In a character-softening appearance last week on “The Mo’Nique Show” on BET, Mo’Nique asked him what he looks for in the artists he signs. Just like that, Lil Wayne is omnipresent again. And this month his rock album, “Rebirth” (Cash Money/Universal Motown), leaked to the Internet after accidentally shipped some 500 copies to customers who had preordered it. On Tuesday his extended crew Young Money released its debut album, “We Are Young Money” (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown). He is expected to begin serving his sentence that same day: an enforced absence instead of the voluntary break he has been taking.īut as the days count down, Lil Wayne is re-emerging. 9 Lil Wayne will appear in State Supreme Court in Manhattan to be sentenced in connection with a 2007 charge for gun possession. While he was taking a breather, others in particular, Gucci Mane, and Lil Wayne’s protégé Drake took his template and ran with it. Sure, he was on tour and at the Grammys, but the stream of mixtapes and freestyles on which he built his reputation slowed to a drip.
The committed philanthropist founded The One Family Foundation too.For someone who made ubiquity his art form, Lil Wayne has done a stupendous job of disappearing this year. The company ignited the careers of two of the most successful artists ever- Drake and Nicki Minaj. Simultaneously, Wayne owns and operates Young Money Entertainment as C.E.O. " It all bulldozed the way for his thirteenth full-length and fifth #1 on the Billboard Top 200, Funeral, a year later. " Every song on the tracklisting charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as he became "the first artist to debut two songs in the top 5. Not only did it clinch #1 on the Billboard Top 200, but it also achieved "the second-largest streaming week for an album in history.
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With a discography highlighted by two consecutive #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with 2008's triple-platinum three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning opus Tha Carter IIIand its double-platinum 2011 successor Tha Carter IV, he completed the series with Tha Carter V in 2018. Among many milestones, he emerged as " the first male artist to surpass Elvis Presleywith the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100, " logging a staggering 109 entries. Not to mention, he garnered 11 BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two MTV VMAs, and eight NCAAP Image Awards. By 2020, he cemented his legacy forever as "one of the best-selling artists of all time, " tallying sales in excess of 100 million records worldwide with 15 million albums and 37 million digital tracks sold in the United States alone.
The five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum rap icon, Young Money Entertainment founder, acclaimed author, skater, philanthropist, and history-making superstar left an indelible tattoo on the culture. Lil Waynerewrote the entire game in his image. Wayne also launched the specialty Tha Carter IVTopps trading cards - making him the first rapper to have his own trading card collection. The chart-topping rappers also served up a new joint single and video entitled "Feelin' Like Tunechi" (watch HERE).Įarlier this year, Wayne released Tha Carter IV (Complete Edition) on streaming platforms in celebration of the critically acclaimed album's 10th anniversary. The launch also follows the release of Lil Wayneand Rich The Kid's blockbuster collaborative mixtape, Trust Fund Babies (listen HERE). The box set comes complete with liner notes and a booklet of rare photos.
To commemorate the launch, Wayne also dropped the unreleased Tha Carter IIIera track "Ya Dig" on streaming services via Young Money Records/Republic Records/UMe. "Tha Carter Singles Collection" 7" vinyl box set is officially out today (available HERE ), and features 19 of Wayne's biggest " Tha Carter" series hits on 45 for the first time ever. President Carter – Saturday 11/13 – 3PM EST/ 12PM PST (watch HERE).Nightmares Of The Bottom – Saturday 11/13 – 12PM EST/ 9AM PST (watch HERE ).Blunt Blowin – Friday 11/12 – 5PM EST/ 2PM PST (watch HERE).She Will – Friday 11/ 12 - 12PM EST/ 9AM PST (watch HERE).The rollout schedule with links can be found below: Directed by Tim Fox and with art by Daniel Crossan, the visualizers look at the dystopian world Wayne described on Tha Carter IVand create a comic book feel out of it that pulls inspiration from Grand Theft Auto and The Dark Knight.
12, 2021 Today, multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning music mogul Lil Wayneis releasing the first part of Tha Carter IVvisual album via Young Money Records/Republic Records/UMe as a part of the continued celebration of the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking record.