In 2008 Weezy became the first rapper to grace the Country Music Awards playing along kid rock in a song titled All Summer Long. Wayne has won various titles such as Hottest emcee in hip hop, rap artist of the year in 2008, workaholic of the year in 2009, and the best rock star alive while the Vibe Magazine described him as the most talented rapper of the current generation. His best-ever performance in a song was his verse in the song Taking Over featuring DJ Khalid, Akon, T.I, and Fat Joe. Drought 3 and Drought is over are said to be the best hip hop albums released in the year 2007. This mixtape was available for free download and was unique because this rapper was rapping over beats of songs done by other artists. In the Drought 3 mixtape, there was a song titled George Bush that criticized the former American president because of the way he responded to hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. Dedication two and drought 3 mixtapes received positive acclaim and critical analysis. Apart from albums, singles, and collaborations, Lil Wayne has been reaching his fans and audience through mixtapes and guest appearances in various singles. Between 20, Wayne did not release any album but appeared in numerous singles which include Sweetest Girl, Duffle Bag Boy, I am So Hood and all these singles played within top twenty songs in the billboard for a long time. One of his most successful collaborations was a song titled Stunting like my Daddy in rapper Birdman’s album titled Like Father, Like Son and he has also collaborated with other artists such as Fat Joe, DJ Khaleed, Akon, T,I, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj many others. Only Senegalese-born musicians called Akon and Trinidadian-born female rapper namely Nicki Minaj can rival Lil Wayne in collaborations. Lil Wayne is one of the most sought-after artists for collaborations. This album won a Grammy award in 2008 as the best rap album before he released a negatively acclaimed rock album titled Rebirth in 2010, though the album hit gold eventually. Carter II, a sequel to The Carter was released in 2005 but his most successful album was Carter III, which sold 1.5 million copies in the United States of America within six days (Light,78) The most popular song in this album was a collaboration with the late Static Major, titled Lollipop. Lil Wayne hit the international limelight with the Carter album in 2004. His two subsequent albums were not as successful as the first one as they only hit gold status. He released his first album titled The Block is Hot in 1999 and the album hit platinum having sold 1.3 million copies in the United States of America. He joined a group called Hot Boys in 1997 and recorded a run-away hit album titled Guerrilla Warfare with the group (Potter,190). He joined Cash Money Records before he was ten years old and was the youngest member of this record label. Lil Wayne’s whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter was born in September 1982, grew up in Holly Grove, Louisiana, and his parents were divorced when he was only two (Gregory 125). His other stage name is Lil Weezy or Weezy. Lil Wayne is an American rapper who also dabbles in rock music.
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