Rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black pardoned by President Trump on last day in office

Lil Wayne and Kodak Black have seen their firearms charges quashed as the rappers are among the 60 people President Trump will give clemency to.

Lil Wayne and Kodak Black have been pardoned by President Donald Trump on his last day in office. The two rappers had been prosecuted on federal weapons charges but are now on a list of people who the outgoing president is giving clemency. Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, had pleaded guilty of gun possession in the weeks running up to Christmas. He was found with a gold-plated handgun in his luggage on a private plane that arrived at Florida’s Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport last December. The incident was cited as a Lil Wayne parole violation.

In a statement from the White House, it was revealed that Wayne would have the charge quashed, with the rapper being described as “trustworthy, kind-hearted and generous”.