Lil' Wayne going to prison!

T.I. is already doing it, and now it's time for another one of the biggest rap stars in the world to serve time in prison.

Lil' Wayne has been sentenced to one year behind bars after being convicted with gun possession after an arrest in New York 2007. Weezy, who pled guilty on the charges, would have been facing up to 15 years in jail if doing the opposite.

Wayne, or Dwayne Michael Carter Jr as is his real name, is expected to start sitting off his sentence in February 2010.

It's going to be pretty interesting how this affects his career, since Lil' Wayne has been a name we have been able to see in the charts constantly for some time now. But it's been done before, rappers going to prison and coming back stronger than ever, and also able to create a hype around them due to the conviction.

As mentioned, T.I. is doing the same thing now, and when he comes out in spring next year, I'm quite sure we're going to witness an era of endless chart toppers.