Lil Wayne’s Prison Job Revealed: Watching Over Suicidal Inmates
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Lil Wayne makes his living as the bestselling rapper on the planet, but while serving his year-long jail sentence at New York’s Rikers Island, Weezy has entirely new job: keeping watch over suicidal inmates. Antonia “Toya” Johnson, the mother of one of Wayne’s children, tells Us Weekly, “Wayne has a job. They got him on suicide watch for other prisoners. He watches the crazy prisoners and makes sure they don’t kill themselves.” Finding himself in a 9-to-5, albeit in prison, Weezy shares a similar complaint with much of the working population. “He likes the job even though they don’t pay him much,” Toya says of the Young Money multimillionaire.
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Toya adds that Lil Wayne is adjusting well to prison life, and getting along with his fellow inmates. He’s even managed to avoid getting a haircut. As Rolling Stone previously reported, in addition to suicide prevention tasks, the rapper is also a fledgling jailhouse blogger, writing responses to fan mail on his Weezy Thanx You blog from Rikers, where Lil Wayne is serving a year behind bars — or less with good behavior — after pleading guilty to weapons charges stemming from a 2007 arrest in New York City.
As for Toya’s reality-TV costar Tameka “Tiny” Cottle’s fiancee T.I., who just wrapped his own gun-related sentence at a halfway house outside Atlanta, the King rapper’s role during his prison term was serving as a motivational speaker to his fellow inmates — a job he performed before heading off to jail, too.
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just stay outta jail.
Interesting people. You sound so intellectual.
Best rapper alive. Last time I checked Ice Cube wasnt dead?
This wayne guy could learn something from the original ruthless killer!
It makes perfect sense for someone that high-profile to do a suicide watch or other similar job.
Think what you want about his music (or “music”), but I’m sure there’s a few on that watch who are distracted enough by hangin’ with Lil Wayne to keep it together.
(It’s sum haters on dis muthafucka!) Do u Wayne so u can get out early 2 see dem babies of urs…BTW, Lil Moonie from da Lou get yo music on radio…I’ll support cha ass!!!
all yall hatters talking about wayne dont no what your talking about jayz is the worst
rapper alive he’s worst then wale
iagree with lilmonnie ,dady,justkeepitreal,raci angel , and other lilwayne supporters
justkeepitreal,raci,natal ie’an d
free WEEZY!!..easily best rapper alive…jay close second..
yo watz gud? i beez keepin it hoodsta all day. word 2 da bludz yo. keep yo hed ^ lil weezie tri not 2 get rapped in da butt!
LOL @ t.rex, you took the words out of my mouth !
And to his odiotic fans, Lil Wayne IS NOT the best rapper alive. If you say that you’re not listening to hip-hop enough: Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, Raekwon, any rapper collaborating with Gorillaz, Missy Elliot (yes I just said that a lady is better at rapping than this dude)…
And I could continue for 30 minutes. Wash up your ears !
What this article fails to mention is that Lil Wayne’s music makes people suicidal. So his “prison job” is actually him cleaning up his own mess.