Gone 'Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island

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Author: Lil Wayne

Pages: 176

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Publication Date: October 11,2016

Category: Rap & Hip-Hop



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“Transfixing…[Wayne’s] prison diary is usually, most importantly, a testament to the irrepressibility of his charisma—his is a power that can by no means go dormant, even though it’s not really plainly on screen.

This year 2010, documenting artist Lil Wayne was at the elevation of his profession.” –THE BRAND NEW Yorker

From rap superstar Lil Wayne comes Eliminated ’Til November , a deeply personal and revealing accounts of his period spent incarcerated on Rikers Island for eight weeks this year 2010. A fixture in the rap video game for greater than a 10 years, Lil Wayne (aka Weezy) had founded himself as both a prolific musician and a savvy businessman, smashing long-held industry information, earning multiple Grammy Awards, and signing up-and-coming skill like Drake and Nicki Minaj to his Youthful Money label. All this momentum found a halt when he was convicted of possession of a firearm and sentenced to a yearlong stay at Rikers Island. Taken straight from Wayne’s personal journal, this intimate, personal accounts of his incarceration can be an utterly humane consider the guy behind the artist. Finally, Eliminated ’Til November reveals the real story of what actually occurred while Wayne was behind pubs, exploring from his daily rituals to his interactions with various other inmates to how he could maintain himself motivated and grateful. All of a sudden, the artist near the top of his game was right now an inmate susceptible to the American penal program.


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