Lil Wayne Finally Sentenced to Serve Time in General Population

After two separate sentencing delays, New Orleans rap star Lil Wayne was officially sentenced to prison on March 8th in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Lil Wayne was sentenced to the prison term after the rapper admitted to possessing a loaded .40 caliber handgun that was found on his tour bus after a performance in New York in July of 2007.

The rapper was taken away in handcuffs to begin serving his time on Riker’s Island, a prison that is just emerging from a scandal over preferential treatment of certain inmates and celebrities.

In October of 2009, several prison officials resigned from the prison after it was revealed that Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown and other inmates had been given preferential treatment while serving their time behind bars.

Lil Wayne was originally supposed to be sentenced to prison on February 9th but the date was postponed to March 2nd, because the rapper needed root canals, in addition to having his platinum “grillz” removed.

The March 2nd date was rescheduled to March 8th, after a fire broke out in Manhattan Criminal Court’s basement which sent eight people to the hospital.

Contrary to previous reports, Lil Wayne will not serve his prison sentence for gun charges at Rikers Island in protective custody, but rather under “general population escort” status.

According to the New York Daily News, Correctional Department spokesperson Stephen Morello said that Wayne will have “general population escort” status, meaning that whenever Wayne is out of his housing unit he will be accompanied by a correction captain. This contradicts reports by Wayne’s lawyer, Stacey Richman, that he would be forced into protective custody.

Inside of his housing unit, Wayne will have the option to socialize with the 17 other inmates sharing his cell block.

Lil Wayne could be out in as little as eight months.

"Law is mind without reason. .................I'll return," Lil Wayne tweeted his fans on his Twitter.