Rapper Juelz Santana Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Gun in Airport

Rapper Juelz Santana Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Gun in Airport
Rapper Juelz Santana performs in New York City on Dec. 19, 2006. Peter Kramer/Getty Images
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP)—Rapper Juelz Santana has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for trying to get a loaded gun onto a plane at a New York-area airport.

Santana, whose real name is LaRon James, was sentenced Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft.