Lil Wayne recently released “Gone ‘Til November,” which is based on a diary he kept from his prison days at Riker’s Island. The idea to write a book came from manager/bff Cortez Bryant who suggested fans would love to know what he did behind bars. The 34-year-old rapper was sentence to eight months back in 2010 on charges of illegal gun possession. In the book, Lil Wayne recounts the emotional rollercoaster of a time adjusting to prison life. He writes about his interactions with fellow inmates, P. Diddy and Kanye West coming to visit, staying positive, and much more. AP: Sean “Diddy” Combs and Kanye West visited you in jail. What did that mean to you? Lil Wayne: When I was there, actually talking to them during the visitation, they made it so real. … They threw all the ‘Who’s in this room’ out of there. That was thrown out the window. They were like, ‘How you feeling? What are you going through? Do you need anything, like do you really need anything? Do your parents need anything?’ And then, I said the moment it hit me was going back up to the cell. AP: How did you get through it? Lil Wayne: It was due to the people around (me). When I say the people around me, I mean the prisoners, the guards. … They took all the cliche (out) of whatever I thought it was gonna be, they took that and threw it right out the window. They made me feel like, for lack of a better word, to say like I was at home. And it was everybody. … Nobody wants to be there, not even the guards. So when you come through there, for everybody to treat you the same. … Whatever it was, it worked. To purchase the book, visit www.youngmoney.com. Source: AP
