Lil Wayne was supposed to start his year-long prison term yesterday after pleading guilty to an attempted weapons possession in 2007. According to MTV News, Wayne’s sentence has been delayed has been delayed to March 2 because of a cracked tooth that requires dental surgery. Pitchfork recalled a Blender article from 2008 that goes into further detail of the rapper’s dental history.

Wayne’s dental troubles are pretty well documented. A Blender cover story from 2008 featured a scene in which Wayne is hit with a righteous toothache in the studio, causing him to freestyle: “I got a toothache/ The size o’ Virginia/ I got a tooothaaache/ And it hurts like a muh-fucka!” The article goes on to describe Wayne’s kitchen thusly: “There is no food in sight besides candy. The counter is crowded with Blow Pops, Sour Patch Kids, Snickers, Milky Ways, Dots, Skittles.” (And that grill can’t make flossing any easier.)

Toothaches or not, Lil Wayne still had enough strength to attend his going away party that was on February 7. Guests included everyone in Young Money, Wale, Trae, Sean Garrett, Chris Johnson and even former Hot Boys co-member B.G.

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