February 09, 2010
On 2008's Tha Carter III -- the last album to go platinum in one week -- Lil Wayne raps briefly about a court date on "Mr. Carter," his collaboration with Jay-Z. "I heard somebody say judge, I'mma need a suit," Wayne jokes. Many saw the song as a symbolic torch passing, from the aging Sean Carter to the unstoppable Dwayne Carter -- the Greatest Rappers Alive. Today, the younger, more unpredictable and insolent of the pair was supposed to put on a suit and appear in front of a judge who would hand down his New York state prison sentence stemming from a gun possession charge -- instead it got pushed back to March 2 for oral surgery. Apparently, Rikers Island dentists can't handle mouths of platinum and diamonds.

