It's customary when artists hit #1 for them to receive
congratulatory gift baskets from friends and associates. The
baskets must be lining up at Rikers Island, where Lil
Wayne is finishing a sentence for a weapons violation.
The rapper's I Am Not A Human Being surges from #16 to #1 in its
third week on the Billboard 200 in the wake of the belated
release of the CD. The album had debuted at #2 two weeks ago just
on the strength of digital sales.
The album sold 125,000 copies this week, which is a little more
than the 110,000 it sold two weeks ago when it was brand new