Apparently Lil Wayne is heading to prison for weapons charges... news to me. In real "gangsta" fashion he had a "going away party" at some trendy urban nightclub in his honor. A lot of rap industry "greats" were in attendance to wish Weezy off. It looked more like a celebration than anything else. I always thought it was a strange idea for people to have going away parties prior to being thrown in jail. You're going to jail... sure, it might seem like an appropriate time to live it up before being locked up but you committed a crime so why are you celebrating? Most of the people at Lil Wayne's party probably don't even care but were just hungry for publicity. It's really annoying to me when celebs get convicted and it turns into such an entertainment spectacle. The same thing happened with T.I. except rather than just having a party, he got a show on MTV documenting him "trying to do good things" before being locked up. It's not entertaining. You committed a crime, you're going to jail, deal with it. You already have millions of dollars so quit trying to get last minute publicity. If you are so worried about being forgotten then you probably haven't been doing things right during your career. In that regard, I also find it interesting that Lil Wayne spent this past weekend making a total of 9 music videos. 9 videos? It's kind of sad that a prison sentence is what it took to create such a work ethic. Just serve your sentence, learn from it, and move on. Ditch the spectacle.
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