Lil Wayne and Kodak Black are set to be pardoned by President Donald Trump on his last day in office. The two rappers had been prosecuted on federal weapons charges they they are on a list of people that the outgoing president was going to give clemency.
Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, had pleaded guilty of gun possession in the weeks running up to Christmas.
He was allegedly found with a gold-plated handgun in his luggage on a private plane which arrived at Florida’s Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport last December.
The incident was cited as a Lil Wayne parole violation. In a statement from the White House, it was revealed that Wayne would have the charge quashed, with the rapper being described as “trustworthy,
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