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Lil Wayne’s Drug & Gun Charges Trial Set For March
October 1st, 2009 
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Lil Wayne will go on trial next March on felony drug possession and weapons charges he faces in Yuma County, Ariz.
The trial date was set during a court hearing in Yuma on Thursday, it will take place at 1:30 p.m. March 30, 2010. A final trial management conference will also be scheduled by written court order and take place about two weeks before the trial.
The case against Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, stems from his arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 east of Yuma in January 2008. Authorities said they found cocaine, Ecstasy and a handgun on his tour bus.
Lil Wayne has pleaded not guilty. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call on Thursday.
Chief criminal Yuma County Attorney Roger Nelson says his office doesn’t offer misdemeanor plea deals on such cases and that’s probably one of the reasons why the case hasn’t been resolved.
Lil Wayne could be doing some “T.I. time”… let’s hope he gets off of his charges. What do you guys think?
Drake & Lil Wayne To Be On Diddy’s New Album [Video]
October 1st, 2009 admin Diddy has had a few mantras over the years, from “we won’t stop” to “the saga continues,” which also doubled as an album title of him. Now, the hip-hop heavyweight has another one to add to the list: “It’s a new era for Bad Boy.”
Diddy has taken his label to a new company, recently announcing a partnership with Interscope Records after spending the past five years at Atlantic Records. The new union will usher in Diddy’s next LP, the much-hyped concept album Last Train to Paris. On the project, Diddy will be aided by ex-Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard and songwriter Kalenna Harper, who make up the group Dirty Money along with the music mogul.
Diddy said Interscope — which includes Dr. Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent and Lady Gaga, among others — is the best home for the high-minded project, tentatively slated for an early 2009 release.
“The Last Train to Paris album is definitely a perfect fit for the whole Interscope system, because the album is pushing the envelope, it’s something fresh and it’s something new,” he told MTV News. “And we know that when Interscope gets behind an album and gets behind an artist that it breaks big.”
For the album, Diddy has lined up some big names to join him on his trans-Atlantic journey, including Drake, T-Pain, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and possibly Jay-Z, the Bad Boy top dog revealed to MTV News.
“The thing about the album, it’s not about the features,” Diddy said. “Each artist, they got down with the story line, they got down with the movement. I think that’s when features work — when people come into your work and they adapt to what you’re trying to portray.”
According to Diddy, his new deal came together after he and Interscope/Geffen/A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine entered into several other business deals first, including a set of headphones similar to the Beats by Dr. Dre line. The “Making His Band” superstar acknowledged Lyor Cohen and Julie Greenwald, executives at Warner Music Group and Atlantic, and profusely thanked them for a harmonious parting. His roster of acts, including Cassie and Day26, will stay at Atlantic. Diddy’s career and any new acts he signs will be part of the Interscope family.
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