MIGHT CHANGE A MAN
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
Thank God! Lil Wayne is overrated and oversaturated!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am
50 Cent-Before i self destruct coming out soon people, cop that!!!! What’s Mack Maine’s job again..?
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 am
surprising!! a rapper only gettin a year for somethin that would have gotten a regular joe a lot more… very surprisin *smh*
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 am
Yeah. While I shed no tears for conveniently turned Blood Lil Wayne. It’s clear that they were gunning for him. Not cool regardless of who it is.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 am
actually, I get the feeling that these days, being a celeb no longer gets you preferential treatment, it gets you more strict punishment.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 am
*being a hip hop celeb
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
daAAAAAAAAM LIL DUDE..HOW A LIL 5’5 DUDE GONNA SURVIVE A HOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAR
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:30 am
just look at plaxico burress, i’m sure him getting his time caught wayne’s attention.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:31 am
Same thing I said, How is that even a crime
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 am
Damn man that’s a reach, from what I understand the gun was registered to someone else (or previoulsy registered)who was also there. Its his tour bus his DNA will be one everything in it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:45 am
MY NICCA WEZZY A BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:48 am
one year in protective custody isn’t easy, to say the least. Hopefully self reflection and growth can be gained, but more than likely it will be used as a marketing ploy to sell more awful mind numbing music to the comatose masses.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 am
Some BS..thats what it is..
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
No way. Stricter punishment? That’s a dead argument. Of course they love to make examples. It definitely places a keener microscope on you, but in the end the result is always preferable. Regular people (see without millions) get 3 years plus for a gun in NYC. A loaded gun in NYC, a year? Check the stats.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
How bad of a “blood” is he if he’s tryna get sent to the most fairytale n loving prison he can get into???? Wouldn’t u think other bloods would embrace him? Oh wait, he’s a fake ass blood along w/ baby n all the swoo whooin’ they do is gonna finally catch up w/ Wayne. Out here in Cali folks dnt play that part time when it’s convient 4ur career “bangin”. Dude needs to sit his ass in a cell n reflect on all the stupid shit he’s doin n I hope some crips or BGF’s set him str8, that is if they can even get to him in PC.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
im not gonna celebrate a black man going to jail
but i am interested in who is gonna step up to the plate for young money/cash money.
but as wayne preps for jail, the thing that pops in my head is the allhiphop interview with TQ and his reaction to seeing baby and wayne kiss and baby home boy saying it was jail house love………..
and i will leave it at that, lol
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Wayne needs to look no further than TI’s situation and how being locked up can affect the team when you are the head of the crew. what this really also mean is that if Drake is coming out next year he has to prove that he is the real deal and doesn’t need Wayne to usher him further into superstardom. This goes double for Nicki Minaj, especially being a female MC. Universal will definitely drop either Rebirth or Carter IV or Young Money compilation or at least 2 out of 3 of these. I think we all sensed a certain amount of recklessness from Wayne and being locked up and away from all his vices might give him a different perspective on life and what his next steps should be.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:31 pm
isnt that around the time T.I will be coming out? guess he will be passing the torch to Weezy SMH.
why wont these artists stick to the rap beat and avoid the rap sheet?
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
more than likely it will be used as a marketing ploy to sell more awful mind numbing music to the comatose masses.
cosign
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
new york rappers outside of jay and 50 can eat now with wayne and t.i. lock up (in my akon voice)
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
This explains the flood of new material dropping December.
I think this is better for Wayne, a break from the rock star lifestyle would be beneficial.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
the devil is making these rappers throw themselves under the bus
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Not to be extreme or over the top but one of these days, a camera man/photog/pap is gonna get critically hurt for the buttons they push to get their exclusive footage.
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
The same way T.I. is surviving…they the same size.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Wow this is bullshit…they really trying to get this guy into jail, he didn’t do anything wrong, didn’t hurt somebody, why don’t the police focus their time on that? Hope weezy gets off.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
You denigrate this paparazzi, yet and still he does have a point…. Which is worse, the pariahs like this commentator who feeds off wayne’s misfortunes, or the gossip columnist who lauds stars for despicable behavior……By being in part a sycophant yourself you do your part to uphold the ethos of black nihilism which runs through wayne’s work. Why does it have to be inevitable for a talented rapper, rich since his later childhood years, to still rap about being strapped, selling drugs, and killing ni**ers.?
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Def cosign. A loaded gun in NY is an easy 3 years. No questions asked. And the 3 years is the plea deal. They’ll throw about 3 to 4 different charges on your ass to get you to 5 years in a NY minute….
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
In protective custody… You know how. He got money, so he’ll be alright. You can def pay for protection.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
HAHAAAAA DIS NIGA GOIN JAIL. TO HIS FAV SPOT N MEET OTHR HOMOS LYK HIMSELF!!!!!! LMFAO!
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Maybe now he’ll have some real life experiences to put in his music, instead of the BS most rappers use.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Yeah its bullshit.. 8months for thinking about having a gun!!
The law is a joke but his little ass needs to sit down for a minute.. Get sober.. listen to those records he making hahahah just kididng
I think a break will serve him well..
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Dude be alright. Plus he got till next year to be sentenced. And I doubt he do a whole year. Plus he just buys of CO’S AND THEY TAKE CARE OFF HIM we know he aint going to GP just PC. But he said to katie couric he a gangster(NOT) so he should know how to handle himself.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
My sentiments exactly. You can tell he’s around a bunch of “yes men”. When he does interviews lately, he doesn’t appear to care about his actions or their consequences. I got the feeling he felt he was invincible. Quite sad actually. I wish him the best and I hope he emerges from this mess with a new outlook on life.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:53 pm
And besides he plead guilty it wasn’t like the jury found him guilty.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
“A loaded gun in NY is an easy 3 years”
Word, just ask Prodigy. he’s the only jerk doin the full 3 yrs mandatory minimum.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:16 pm
All of this added to his 3 baby mamas due to give birth in the same year. What a life.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
props to the cameraman.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Score one for Jamal…
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
“how you always strapped? you not even in the club”
LOL HILARIOUS
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Miss Info your caption, the guy was an A$$ but you gotta admit its FUNNY! “Always Strapped” that was funny! this sounds like the same guy that was at another court app for Wayne and totally ripped him about kissing another man. they put themselves out there to be attacked in such a way. its the same as if Wayne makes a song about dude, dude just had the testicular fortitude and the fear a lawsuit to hackle Predator the way he did.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
The ‘razzi, tabloids, tabloid tv shows, entertainment gossipers, gossip bloggers, etc. It’s all the same animal as far as I’m concerned. And we all feed into it and enjoy the spectacle. It only bothers me when the ‘razzi bother celebs out with their kids. There’s a line there that shouldn’t be crossed. But then again they do sell pics of the kids so…i guess that’s not too sacred either.
As far as Wayne goes. He’s cleary self-destructive. But my heart bleeds for those 4 kiddies. The newborns especially.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Info gettin salty? lol! didn’t know Wayne was your boo.
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Exactly! Wouldn’t your DNA be on everything if it was YOUR tour bus? I don’t get it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:56 pm
HAHAHA I’m sorry I know its not but i found this shit funny ” how you always strapped when you in the club niggas give you dap now you coppin a plea” LOL oh man I’m crying here LOL that TMZ guy is an ASS but he is funny though. Anyway I’ve got no sympathy for people who knowingly and purposely break the law TI Plax DMX Wayne all of em they carry guns they go to jail and I’m all for it. Why can’t these morons get a fucking gun permit or get some legit security, like every other law abiding citizen. I’m licensed my parents are licensed my Dad even has a permit to carry it’s not that big a deal. I feel sorry for his children however, there father is an idiot, all that money can’t buy you any common sense I guess.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Well, if one of your favorite rappers got sentenced to jail how would you feel?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
That’s what happens to men who lie and act tuff talk tuff someone tuffer confronts you then what…..
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
these guys are rich and act like they in the corner. i know hustlers in the streets that dont act this way cause you let the next man handle that for you. U don’t carry the gun you let the next man carry it especially when you in the public eye…
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Um, wat niggaz do with thier life ain’t got nothin to do with me. Weather i like thier music or not.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:31 pm
MAYBE HE’LL GO TO JAIL N LEARN HOW TO FUCKIN’ RAP!!!! OVERRATED CLOWN ASS NIGGA!!!! BOSSES DON’T GO TO JAIL!!! THEY BEAT THE CASE!!!! LIL LAME ASS NIGGA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:33 pm
everybody was trying to figure out how many months he would have to do…i know that a yr and a day get u about 7 months. a whole year gets u more….plus rick ross said “if anybody could eat those 10 months up” it would be wayne….and ross would know lol
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Boy the hip hop cops and rick ross are doing their jobs up in NYC. However I don’t condone having a load pistal on you at any time unless your protecting yourself or loved ones the dude from TMZ is a scum bucket and if you couldn’t find anything else to do with your life except to antagonize celeb’s your a loser, becuz one day some celeb is going to change the game of the popz and let lose on they ass in broad day light and on camera. i mean com on that’s straight ridiculous for that scum bag all on dude like that talking really reckless. Check it and i don’t even like wayne like that. if they were doing all the shit they talk about wouldn’t nobody have the ball to talk to you like that. becuz if they were in the street like real ganstas alot folks woulda caught bodies by now, did i say it right NYC? See Pac would had taken of that bullshit and you talking about his family, oh hell to the naw, what did dude say when he spit in the camera and the camera mans face, oh yeah something like “Have a good day Pac and don’t forget to wash your hand”. LMAO. spaz you get nuggies
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
rappers talk that shit but then we supposed to feel sorry when they get locked up for bs just like average people get locked up for bs every day fuck this rap niggas promoting that bullshit 24/7 do your lil time gangsta
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:52 am
I think he actually looks good when he goes to court.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:52 am
t.i. comes out weezy goes in
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:36 am
Spelling and grammar have nothing to do with you either homie.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
ITS UNFORTUNATE….BUT NY GUN LAWS ARE STRICTER THEN ANYWHERE IN THA COUNTRY. IF THA SHIT HAPPENED DOWN SOUTH, HE WOULD OF PROB JUS GOT PROBATION.