Rapper Lil Wayne's personal journal from his eight-month prison stint will finally be published this October, four years after the book was first announced.
The book, entitled “Gone ’Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island” recounts the details of the rapper's time in the New York prison after being convicted of gun possession charges in 2010
In a statement to the New York Times, a representative for Penguin Books, who will publish the book through their Plume imprint, said Gone 'Til November was “taken directly from Wayne's own journal” without the aid of a co-writer.
While serving his prison sentence, the rapper maintained a website called "Weezy Thanx You" where he kept fans in the loop with stories of what his daily life behind bars entailed.
“I wake up around 11 a.m.," Wayne wrote in one post. "Have some coffee. Call my kids, and my wonderful mother. I then shower up. Read fan mail. Have lunch. Back on the phone. Read a book or write some thoughts down. Have dinner. Phone. Pushups. Then I listen to ESPN on the radio. Read the Bible, then sleep. That's my day”.
The book “reveals 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”.
Gone ’Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island was originally meant to come out in January 2012, with Grand Central Publishing scheduled to print in November of that year.
Instead, Plume will publish Wayne's book on 11th .
