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  Lil Wayne Ties Elvis Presley For Most Trips to Hot 100 Chart

  September 21, 2012 – Lil Wayne is positioned to overtake Elvis Presley as the male artist with the most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, now that he's tied the King — at 108 times — via his cameo on Juicy J's "Bandz a Make Her Dance." The Mike Will-produced ode to cheek-clapping strippers debuted at No. …
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  Lil Wayne Sues Lil Wayne Documentary for Using Lil Wayne Music

  September 7, 2012 – The self-appointed VMAs court jester otherwise known as Lil Wayne is suing film producer Quincy Jones III for using a handful of his songs in a movie about Lil Wayne. That movie, of course, is The Carter documentary of 2009, which famously portrayed the Young Money figurehead as a weed-horking, sizzurp-slurping mad genius on a path to certain self-destruction. Weezy never liked the thing. …
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  Nicki Minaj Slyly Exploits Mitt Romney on Lil Wayne's 'Mercy'

  September 4, 2012 – Given hip-hop's loopy libertarian streak as of late, expressed by even a few of the most cogent, socially-engaged rappers — Kendrick Lamar saying that he doesn't vote, Ab-Soul and Killer Mike suddenly losing all their nuance and telling you that Obama's no different than all the other dudes in power — Nicki Minaj's supposed support for Mitt Romney on "Mercy" off Lil Wayne's Dedication 4 mixtape made sense for a fleeting few  …
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  Labor Day Brings New Music From Lil Wayne and Gunplay (But Not Missy Elliott)

  September 4, 2012 – "You lazy bitches is fucking up the economy," Nicki Minaj raps over Kanye West's menacing "Mercy" keyboard plinks on a track from Lil Wayne's new Dedication 4. The mixtape, the latest in a cult-adored series that includes 2006's essential Dedication 2, was only one in a flurry of new hip-hop releases over Labor Day weekend. …
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  The Problem With Hip-Hop in 2012: Not Enough Street Rap!

  July 24, 2012 – If you've been reading the latest in the endless cycle of complaints about rap music's pernicious influence — Google's colossal waste of time, "Hip-Hop On Trial," from last month; or Touré's Washington Post editorial, "How America and Hip-Hop Failed Each Other," from earlier this month — you would think it was still the late '90s, when shiny, amoral street rap reigned supreme. …
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  Lil Wayne Photoshops Himself Onto Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Cover

  July 20, 2012 – Lil Wayne's preoccupation with Nirvana runs deep. He's long cited Nevermind as a big influence on his decision to pursue music. Last fall as the album was celebrating its 20th anniversary, he sat with MTV to chat about its significance (his interviewer, Sway, even sagely mentioned the song "I Smell Teen Spirit"). …
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  Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne Join Birdman and Rick Ross' 'Born Stunna (Remix)'

  July 3, 2012 – Just as Kanye West and Pusha T are basking in the adulation for their new G.O.O.D. Music cut "New God Flow," their rivals over at Young Money and Cash Money Records have unleashed a star-studded track of their own, via IllRoots. Sure, nobody was exactly clamoring for a fully loaded version of "Born Stunna," Cash Money boss Birdman's grunging money-cars club-rap boast with Florida hip-hop action hero Rick Ross. …
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  Lil Wayne Promises Delayed 'Human Being II' Will Be Far Better Than Original

  June 22, 2012 – Lil Wayne had no trouble making the split-second decision that resulted in a ridiculous Summer Jam beef, but he's also learned the value of exercising a little patience. Which is why his upcoming I Am Not a Human Being II has been, you guess it, delayed! …
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  Lil Wayne Correctly Asserts Nicki Minaj Is 'Female' in Summer Jam Breakdown

  June 19, 2012 – Following what SPIN's Brandon Soderberg has dubbed the "Worst Beef Ever," better known as Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg's onstage Nicki Minaj dis at the station's Summer Jam in New York earlier this month that resulted in the rapper abruptly canceling her appearance at the day-long fest — or, rather, calling her Young Money boss, Lil Wayne, and having him announce via Twitter Minaj's cancellation — Weezy has finally spoken out a …
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  Lil Wayne Launches Website to Prove It Ain't Easy Being Weezy

  June 5, 2012 – Lil Wayne is the lynchpin of a record label called Cash Money, so he clearly has his mind on his money (and you know the rest). …
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