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Lil' Wayne
On Top, YoungBoy encompasses what it means to survive in Baton Rouge’s urban neighborhoods. His violent, but introspective, lyrics tell the story of a young man entrenched in street life while also holding on to visions of a different, more positive way of living. With the threat of death or incarceration lurking around every corner, YoungBoy attempts to vocalize his aggression, but Top more often peaks in moments when he allows sadness and turmoil to permeate the proceedings.
Later this year, Lil Wayne will celebrate the 10th anniversary of his chart-topping album Tha Carter III at the fourth annual Lil Weezyana Fest. The event is scheduled to take place on August 25 at Champions Square’s Bold Sphere Music in his hometown of New Orleans.
The traditional “mixtape” has been responsible for building the careers of many of hip-hop’s biggest stars. Since the turn of the century, artists like 50 Cent, Fabolous and Lil’ Wayne (just to name a few…) have all benefited tremendously from the mixtape circuit. Initially, these tapes were distributed by hand-to-hand transactions in the form of cassettes, which eventually led to CD’s, and ultimately MP3 streams & downloads.
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