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Lil Wayne Says He Considered Becoming a Christian Rapper When He Was In Jail

<p>During his 8-month prison sentence at Rikers Island&comma; Lil Wayne considered becoming a Christian rapper&period; This week&comma; the rapper released the diary he kept while he was locked up and called it &num;GoneTilNovember&period; In it&comma; he describes receiving a letter from a church that urged him to use his gifts to spread the gospel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I would truly have the power of having pop culture turn to God&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he wrote&period; &&num;8220&semi;I would have straight killers in church every Sunday&period;&&num;8221&semi; Later&comma; Wayne would have an epiphany which led him to accept that where he was in life was supposed to be a part of his artistic journey&period; With that being said&comma; that still doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean that he won&&num;8217&semi;t ever make gospel music&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wayne just has more to get off of his chest before making a change as big as that&period; The day before his release&comma; he wrote about how he always thought that his creativity stemmed from cars&comma; women and money&period; &&num;8220&semi;Once that was all taken away from me&comma; my creativity was put to the ultimate test&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he writes&period; &&num;8220&semi;And I passed that &lpar;expletive&rpar;&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Read more excerpts from &&num;8216&semi;Gone &&num;8216&semi;Til November&&num;8217&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;life&sol;entertainthis&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;11&sol;lil-wayne-gone-til-november-revelations&sol;91891532&sol;"><b>here<&sol;b><&sol;a>&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Talia O&period; &commat;theclosetratchet on Instagram &amp&semi; &commat;tallyohhh on Twitter&excl;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;life&sol;entertainthis&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;11&sol;lil-wayne-gone-til-november-revelations&sol;91891532&sol;"><strong>USA Today<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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