Lil Wayne Joins Twitter 8 Days Before Incarceration

Lil Wayne Joins Twitter 8 Days Before Incarceration

Published: February 23, 2010 @ 11:35 am
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By Dylan Stableford

Lil Wayne -- whose one-year incarceration in New York’s Rikers Island prison was delayed so he could undergo eight root canals in one day -- has joined Twitter.

The 27-year-old rapper, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., joined Twitter on Sunday – just eight days before he is due to start serving time after pleading guilty to weapons charges stemming from a 2007 arrest. He already has 129,000 followers. (Fun fact: Of the 13 people Lil Wayne is following, two have “lil” in their handles.)

Here was Lil Wayne’s (@liltunechi) first tweet:

“im super new to this twitter shit but wudup tho !..........follow me biot¢h..........wudup mak......happy bday LO......8 days of freedom..ym”

The Grammy Award-winning Wayne performed at the Grammys earlier this month.

His sentence is expected to begin Tuesday.

[Photo via Lil Wayne/Twitter]

Tags: hip-hop, jail, Lil Wayne, Media, music, twitter
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