Lil Wayne - The Dynamic Hip Hop Artist

By Author: Mr James Griffith
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Lil Wayne born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr is a multi award winning multi platinum selling Hip hop artist. He is famous for his classic Hip hop songs and his stylish Lil Wayne music videos and his amazing stage performances. In 1997 at 15 years old Lil Wayne joined the Hot Boys along with rappers Juvenile, B.G and Turk. The Hot Boys first album was entitled Get It How U Live and this was followed by an even bigger smash hit rap album entitled Guerilla Warfare which reached number 1 on the Billboard charts. Lil Waynes released his debut solo album in 1999 entitled Tha Block Is Hot which featured significant contributions from Hot Boys members. The album went double platinum climbing to number 3 on the Billboard charts. Tha Block Is Hot was released as the first single and was accompanied by a cool Lil Wayne music video. The second single Respect Us was accompanied by another stylish Lil Wayne music video featuring members of the Big Tymers. Lil Wayne's album debut eventually sold ...
... over two million copies. In 2000 Lil Wayne released his follow up album entitled Lights Out but this album failed to match the success of the first one though it was eventually certified gold. The lead single entitled Get Off The Corner and the accompanying Lil Wayne music video still continued the momentum that was building from his debut album. In 2004 and 2005 Lil Wayne released Tha Carter and Tha Carter II. Tha Carter sold over one million copies in the US and once again Lil Wayne music videos was played extensively on MTV to promote this album. Tha Carter II was released in 2005 and went onto sell 2 million copies and to reach number 2 in the Billboard 200. Singles including Fireman, Grown Man, Hustlers Muzik, and Shooters featuring Robin Thicke which were again promoted with some really cool Lil Wayne music videos. The next album to be released was entitled Tha Carter III in 2008 and this spawned the monster Lil Wayne rap songs Lollipop with its typically cool Lil Wayne music video and Got Money featuring T-Pain helping it to sell 2.8 million copies in 2008 making it the biggest selling record of the year. Aside from Lil Waynes phenomenal solo success with Tha Carter II he was also featured on many collaborations with others artists such as Akon, T-Pain, Lloyd, Cassie, and Usher who featured Lil Wayne on his Love In This Club remix. Over the last few years there has been a phenomenal growth in music video websites and now users can find a huge variety of specialist websites all catering for a specific genre of music. One such website is Urban-Nation.com. Urban-Nation.com is the hottest new Hip hop and R&B music website. It has cool profiles, amazing chat rooms, Hip hop and R&B music artists, all the latest Rap & Hip hop music videos and R&B music videos, Hip hop music news, R&B music news and some of the coolest members anywhere! Urban-Nation.com also has a brand new section where you can view exciting new music profiles and music videos for the biggest names in Hip hop and R&B music where you can read all about Lil Wayne, Drake, Eminem, Usher, Mariah Carey, Akon, Omarion, Beyonce, The Game, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Cassie, Ne-Yo, Timbaland, Chipmunk, Kano and the biggest names in Hip hop and R&B music.
About the Author :

James Griffith is a freelance writer from London specialising in writing Hip hop and R&B music articles. Over the years he has developed an extensive knowledge of urban music and urban music artists and is considered one of the leading authorities on this subject. With a passion for Hip hop and R&B music since childhood, James Griffith brings great knowledge and a great understanding of this exciting music genre and his articles are both informative and entertaining too.