[(Lil Wayne (an Unauthorized Biography) )] [Author: Jake Brown] [Jun-2011]

by Lil Wayne

LIL WAYNE (An Unauthorized Biography) an in-depth - tell all about the making and building of Cash Money Records, Southern rap and the biggest rap superstar in the universe who served a prison term at the height of his career and successfully released a hit album and videos while inside. LIL WAYNE (An Unauthorized Biography) is an in-depth study of the rap star / music mogul's rise to fame, from his childhood to his becoming one of the most unstoppable, most pragmatic, most creative music personalities of the twenty-first century. He is a multiplatinum-selling - multi-multi-multimillionaire - money making - multi Grammy Award winning rap superstar.Just months ahead of his incarceration, Wayne had been on a whirlwind of touring, helping to launch the rising stars of his Young Money Records' signees Drake and Nicki Manaj, and touring non-stop. That when word finally came down relative to his now infamous New York City illegal gun possession charge-with the facts seeming fairly cut and dry-Wayne opted to cut his losses and plead guilty to the charge. Even while incarcerated, he rallied his Young Money Records crew, to carry the torch and bang out hit records in his absence.LIL WAYNE (An Unauthorized Biography) chapters "The Rise of Cash Money Records"; "The making of "Tha Carter I, II and III"; "Superstardom;" "Family and Fatherhood"; "The Masters of the Second Coming of Cash Money"; and, "I am Not A Human Being";. As Lil Wayne states when asked to describe himself, "I'm a Martian. I like to be different. And what's more different than a Martian?"LIL WAYNE (An Unauthorized Biography) is a remarkable story that incorporates Lil Waynes ingenious passion for music. According to MTV, "Wayne has hit a whole new stratosphere. He's evolved into one of the top-tier playas in his field, truly on another planet with a chosen few." Drake was clearly inspired by Lil Wayne's example, when he said "I don't think there will ever be anybody like Lil Wayne ever again in hip-hop. He paralyzes a room when he walks into it-his wordplay, the excitement that he brings to his music. We all will have to work a lot harder to keep hip-hop as exciting as Lil Wayne has made it".

170 pages, Unknown Binding

First published May 1, 2011

About the author

Having sold millions of albums worldwide and garnered four Grammy Awards, Lil Wayne is one of the most successful and critically lauded artists in hip hop. He released his first project at the age of twelve and went on to release his first solo album in 1999 when he was just seventeen. He released his first installment of his legendary Tha Carter series in 2004 before releasing three others, including the landmark Tha Carter III in 2008. Lil Wayne also holds the record for the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a male solo artist with 109 entries, having surpassed the record previously set by Elvis Presley. His most recent studio album, I Am Not A Human Being II, was released in 2013 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 charts. In 2015, Wayne released FWA (Free Weezy Album) exclusively on Tidal, where it was streamed a staggering ten million times within the first seven days alone. Outside of his iconic music career, Lil Wayne is the CEO of his own Young Money Records, as well as the successful apparel brand Trukfit. He also recently launched his own app, Lil Wayne: Sqvad Up.

Reviews

[1dotson_matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a rapper name lil wayne. It talks about his life and how he made it to were he is today.This book is kinda of a motivational book because he tells you about his life and how his childhood was covered by crime ETC. I recommend this book to someone who thinks they can't do it and also someone who is not thankful for what they have and see how people live in other states.