Lil' Wayne Sentenced

Lil Wayne was sentenced today to a year in jail after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in October 2009 after he admitted to having a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus. His sentencing had been postponed twice previously, once for dental surgery and once last week due to a fire in the courthouse basement. The sentence will apparently be served at Rikers Island without protective custody, and there is a possible early release available after eight months with good behavior.

Lil Wayne used his brief reprieve from sentencing productively, spending the time appearing with Jay-Z at a Madison Square Garden show.