Warrant issued for rapper Lil Wayne in Ariz.; Wayne already serving time in N.Y.

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A bench warrant was issued Tuesday for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne, who is facing drug and weapons charges in Arizona.

A Yuma County Superior Court judge issued the warrant after the entertainer, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, failed to appear in court for a final trial management conference.

But Lil Wayne’s attorney, James Tilson, said his client couldn’t appear because he’s serving a one-year jail sentence in New York for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

The rapper began serving that sentence March 8 at the Rikers Island jail complex.