He begins his journal on day one of his sentence. Lil Wayne was at the height of his career when he was convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to a yearlong stay at Rikers Island. The book is presented as a transcription of his actual journal, kept while locked up at the infamous Rikers Island jail complex in New York City. It's just not enough to recommend it.moreįans of Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.-also known as Lil Wayne and Weezy-will want to pick up his new journal, Gone ’Til November. It's also fascinating how little rehabilitation is mentioned: Wayne refuses any mental health conversations and it's never mentioned again, and he tries to take a suicide prevention job at one point, but quits it two days later preferring to 'just do (his) time.' All of this stuff is a sentence or two in the book, but it starts to create a fascinating portrait of the person in absentia. It's fascinating what Wayne doesn't say here - there's the odd word or two about scuffles and conflicts in the prison yard, a vague sense that he's learned to accept a gay fellow inmate, and even hints at real personal growth and recognizing what he truly values by the end of his time served. Where are the lyrics he talks about scribbling down, late into the night?īut there's a theory of art that proscribes more importance to the negative space than to the subject itself, and, looked at through this prism, readers may just find some value in GONE 'TIL NOVEMBER. Carter's skill at creating clever lyrics ('real Gs move in silence like lasagna' is in the rap hall of fame) doesn't translate to the prose, and it's shocking that there's only one verse included here. It makes prison sound like a rainy vacation at a small hotel, and anyone hoping for a commentary on the justice system or the dynamics of rich and poor in a correctional facility are hopelessly optimistic. Then he tried to sleep as much as humanly possible and then did it all again. It makes prison sound like a rainy vacation at a small hotel, and anyone hoping for a commentary on the justice system or the dynamics of rich and poor in a correction On the surface, there's almost nothing here to recommend: Lil Wayne's prison diary is a repetitive, privileged, and, frankly, dull look at the routines that got him through his eight month stint in Riker's.

On the surface, there's almost nothing here to recommend: Lil Wayne's prison diary is a repetitive, privileged, and, frankly, dull look at the routines that got him through his eight month stint in Riker's.

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