Lil Wayne's now an inmate

After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced on Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper delivered only a brief bow to fans and supporters as he was led out of a courtroom in handcuffs to start serving his sentence.

Arrested in July 2007, he pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He admitted he had the loaded .40-calibre semiautomatic gun on his bus.

His lawyer, Stacey Richman, said the rapper was resolute as he was taken away. "He knew what he had to do, and he's doing it," she said.