Rapper Lil Wayne jailed

Rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday after pleading guilty in a New York City gun case. The Grammy Award-winner was taken away in handcuffs to start serving his term immediately after his sentencing. He pleaded guilty in October...

Rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday after pleading guilty in a New York City gun case.

The Grammy Award-winner was taken away in handcuffs to start serving his term immediately after his sentencing.

He pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon and admitted having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007.

He will serve his sentence in city jails, not a state prison, and could be released in about eight months with good behaviour.

Lil Wayne was born Dwayne Carter and has been one of rap's most prolific and profitable figures in recent years.

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