President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to rapper Lil Wayne, who last month plead guilty to felony gun possession and faced up to 10 years in prison.
The singer/songwriter/producer, whose real name is Wayne Michael Carter Jr., was found carrying a gold-plated handgun in his luggage on a private flight to South Florida.
Wayne’s sentencing hearing had been scheduled for Jan. 28.
Carter’s pardon was one of a flurry of pardons and commuted sentences issued by the chief executive during his final hours in office before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. In total, Trump granted pardons to 73 people, including former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding donors, as well as ex-Uber and Google self-driving-car engineer Anthony Levandowski, who plead guilty to stealing trade secrets.
Some pardons allegedly come with a price tag of $2 million, The New York Times reported Sunday.