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NEW YORK — In the midst of a career surge that has made him one of rap’s biggest stars, Lil Wayne is bracing for a year behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday in a 2-year-old gun case.
Wayne, 27, said little as he admitted illegally having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, moving to end a case that had churned as he collected Grammys and gold records. He’s expected to get a year in jail at his sentencing, set for February.
The rapper also is scheduled for trial in Arizona in March on felony drug-possession and weapons charges stemming from a January 2008 arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. He has pleaded not guilty in that case. The Associated Press
