(Lil Wayne and Shanell at his farewell party, Sunday in Miami, via Julia Beverly)

Well….despite the farewell parties and the ustream goodbyes and the furious rush to complete videos in Miami last week….the anti-climax came today when Lil Wayne showed up in court and his sentencing was postponed until March 2nd….because of pending dental surgery.

According to Jayson from MTVNews…

“[Weezy's lawyer, Stacey Richmond] informed the judge that… the rapper is suffering from a cracked tooth and would need to postpone his sentence. The judge agreed and ruled to reschedule for March 2.

The rapper is set to undergo surgery February 12 in Miami, according to Richman. He will need a week to 10 days to recover. His defense offered prosecutors February 25 as a date for Wayne to turn himself him in after surgery, but Judge Charles H. Solomon instead selected March 2.

The judge then warned Wayne that he must return to Miami on Tuesday. Solomon insisted if he leaves tomorrow, there would be a chance his surgery would be delayed due to hazardous weather conditions leaving New York.

“I don’t want this to get pushed back anymore,” Solomon said. “This is the last adjournment.”

I just wonder…didn’t it seem like Wayne expected to go to jail today? And the cracked tooth wouldn’t have been a recent injury, so…was this just a hail mary that they threw up and it stuck? Also, is there something else Team Weezy wants to get done in this next month that warrants delaying the inevitable?
Finally….cracked tooth aside, will Wayne also remove his diamond caps?

UPDATE: Jayson answered the questions about why not just fix the tooth in jail, “The DA basically said Rikers Island’s facilities weren’t equipped to handle the procedure on Lil Wayne’s teeth, ie the ice and platinum.”