Lil Wayne's sentencing delayed because of dental surgery

By MATT WILLIAMS and LAURA ITALIANO

Last Updated: 2:22 AM, February 10, 2010

Posted: 8:17 AM, February 9, 2010

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You can't handle the tooth!

Rapper Lil Wayne was not sentenced this afternoon in his gun possession case because he needed emergency dental surgery, prosecutors said.

Manhattan Assistant DA Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said prosecutors consented to the delay to ensure that the rapper's medical health is satisfactory before he serves a year behind bars after pleading guilty to gun possession last year.

The rapper will now be sentenced March 2.

Although his plea deal calls for a year in jail, he could shave that to as little as eight months because of good behavior.

Lil Wayne, 27, pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, admitting he illegally had a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus in July 2007.

Police found the weapon when they stopped the bus after a Manhattan concert.

The plea deal calls for him to serve his sentence not in state prison, but in a city jail -- the same as rapper Foxy Brown, who spent about eight months in 2007 and 2008 for a probation violation involving a fight she had with manicurists in a nail salon.

Rapper Remy Ma also spent several months in a city jail two years ago while awaiting sentencing for shooting a woman outside a nightclub. She's now serving an eight-year sentence in state prison.

A rapper since he was a teenager, Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Carter, became known for his voluminous output and collaborations with other artists.

His career has hit a peak in the last two years. His "Tha Carter III" led 2008 album sales with 2.8 million copies sold and featured such hits as the No. 1 smash "Lollipop." His Grammys include 2008's best rap solo performance award, for "A Milli."

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The Joker

02/10/2010 1:17 AM

This guy is a clown, a typical man from the ghetto that got lucky but can't seem to shake off his old ways, stay in the zoo lil wayne.
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TheRealWorld

02/10/2010 12:18 AM

"The plea deal calls for him to serve his sentence not in state prison, but in a city jail"...Oh yea...lil Wayne's a real gansta now...due to his size, they must have feared for his safety in the "real prison"... THUG LIFE.
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shodan

02/09/2010 11:53 PM

donebyproxy: Actually, he is covered extensively in many areas. For example: Pitchfork has been covering him for years. And the vast majority of their readers are affluent college kids. Try not to make your ignorance so obviously next time.
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arny

02/09/2010 9:45 PM

Does he go to the dentist or a veterinarian?
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donebyproxy

02/09/2010 8:25 PM

wow...i did not think of the timeless resonance of the term 'bling'! we'd all be so much worse off without that concept! let's now move on to the great analog musical technique he developed! this guy is heard only in places where the civilized and educated are absent. let's talk about the infant mortality and or marriage rate among his fans. lets compare the number of his fans with a hs diploma to the number of his fans with a felony...wait, such objective evaluation of the content of their character would make me rayciss...saw wee
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Ed ffrom florida

02/09/2010 7:45 PM

Did he need more gold teeth ?
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politicians are slime

02/09/2010 5:05 PM

Louisiana dude............you were correct when you said CULTURE!
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Gotham Time

02/09/2010 4:54 PM

Just add more time to his sentence.