Lil Wayne Dub As The Greatest Rapper Alive
rowena on Jun 18th 2008
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. or most famously known as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He met the Cash Money Records manager as a teenager and eventually recorded for the label. He was a member of the rap group, Hot Boys. Today he is one of the best-selling rappers in the world, which has brought him praise as well as disdain.
Wayne’s first solo album “Tha Block Is Hot” includes significant contributions from the Hot Boys and went double platinum, climbing to #3 on the Billboard album charts.The album earned Wayne a 1999 Source magazine award nomination for “Best New Artist”, and also became a Top Ten hit. After the release of “Tha Block is Hot”, Wayne was featured on the single, “Bling Bling”, with B.G., Juvenile, Turk, and Big Tymers.
His latest album, “Tha Carter III” was released on June 10, 2008.. The first single “Lollipop” quickly became the rapper’s most commercially successful song to date, topping the Billboard Hot 100 and making it the first Top 10 single for Wayne as a solo artist, as well as his first #1 hit.
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Lil Wayne concerts schedules:
Sat 06/21/08 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
appearing at “Virgin Mobile Festival”
Sun 08/10/08 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Track
