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Lil Wayne is still a free man… for now.
The rapper was due to be sentenced and start his one-year jail term on a weapons charge today (March 2) in New York City, but he’ll remain free for at least one more day after a fire broke out at the courthouse where proceedings were to be held and forced its closure.
According to sources, the fire began at 10:30AM and took over an hour to get under control. Lil Wayne’s lawyer Stacey Richman says the rapper was on his way to the court when he learned the news of the postponement. And he wasn’t happy about it. “Once you make up your mind to do something,” she told the Associated Press, “you want to do it.”
It was the second delay in the case for the star. Extensive dental surgery forced the sentencing delay for a month previously. Wayne used the time to shoot over seven music videos and join Twitter, where he said his goodbyes to his fans in a series of tweets last night: “Yesterday i smiled,today i smirked,tomorrow i stop…thanks for your thoughts and prayers,they’re needed. The F is for family,friends,and fans….thank u…..your love and prayers are felt. They kant lok up my heart bekuz y’all already have it on lok. ……thank u.”
ily boo..wayne @liltunechi …we all love you….although you might be upset because your mind was made up, but at least you have another day to spend with family and friends…even though the little one’s might be to young to understand..you can still spend more time with REGINAE your lil boo….hope yall okay ….KEEP YA HEAD UP..you mean to world to me so be safe..ily boo…
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