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Lil wayne pleads guilty to weapons charge
Posted by ed in Music, politics
Lil Wayne faces one year in jail after pleading guilty to gun possession yesterday. The New Orleans rapper – one of the world’s biggest hip-hop acts – reversed his plea after “problematic” DNA evidence was found to be admissible in court.
The hearing yesterday (22 October) didn’t take long. Beginning at 10am and lasting just 20 minutes, the session saw Lil Wayne formally accept the district attorney’s plea deal, confirm to the judge he understood the terms, and concede that the type of gun he had illegally possessed was “a .40-calibre semi-automatic”. Leaving the New York courtroom in jeans, grey coat and a white T-shirt, Wayne – born Dwayne Carter – asked reporters, “What’s up?”
What’s up were the charges dating from an incident in July 2007, the night of Lil Wayne’s first headlining concert in New York. NYPD pulled over the rapper’s tour bus at about 11:30pm, at which point a Louis Vuitton bag was allegedly tossed from the bus. It contained a handgun. Guardian
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