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Posted by Robert
Rap News Network
7/29/2004 10:06:42 AM
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Rapper Lil' Wayne taped a music video at the closed 108-year-old Ohio State Reformatory, which has become a popular backdrop for videos and movies.
About 30 teens showed up Tuesday for a glimpse of the 21-year-old rapper during taping for the song, Go DJ, from his album, Tha Carter. The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society charged Lil' Wayne about $2,000 US for the use of the west cell block, which has five tiers and 250 cells. The group needs $10 million to $20 million to renovate the site, society administrator Ed Meehin said.
The prison was used in the filming of 1994's The Shawshank Redemption. Several years later, it appeared as a Russian prison in the movie, Air Force One.
Two other films and a 2000 music video for the group Godsmack also were made at the prison. Besides regular tours of the site, the society offers a Hollywood tour where they point out movie props and sites where famous scenes were filmed.
The prison, which closed in 1990, was built as a reformatory.
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