Lil Wayne even has a special visitors entrance

Looks like hip-hop star Lil Wayne is even more of a VIP at the Riker's Island jail complex than we previously knew. Department of Corrections officials appear to be bending backwards for him, sources tell the Voice.

We're told that when guests visit Lil Wayne -- whose real name is Dwayne Carter -- they bypass the general visiting room where other inmates' visitors wait. Wayne's visitors are picked up by an official in a separate car, who drives them to the Eric M. Taylor Center, where he is serving an eight-month jail term in New York after admitting in October 2009 to having a loaded, .40-caliber semiautomatic weapon on his tour bus. Lil Wayne's guests are driven back after the visit is up -- which is usually longer than the one hour allowed for other inmates' visitors.

photos by Emily Nemens

Bonnie "Prince" Billy
April 1
Monster Island

Todd Patrick's back from Mexico, and last night our fearless local promoter hosted two very intimate, very sold-out, back-to-back shows for Will Oldham--touring on behalf of his Bonnie "Prince" Billy alter-ego--in Williamsburg's sweaty Monster Island Basement. It's something of a coup to get Oldham/Billy in such a small space, for only $12 a person, considering that last time Kentucky-born singer-songwriter played New York was at the Apollo and tickets were more than 40 bucks.