Oct 3, 2016 - You're not gonna 'Lil Wayne' up this mothafucka! From GONE 'TIL NOVEMBER: A Journal of Rikers Island by Lil Wayne, to be published on.
| Author | Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (Lil Wayne) |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Published | October 11, 2016 |
| Publisher | Plume Books |
| ISBN | 978-1-911274-69-8 |
Gone Til' November: A Journal of Rikers Island is a prison memoir from the diary of American rap artist, Lil Wayne.[1] It was initially published on October 11, 2016, via Plume Books, a subdivision of Penguin Books. The book describes Wayne's experience on New York prison Rikers Island, where he was incarcerated for eight months in 2010. [2] The book details, among other things how Wayne served as a suicide prevention aide as well as how he attempted suicide himself.[3]
Reception[edit]
Upon release, Gone Til' November received mostly positive reviews from readers and critics alike with Rolling Stone naming it a 2016 'must-read'.[4] However some, like the LA Times, criticized the book for a lack of discussion of serious issues faced by the majority of inmates in prison.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^'Seven things we learned from Lil Wayne's 'Gone 'Til November''. USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^'10 Random Things We Learned About Lil Wayne from His Rikers Island Diary 'Gone 'Til November''. Billboard. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^'Lil Wayne Mulls Suicide in Harrowing Prison Journal Excerpt'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^'Fall Books Preview 2016: Must-Read Music Tell-Alls'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^Dreisinger, Baz. 'Lil Wayne's Rikers Island memoir 'Gone 'Til November' is a missed opportunity'. latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
At least one of Lil Wayne’s long-delayed projects now has a release date.
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The New Orleans rapper, who has been locked in an ugly contract dispute since 2014 regarding the release of his 11th solo album, “Tha Carter V,” and his career-long relationship with Cash Money Records, will instead publish a book: “Gone ’Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island,” an account of the eight months he spent there in 2010, is set for release on Oct. 11.
Lil Wayne, who was born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., had been sentenced to a year at the New York City jail on a gun possession charge.
The memoir was first announced in early 2012, with a release planned for November of that year via Grand Central Publishing. “Gone ’Til November” will now be published by Plume, an imprint of the Penguin Group, the company confirmed on Thursday. (Grand Central did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
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A representative for Penguin said the book was “taken directly from Wayne’s own journal,” sans a co-writer, and will “reveal the true story of what happened while he was at Rikers Island, exploring everything from his daily rituals to his interactions with other inmates to how he was able to keep himself motivated and grateful.”
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Recently, in addition to appearing on tracks with Chance the Rapper and Ariana Grande, Lil Wayne has toured the country and released a mobile skateboarding video game. Earlier this month, he was briefly sidelined when he suffered what his representatives called two minor seizures, a persistent health problem for the rapper that he has attributed to epilepsy.