2009
10.22
10.22
SOOOO FRESH!
2009
10.22
10.22
GOTTA LOVE JOHN MAYER. HE’S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME.
2009
10.22
10.22
NEW YORK — Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to felony gun possession in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday (October 22) stemming from a July 2007 arrest following his first headlining concert in New York. The rapper will be sentenced to one year in prison as a part of his plea deal and must also give up his passport. An emotionless Wayne quietly told the judge yes when asked if he understood the terms of the plea he was making.
Asked what type of gun he possessed, Wayne said, “A.40-caliber semi-automatic.”
Wayne had black jeans, off grey coat, white tee, blue chucks.
His stepfather, Birdman, was in attendance. The hearing began at 10:05 a.m. ET and was over in 20 minutes.
Wayne will be sentenced in February of 2010 and is expected to serve eight months, assuming good behavior.
The incident took place in July of 2007, when police pulled over Wayne’s tour bus at around 11:30 p.m. on the night of his show at the New York’s Beacon Theatre. They arrested the rapper for criminal possession of a weapon and another man on the bus for criminal possession of marijuana. Even before his show that night, Wayne made repeated comments from the stage about being hassled by police prior to his set, and threatened not to perform in New York again.
Following his arraignment, Wayne was released on $70,000 bond on one count of criminal weapons possession and one charge of criminal possession of a loaded weapon that could send him to prison for anywhere from three-and-a-half years up to 15 years.
