Lil Wayne Covers 'Rolling Stone'; Talks Upcoming Jail Time

Just days before Lil Wayne is set to go behind bars for 12 months, he is featured on Rolling Stone magazine.



On February 9th, February 9th, Lil Wayne will have to report to prison to serve a sentence for gun possession stemming from a 2007 arrest in New York City. With just a few days left, Lil Wayne is busy setting things up to keep his family, his artist, and his image so that he stays on his fan's mind.

In the Rolling Stone issue that hit newsstands today, Lil Wayne talks about his undying hustle, the new album, his family, and his look on his prison stint.

“I don’t like to stop,” Wayne tells RS‘ Chris Norris. “I believe you stop when you die.”

So in the weeks before he reports to Rikers Island, Wayne is keeping busy — recording tracks bound for Tha Carter IV (the album Cash Money staffers call “C4″ because it’ll be the bomb), shooting videos with his Young Money protégés, spending time with his growing family, and deliberately not asking anyone for advice about life on the inside.

“This is Lil Wayne going to jail. Nobody I can talk to can tell me what that’s like,” he says. “I just say I’m looking forward to it.”

Wayne's manager, Cortez Bryant, revealed that while he is doing his bid, his label is relocating to New York to be near him, and his manager Cortez Bryant is exploring ways to keep Wayne in his fans’ minds for the duration — from jailhouse Twitter accounts to endorsements.

“I’ll have an iPod, and I”ll make sure they keep sending me beats,” Lil Wayne says.

Tha Carter IV — which Norris is told features tougher, faster beats — is scheduled to arrive shortly after he gets out.