(BBC) US rappers Ja Rule and Lil Wayne have been arrested on charges of carrying illegal firearms in New York. The hip-hop stars, who have recently released a duet called Uh Oh, were arrested separately following a concert in Manhattan on Sunday. Rule, whose real name is Jeff Atkins, was stopped for speeding when a weapon was discovered in his car, police said.
Officers also found a pistol when detaining Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, for smoking marijuana.-
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