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Lil Wayne's Rebirth Set For December 15 Release

The release date for Lil Wayne's upcoming album, Rebirth, has been set, with the record now scheduled to drop on December 15. Rebirth's release has been moved around several times due to Wayne's heavy workload running his own label, Young M [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Madonna's Single 'Revolver,' With Lil Wayne, Hits Web

Madonna's single with Lil Wayne, "Revolver," has finally landed in its full form. In the past several months, variations of the Celebration song leaked, but now the official version is out. "My love's a revolver," Madon [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

FLASHBACK SERIES - Lil Wayne

This week we flash back to an interview with controversial rapper, Lil Wayne. The Grammy award-winning star, who has allegedly impregnated actress Lauren London and singer, Nivea within weeks of each other, talks about being in Europe for t [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil Wayne concert trek grosses $42 million

The final numbers are in for Lil Wayne's 2008-2009 North American touring, and it appears the rapper will have the highest grossing hip-hop outing of the year -- and the most lucrative rap jaunt that Billboard has ever tracked. Seventy-e [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil' Wayne Adds New Date To UK Tour

Lil' Wayne has added an extra date at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo to his tour of the U.K. The show will take place at the Apollo on October 10. He already had two shows - October 7 and 8 - scheduled to take place at the venue. The rappe [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil Wayne hits highs, lows at Riverbend

If there’s a rapper who deserves to be headlining arenas and amphitheaters, it’s Lil Wayne. The self-styled “best rapper alive” is certainly rap’s most entertaining writer, and Weezy, as he is also known, has e [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

There's nothing little about Lil Wayne show

Headlining his first major North American tour, Lil Wayne rolled into town Wednesday, boasting a roster of chart-topping performers including Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, Pleasure P and Jeremih. Cherry-red guitar in hand, and with a backing ba [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil Wayne, 50 Cent 'for VH1 doc'

Lil Wayne and 50 Cent are reportedly due to appear on VH1's recommissioned Behind The Music series. One of the network's longest-running programmes, the show first aired in 1997 and consists of a one-hour documentary that focusses on the [...]

Posted On : Sep, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil' Wayne is 'best rapper alive'

The "best rapper alive" performed Tuesday at Xcel Energy Center. Of course, the person making that bold declaration was Lil' Wayne himself, who headlined a whirlwind, machine-gun-paced lineup of hip-hop hitmakers on the so-called [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil Wayne's world takes over FMBA

Ask Lil Wayne where he stands in today's hip-hop landscape, and he's not likely to be shy. To quote the huge, flashing video screens onstage at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park on Saturday night, Wayne is "the best rapper [...]

Posted On : Aug, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Eminem, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Drake's Collabo: Check Out A ...

It's one of the greatest collaborations in hip-hop history: Eminem, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Drake on the same song. "Forever" was inspired by the forthcoming LeBron James documentary "More Than a Game" and you can chec [...]

Posted On : Aug, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil Wayne Show Prompting Crowd Control at Starlight

Rap star Lil Wayne made his second trip to the metro in less than a year on Monday at Starlight. Security was the main change for Lil Wayne fans because no ticket meant no entry. Every entrance was bumper to bumper, but moving slowly, beca [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Seeing Lil Wayne at Starlight? Plan to show your tickets ear...

Starlight Theatre officials said they will be checking tickets at the entrance to Swope Park on Monday to deter throngs of young people from hanging around outside a rap concert. The reason for the unusual procedure? Officials are concerne [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Lil Wayne tour rumoured to have border trouble

The official Word is that Lil Wayne's Vancouver concert was cancelled due to doctor's orders, but that hasn't stopped speculation that the rapper known as Weezy ran into legal trouble at the border. "Lil Wayne, due to illness, w [...]