Warrant Issued For Lil’ Wayne

A bench warrant was issued for Lil’ Wayne after the rapper failed to appear for a final trial management conference in Yuma, Ariz., yesterday.

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Listening to the judge’s sentencing inside the courtroom, with his attorney Stacey Richman by his side at Manhattan criminal court.

Lil’ Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, was arrested in January 2008 when authorities found cocaine, Ecstasy and a gun onboard his tour bus during a stop at a border checkpoint near Yuma.

But the rapper had a good reason for yesterday’s absence. Defense attorneys pointed out that the Grammy-winning artist is currently serving a one-year sentence in a New York City jail for a weapons violation. Guess the Yuma court didn’t get the memo.