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Rikers Island

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    6 Food Filled Rap Songs

    ​If you love food, and you're a rap star, then you rap about food. If you're a rap star and you go to jail, do you rap about jail food? Until we hear back on that interview request with Lil Wayne to find out, we can at least see what a rapper eats in jail, thanks to TMZ. Without Top Ramen, ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2010

    Everyday Halloween

    Your R&R outfit just may be in your second drawer.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Rocktober 31st: Halloween Costume Idea #4, Jailbird Lil' Wayne

    ​Weezy's almost free -- after spending the bulk of 2010 in Rikers, the man is expected to walk free on November 4. You can honor Weezy's completed jail sentence by dressing up as him this Halloween! A simple list of essential components: Orange prison jumpsuit. Maybe throw a ball and chain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Lil Wayne Keeps Up His Otherworldly Flow With Birthday Release I Am Not A Human Being

    ​What better way to celebrate Lil Wayne's 28th birthday than with his eighth studio record? Evolving from an EP, the 10-song digitally-released project seems to stand as proof that the impending check-in to Rikers (on weapons charges, if you've been living under a rock) spurred the emcee's cre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Lil Wayne's Prison Blog: "My Love and My Spirit Know No Boundaries"

    ​I knew I'd been missing this guy - Lil Wayne, who is currently serving an 8-month prison sentence for weapons possession at Rikers Island in New York, has started a blog in order to ensure that his multitude of fans doesn't forget about him. In the blog's first entry, Wayne assures us that he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    More on the Deputy Who Was Dumb Enough to Do It on Camera

    You've likely read the story and seen the video by now: King County Sheriff's Deputy Paul Schene--who was recently cleared in the shooting of a mentally ill man--beats a 15-year-old girl in her holding cell. (She had been arrested for joyriding with friends in her parents' car.) King County Prosecu ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 7, 2005

    Lying Motherf***ers

    Riff Raff can't tell the truth.

  • Arts

    August 3, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Jack El-Hai, Robin Meloy Goldsby, and The Friend Who Got Away.

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    Doing It to Death

    Give it up for funk classicists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

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