Rapper Lil Wayne Going to Jail for Possession of Firearm

What? A rapper if going to jail for smoking dope and having deadly weapons? The hell you say! But its true! Lil Wayne got onto his tour bus and a cop watched as pot smoke came roiling out. So when the cop pulled the bus over, Lil Wayne tossed a bag out the window that contained a gun. He will now go to jail for a year. Hard to believe, right?

From the AP here:

Lil Wayne, who owned last year’s best-selling album and is currently No. 1 on the pop charts, pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession on Thursday, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.

The performer, arguably rap’s most popular artist and one of pop’s biggest acts, previously had pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession charges that carried at least 3 1/2 years in jail upon conviction. He remains free on bail while awaiting his February sentencing.

Police said a gun was found on his tour bus in Manhattan in 2007. He acknowledged he had a .40 caliber semi-automatic loaded gun on bus.

Lil Wayne, 27, also is scheduled for trial in Arizona on felony drug possession and weapons charges. He has pleaded not guilty in that case, which arose from a January 2008 arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.

Police pulled over Lil Wayne’s tour bus in Columbus Circle on July 22, 2007. They said they had seen and smelled marijuana smoke wafting out the door before the bus left a concert venue minutes earlier.

Police said that as an officer approached, the rapper tossed away a Louis Vuitton bag containing a gun.

Check out this previous Lil Wayne story involving a blind kid.