It became the best-selling album of , spawned a series of successful singles and scored a Grammy for Best Rap Album. This is because Wayne's success is less a product of his production than his eccentric personality as well as his lyricism and wordplay. Wayne is imaginative, clever and complex, and while he may assault the sensibilities of rap purists, it's hard to deny that Wayne's vocabulary and thought process is light years ahead of what most anyone else on the radio is doing.
Much of the time Wayne's rhymes leave you feeling perplexed, either because you have no idea what he means or because you understand what he means and have no idea how he thinks of this stuff.
Bottom line, Wayne has the rap world spinning in his orbit because he's both trendy and unconventional - just hip enough to be cool, just unusual enough to seem extraordinary.
Edit Close. Toggle navigation Menu. Don't have an account? Sign Up Today. High 58F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Cloudy with occasional showers overnight. Low 44F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Lil Wayne. AP Photo. It also transpired that he wanted ownership of the Cash Money imprint he ran, called Young Money Entertainment, as well as the artists he signed: Drake and Nicki Minaj. The fight has become white noise, groaning under the weight of its legal contracts, and feels like fodder for TMZ rather than anything concrete.
He put money into New Orleans to rebuild parks and schools, becoming a philanthropist for the city. To me, he feels forever linked to that tragedy. When Lil Wayne peaked, arguably around , he was lauded as a hip-hop outsider bolstering a genre that had become stuck on the sort of aspirational sheen which made names of rappers such as P Diddy and Jay Z.
But his experimental work with rock Rebirth , pretty terrible and a shift away from music including a confusing period of serious, serious skateboarding pushed him off trajectory and lyrically, his relevance began to peter out. He cares about New Orleans, and his roots, representing both beyond physical boundaries, but he also cares about drugs, women and oral sex.
It seemed to kill his spirit, his creativity and certainly his output. His greatest error, to my mind, has been how he has adapted to fame. Wayne himself has always been sticky with the idea of role models, distancing himself from the responsibility which comes, proxy-like, with fame. Forcing someone into that [role] seems less ideal than locating people who are less famous but more worthy of the emulation. It was a big part of what he was talking about, so we always hold Lil Wayne in high regards.
From his lyrical style to his clever wordplay and chart-topping hits, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. Among other accolades, back in , the legend made history when he surpassed Elvis Presley by having the most Billboard Hot chart hits as a solo act.
Check them out below! Although, 50 cent was one of the first to capitalize on mixtape success, Tunechi elevated the game by taking it to another level. Young Money Imprint: Young Money Entertainment was founded in and has greatly impacted the hip hop landscape since its inception. Undoubtedly, when Wayne birthed Young Money, it was one of his best career moves that directly helped launch the careers of Nicki Minaj and Drake, two of the biggest artists in music today.
However, Young Money extends beyond the music footprint. Within the last few years, the rap superstar has entered the sports arena with the launch of Young Money Sports. It is a premiere sports agency that was established by in , and it handles the marketing and branding efforts of their signed athletes.
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