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Lil Wayne has played a farewell show for a hometown crowd in New Orleans before beginning a one-year jail term.

According to The AP, many fans at the concert expressed disappointment over the artist’s weapons charges conviction.

“It’s kinda sad, the stereotype and that he fell into it,” said 19-year-old Lee Farrell of New Orleans.

“I hope Lil Wayne will follow in T.I.’s footsteps,” said 32-year-old Jed Wright of Metairie, who brought his 11-year-old stepson to the show as a Christmas present. “T.I. promised to turn his life around. Lil Wayne can do the same thing.”

During the show, Wayne told fans at the New Orleans Arena that “I’m nothing without you”, after opening the concert with ‘A Milli’, which earlier this year earned him a Grammy for best rap solo performance.