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  • Big Daddy Kane at GLO in Westbury

    at todays hip-hop stars, such as Lil Wayne and Kanye West -- their images and music frequently found through many different mediums -- it seems almost impossible that rap music was once not accepted by pop radio and a sizable portion of the club community.Rewind   Read more »

  • Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' review

    , Minaj cements her rep as hip-hop's brightest new star. When she pays tribute to Jay-Z in "HOV Lane" and faces off with Lil Wayne in the title track, she's hard to beat.However, there's another side to "Roman Reloaded," where hip-hop isn't enough for Minaj.   Read more »

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About Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.

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