LIL WAYNE IS FINALLY SENTENCED

Weezy finally heads to jail.

Wayne was shipped off to jail Monday, with his lawyer saying he wanted to hang tough at Rikers Island by doing his time with the general population.

And he'll get his wish.

Even though defense lawyer Stacey Richman initially claimed that city officials were forcing the rapper into protective custody, it turns out he's going into a regular cellblock.

Correction Department spokesman Stephen Morello said the "Lollipop" singer will have "general population escort" status.

That means he'll be escorted by a correction captain when outside of his housing unit - just like gang members

Inside, he's free to socialize under the watchful eye of guards with the 17 men on his cellblock - or stay locked in his cell.

"It's his choice," Morello said.

He said the agency never got a request from Lil Wayne to be treated like any other inmate - and Richman conceded she never made one because she assumed it would be shot down.

Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty in October to felony gun charges involving a semiautomatic pistol found on his tour bus in 2007.

His sentencing was delayed twice, once for surgery on his diamond-studded teeth and once because of a courthouse fire.

When the sentencing finally happened, a crush of photographers and screaming fans followed him into the Manhattan courthouse. He spent his last moments of freedom in the bathroom with rapper Birdman, who tagged along for the hearing - and had nothing to say in court.

LIL WAYNE WITH ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY

So according to the rumor mill, Weezy may have a baby on the way with Shannell, none other than D. Wood's sister. Rumors started when the two were spotted snuggling about...

Shanell began as a background dancer for artists like Kandi Burress, Petey Pablo and Ne-Yo before deciding to write songs. Teaming with her high school friend and producer Bangladesh, Shanell recorded a demo tape and aimed to become an artist herself along with writing for other people. She met Wayne while serving as a back-up dancer for Ne-Yo during the Up Close and Personal Tour (which featured the rapper along with Chris Brown) and eventually passed the rapper Bangladesh's beat for "A Milli," which became a huge street hit for the Young Money leader. Soon after, Shanell joined Lil Wayne's artist enclave and began recording, touring and performing her single "Play in My Band" as well as co-writing songs for Wayne.

Now, as she preps her as-yet-untitled debut album, Shanell said the rumors about whether she's dating Lil Wayne have run rampant but have no basis in reality.

"Basically it came from a corny rumor that escalated," Shanell told MTV News. "First I was dating him, then I was his girlfriend, then we were getting married, then we were settling down and now I'm pregnant. It's so foolish we've haven't paid it any attention."

So what of the widely circulated photo where the two are hugging?

"We're taking a picture," she said.

The singer-songwriter says that the dating rumors were fine, but the pregnancy chatter was not.

"All the rest of the rumors were kinda funny except that one," she admitted. "When my mother called me like, 'Um?,' [I was] like, 'No! Are you serious?' I don't care about the rumors, but I just want people to know that I'm not pregnant. I've got an album coming out, I'm a dancer, I'm in shape and children are not anywhere in my future."

Now Weezy has jumped on the band wagon to clear things up.

"Let me clear up this rumor, man: Shanell is not pregnant from me," Wayne said in a serious tone on a Ustream video last weekend. "Shanell isn't even pregnant! Period. Clear that up right now, man. Everybody talking about Shanell pregnant by ... No, she not even pregnant. Period."

LIL WAYNE JOINS TWITTER

Look who's joined twitter?



Weezy joined Twitter this weekend. His plan is to be post during his last days of freedom.

LIL WAYNE BUYS TIME

Looks like Weezy just bought himself some more time as his sentence has been postponed until March 2.

With the news being announced first from Twitter, reports are stating that the reasoning behind the pushback came as a result of dental surgery that Lil Wayne will have done. Really???

Reports say the rapper has a cracked tooth that needs to be repaired before doing his bid.