Lil' Wayne's Success: Even in Prison He's Number 1

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Did you guys know it has been 15 years since a recording artist has gotten a number 1 album on the Billboard 200 while in prison?  This was broken when Lil’ Wayne released his album ‘I Am Not a Human Being’, which was released on September 27^th, which, FYI, his birthday, and has released more than 323,000 copies so far.  It is hardly surprising that he would have a number 1 album while in police custody, his multiple arrests meeting his highly successful music career would make it only a matter of time before this would happen, but this is the first time he has actually gone to jail for his offenses, the others were mainly probations.  The person who got their album hit number 1 while in jail you ask? Why none other than Tupac Shakur, who released his hit album ‘Me Against the World’ while incarcerated on March 14^th, 1995.  Tupac happened to be the first and only recording artist to have a number 1 album released while imprisoned, until September 27^th, when Lil’ Wayne released his album, stealing the title of most recent, and eliminating the title of only.