Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Gun Charge, Sentenced 1 Year Behind Bars

The Grammy-winning rap artist Lil Wayne pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a felony, and is to be sentenced to a year behind bars under a plea agreement with prosecutors, the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced.

In a 13th-floor courtroom in State Supreme Court, the rapper, whose given name is Dwayne M. Carter Jr., entered a guilty plea before Justice Charles H. Solomon, who reminded the defendant that the plea would have no bearing on charges that he is facing in other states.

Police said a gun was found on Lil Wayne’s tour bus in Manhattan in 2007. Lil Wayne acknowledged in court that there was a gun on the bus and identified it as a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
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Inside The Mind of T.I. As He Awaits Jail Time

Life is good for US rapper T.I.

His sixth album, Paper Trail, is his highest-seller to date. His collaborations with Rihanna (Live Your Life) and Justin Timberlake (Dead and Gone) have kept him near the top of the charts and all over global radio stations.

He’s wading through a pile of movie scripts, had a cameo in Entourage and a string of sold-out concerts. A reissue of Paper Trail is expected soon with a rock song collaboration with Fall Out Boy (”The only thing rap about it is me,” he says).

Yes, 2009 is set to be T.I.’s biggest year.

Except for one slight hitch — he’s about to go to jail.
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