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 Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. Kerr County considered a flood warning system years ago. Cancer claims the life of an MLB champ at 44. Report an error