Lil Wayne Released From Jail After Delay

After eight months, a dozen-odd posts on his blog and two guards being penalized for hanging out with him, Lil Wayne was released from Rikers Island Thursday morning. A prison guard told MTV News early Thursday that Wayne would not be released until "probably" Friday, saying that his expected release on Thursday had been "miscalculated." But a Rikers spokesperson confirmed at around 8:35 a.m. ET that Wayne had indeed been released.

The confusion over Wayne's release was par for the course: The beginning of his sentence was delayed twice, once so that he could undergo dental surgery, and then because of a fire at the New York courthouse where he was to be sentenced. The rapper finally began his term on March 8, after pleading guilty to a July 2007 gun-possession charge.

Timeline: The Criminal History of Lil Wayne

Young Money President Mack Maine told MTV News on Wednesday that Wayne plans to celebrate his freedom with a party at a Miami strip club on Sunday. "[We] just treat him like a king, like the royalty that he is and make him feel like we really missed him and welcome him back to the family, basically."

Lil Wayne Released From Prison [MTV News]