Rapper Lil Wayne set to test how jails handle celebrities

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Lil Wayne performs at the Grammy Awards on Jan. 31 in Los Angeles.

At the apex of a career that has made him one of music's biggest sellers, the Grammy-winning artist is expected to start a yearlong jail term Tuesday after pleading guilty in a New York City gun case. It would make him the latest in a string of rappers to go to jail after rising to fame.
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