Crime | Lil Wayne Lil Wayne Goes to Prison Rapper sentenced to 1 year on gun charge, could be out by October By Nick McMaster Posted Mar 8, 2010 2:45 PM CST Copied Rapper Lil Wayne is handcuffed at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, March 8, 2010, in New York, after being sentenced to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) A New York judge sentenced Lil Wayne to a year in prison today for a 2007 gun charge. Fans and media crowded around the Manhattan Criminal Court Building for the rapper's sentencing, which had been delayed twice, by Wayne's dental surgery and a fire at the courthouse. Under the terms of a plea bargain, Wayne could be him out as early as October, MTV reports. Read These Next Melania Trump is threatening a Biden with a billion-dollar suit. Hunter Biden shrugs off threat from Melania Trump. Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin is embroiled in a new controversy. Jimmy Kimmel has a message for Trump voters with regrets. Report an error