Lil Wayne's Lawyer Questions Role of Drug-Sniffing Dog in Bust

Lil Wayne appeared in an Arizona court yesterday for a mandatory pretrial update related to a January 2008 bust on gun and drug charges. Weezy (born Dwayne Carter) was arrested in Yuma, Arizona, and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of dangerous drugs and weapons misconduct, the AP reports. Wayne's tour bus was pulled over by cops who said they found cocaine, Ecstasy and a handgun after searching the vehicle. His attorney, James Tilson, has requested border patrol training records for the drug-sniffing dogs involved in the incident, arguing, "If the dog is not reliable, then that puts the entire probable cause for the stop into question."

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Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

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