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June 26, 2008

How Lil Wayne Became a Superstar

Mixtape strategy pays off with new "Tha Carter III"
June 23, 2008

Q&A: Lil Wayne on Weed, Jay-Z and Rhyming on Answering Machines
May 1, 2008

Best MC: Lil Wayne

Inside the strange mind and brilliant rhymes of the most exciting rapper of his generation, from Rolling Stone's Best of Rock 2008

Tha Carter III

OK, it's true: he really is the best rapper alive. Lil Wayne made that claim on his last official CD, in 2005, and since then, he's unleashed an astonishing torrent of mixtapes, leaks and guest appearances to back up the boast. So his long-anticipated "legit" album follow-up feels a bit gratuito...

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After establishing himself with the Hot Boys and a handful of solo albums in the late Nineties and early 2000s, rapper Lil Wayne became best known for his series of critically acclaimed mixtapes and guest appearances on hit songs by other artists. With his prolific output in the mid-2000s, which included mixes he made available free online and his Tha Carter series in the mid-2000s increasingly...

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