Lil Wayne has had an unlikely "Rebirth" in jail - helping fellow inmates on suicide watch.
The "Lollipop" rapper, who was locked up on a gun charge last month, is an inmate observation aide at Rikers Island, sources said.
The megastar rapper - who raked in $42 million last year - earns a cool 50 cents an hour.
"It's probably the best job you can have in the jail," said a source. "It's the highest paying job in there."
Lil Wayne, whose album "Rebirth" was released just weeks before he was jailed in the Eric M. Taylor Center, works the midnight tour and socializes with at-risk inmates.
"He mingles with them," the source added. "It's not a physical job at all, and it's better than working the kitchen or sanitation."
Suicide prevention aides, as they're also known, are recommended by correction officers or volunteer for the cozy gig. The chosen inmates must take courses to learn how to deal with their at-risk counterparts.
The job allows Lil Wayne to work without having to stray too far from his housing unit.
"Given his high profile, this is a work assignment that he can fulfill without having to move around the larger part of the jail," said a correction source.
Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty in October after a semiautomatic pistol was found on his tour bus in 2007.
He's serving a one-year sentence.
