Video: What Can Lil Wayne Expect During His Time In Jail?
“Lil Wayne is gonna be OK,” retired NYPD detective and noted “hip-hop cop” Derrick Parker told MTV News. “While he’s in jail, it’s a matter of fact they may not put him with the general population because of who he is and his popularity. They might lock him down and let him come out with a supervisor and stuff like that [when he's] in the main area — but he’s definitely going to be treated differently.”
According to Parker, the way Wayne will be handled is due to safety concerns for him, of course, but also to ensure as much normalcy as the facility possibly can — it won’t resemble pampered treatment by any means. Parker said despite Wayne’s small physical stature and his propensity to signal a particular gang affiliation in his rhymes, the rapper won’t have much to fear in terms of extortion, bullying or worse.
“Wayne is from the streets, from the Magnolia Houses in New Orleans, so I’m sure those guys have been in jail or locked up at some point,” Parker said. “So being in prison is no big deal to them. Plaxico isn’t built for that — he’s the type of guy that’s never been locked up like that before. He’s gonna need a coach or someone to tell him what to expect, since he’s not used to that.”
But what exactly can Wayne expect? Fortunately, he won’t to cut his trademark tresses.
“The days of doing that are over,” retired corrections officer Charles Reid told MTV News. “They can’t make inmates do that anymore — it’s within their rights to maintain any kind of hairstyle.”
Wayne will have a few comforts of home while he’s away. He will be able to watch network television — not cable, however. And he’ll be able to watch DVD movies. He told Rolling Stone recently he plans to take an iPod in with him assist with writing music, but a source close to the prison facility told MTV News that would not be allowed.
Reid, who worked at Rikers Island for 21 years as an officer and an investigator, said Wayne’s days would continue to be regimented, but in a much different way. He suggested the rapper may have to succumb to some work conditions, whether in sanitation or the mess hall, for example. Reid also noted that different wings of the prison carry different types of criminals, but guessed that Wayne would be housed in a dormitory area and not even be confined to a cell.
“Like a hospital, where there’s maybe 20 to 25 beds in an open ward, or it maybe bunk beds,” Reid said of Wayne’s possible lodgings. “Where he has a nightstand to keep his personal belongings.”
Due to the short nature of Wayne’s sentence — one year, which could mean 10 months, including the possibly of early release after serving 80 percent of good time, possibly putting him back onstage in a little as eight months — the rapper could very well spend his entire term at Rikers Island.
“I think he’s gonna go in there and do his time and do it quietly,” Parker said. “If he does it with good behavior, that will be a plus for him — then he’ll be out and putting out a new album.”
So it looks like Lil Wayne will not have to cut off his dreads, but unfortunately he won’t be able to take in an iPod. Shouts to J-Rod from MTV, and hit the jump to watch Shanell speak on how the Young Money camp will cope while Weezy is away and how his absence will affect Hip Hop. SnL also mentions that he will have some surprises in store for us fans!
tomorrow is gunna be a sad day
1st
Damn , 8-10 months and no new Wayne comin thru every day .
ima miss that .
but for now Rebirth will keep me occupied
FREE WAYNE !
daaaamn no ipod for weezy =(
FREE WEEZY, we all love wayne, just do ur time quietly and gtfo asap! so much love no homo.
LOL at Nicki minaj crying
Yeah, 2morrow will be a sad day : -( but gotta do what ya need to do. Get in and get out. True fans will be waiting!
LOVE YOU WAYNE!
Very Bad Day For Tomorrow!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMtVBVCOYEE
Its goiing to suck w/o Wayne. Goiing to be miissed O.Dee (much love)
Tomorrow i´ll be crying and this gonna be a sad year…=( free weezy
imagine this shit one fu**ing year without weezy thats crazy i dont want to accept this
Nicki crying
this is gay..no weezy for a year? but im pretty sure he’s recorded alot prior to his sentence so we’ll still be getting new stuff from him including the many music videos he has recorded the past few weeks. It’s also good so see that weezy wont have to cut his hair but i actually think he should cut a few inches off cause his hair is too long now lol and whats with the braids and curly dreds he rocks now? i like the old way better =p
Fucking sad without Weezy. We love ya no homo
hard next 8-10 month
damn hate this jail shit
maybe he will change hisself and get back to rap
he is gonna make it! he is amazing, we all know that! And I think we will miss him of coarse. But I think he has a plane, that he will realease some stuff
I looking forward to it!
dam weezy keep yo head up and he gave us so much videos and to go support him go buy The Rebirth and wayne Suuuuuuuuu Wooooooo
thank god no dread cutting =)
ill miss u wayne no homo
FREE WEEZY !
shannel is so fucking hot
shanell excuse me
FREE WEEZY!!!
its gona be weird as hell tho..
Dam the hiphip industry is going to suck without wayne here…Good thing he recorded mad songs to hold up untill he gets back out..but still he needs to keep it straight in prison so he can hurry up and murder everyones tracks when he comes back.lol
ms. shanell u ma girl while weezy is gone
HE GONNA BE IIGHT DONT WORRY BOUT WEEZY WORRY BOUT URZ HE WILL WANT YALL TO KNO THAT
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP & BE STRONG, I KNOW YOU WILL USE THIS TIME TO WRITE MORE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. MY LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I’LL STILL BE YOUR #1 LOYAL FAN………
Damn. I think Weezy such a genius, he’s got a plan.
He wont leave us without stuff to keep us going.
aww i’m gonna be so sad in the morning. i hope they don’t stalk him and take photos when hes gonna go in jail, thank God he doesn’t have to cut his hair! ahh! i’m relieved lol.
Damn im glad he dont have to cut the dreads. but if he had an ipod with him in there i think it couldve possiby been his best stuff. hes a smart dude so i think he could still write gnar shit
This is today. I love you, Wayne! “I made it!”
I guess just to weep. Wayne is great. Nothing that will not change.
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I HAVE BEEN CRYING !! I AM TRULY UPSET !! I FEEL THIS SHIT IS WRONG ~ I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT A BETTER WAY ~ HE SHOULD NOT BE GOING TO JAIL ~ A YR, 8MONTHS HELL I DNT CARE IF IT WAS 2MONTHS THATS STILL TO LONG WITH OUT MY FAVORITE RAPPER BEING ON THE SCENE ~ I WONDER WHO WILL CLOSE THE BET AWARDS THIS YEAR IT BETTER BE SOMEBODY FROM YOUNG MONEY CASH MONEY ~ WAYNE BEEN HOLDING IT DOWN FOR YEARS !! THIS BOTHERS ME ~ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW HIS YMCM FAM, KIDS & FAMILY ARE FEELING !!! ;-( everybody go to LILTWISTTV on USTREAM to see WAYNE’S LASTNIGHT FREE AT THE STUDIO !! HE STILL WAS WORKING.. YMCM DIE HEART FAN FOREVER I LOVE YOU WEEZY ~ U WILL NOT BE FORGETTEN BY ME !!! 1OO
who the fuck is the ukuhari barbie? nice sway, nice.
im excited for tha carter 4. they are leaving out “arter” and just calling it C4 because its gonna be “the bomb”. i bet he releases that while he is in there. it sucks that he’s goin in but hes got enough people to keep his name going for the short time he’s in.
thats nice how his young money fam really cares about him and its good he didnt have to cut his dreads it would have been over for him
thats harsh
Shit i dont even know lil wayne and ima miss him like i was with him everyday fuck, im use to listening to something new every single day since for ever and not having him for almost a year is gonna suck. DIABLO LIL WAYNE its sad if theres a word that means much more THATS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR. love you. Shit leave something for us fans b4 you going. its march 2 Shit only if you can write him letters and shit so time can go by fast.
Im so happy he doesn’t have to cut off his dreads! But i’m definitely gonna miss his music!