Lil Wayne Sent to Solitary Confinement

Music-related contraband gets him sent to isolation
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 5, 2010 8:46 AM CDT
Lil Wayne Sent to Solitary Confinement in Prison for Music Contraband
In a March 8, 2010 file photo Rapper Lil Wayne is handcuffed at Manhattan criminal court in New York.   (AP)

Lil Wayne has one month left of his jail sentence, and he'll spend it alone. The rapper was banished to an isolation cell yesterday after being caught with headphones and a charger for an MP3 player in May, the New York Daily News reports. He'll stay in the cell for up to 23 hours a day until his Nov. 4 release, and when he does leave for brief periods, he will not be around other inmates. But hey, at least he can count President Obama as a fan...
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