Despite currently serving a 12 month sentence on New York’s Rikers Island, Lil Wayne was sentenced to a further three years probation on Wednesday (June 30), stemming from his 2008 arrest, when authorities drugs and a firearm on his tour bus.
“We’re quite glad that we were able to wrap everything up,”the rapper’s lawyer told MTV. “It’s a favorable plea agreement that will allow Mr. Carter to pursue his career.”
Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., is halfway through his one-year jail term.