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Lil Wayne: Cash Money Signs Limp Bizkit

Label on a spending spree after Drake, Nicki Minaj successes

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Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit performs at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California.
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By Rolling Stone
February 24, 2012 12:35 PM ET

Lil Wayne says Cash Money has signed rap-rockers Limp Bizkit. During a phone call with New York's 98.7 KissFM Thursday night, the rapper revealed the label is on a spending spree – they're reportedly on the verge of inking Ashanti, too – following recent success with acts including Drake and Nicki Minaj.

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst later confirmed the signing with a series of tweets ("The game is missing danger, electricity and rock n roll!!!! Cash Money Limp Bizkit").

The band's most recent album, Gold Cobra, a reunion with guitarist Wes Borland, peaked last year at Number 16 on the Billboard chart.

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