Lil Wayne Washes Down Platinum Success with Own Champagne Line

Lil Wayne will continue his journey from MC to mogul this autumn as the platinum-selling rapper readies his own line of champagne, dubbed "Halo." The champagne had previously cameoed in Weezy's "Lollipop" video. Four different variations of "Halo" will be bottled: Halo Brut, Halo Brut Vintage, Halo Rose and Halo Pinnacle, each with its own mix, taste, blend and texture. "Champagne is for celebrating," Lil Wayne said. "I'm ready to put my foot in a new door. There are so many different business opportunities; I want to take advantage of it all."

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Song Stories

“Help Me”

Joni Mitchell | 1974

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.

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