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Rapper Lil Wayne Released From Prison After 8-Month Sentence

Lil Wayne has been freed from jail after serving eight months in a gun case, emerging with a hot new album, well-wishes from a former president and a deepened appreciation for his fans.The city's Department of Correction website said Thursday the Grammy Award-winning rap star had been released from the Rikers Island jail complex."FREE AT LAST!!!!!!!" the rapper's longtime manager, Cortez Bryant, Tweeted Thursday morning.His managers have said he planned to head for his home in Miami, where they're planning a welcome-home party Sunday."I was never scared, worried nor bothered by the situation" behind bars, Lil Wayne said Tuesday through Weezythanxyou.com, a website he set up to give fans a glimpse of his life in jail.Lil Wayne, who had the best-selling album of 2008 and won a best rap album Grammy with "Tha Carter III," kept his career in high gear while locked up for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007.His latest album, "I Am Not a Human Being" -- released while he was in solit...

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