With his next album, Tha Carter III, not due until February via Cash Money/Universal, rapper Lil Wayne snuck out a five-song digital EP on Christmas day, dubbed The Leak. There is no physical product for sale, but the tracks are available as digital downloads from Amazon.com, iTunes and Rhapsody. Cash Money and Universal had no [...]

After four years of being signed to Lil’ Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment label, fellow New Orleans rapper Curren$y has officially declared his independence from the company. In a recent MySpace blog titled “Sorry Y’all I Tried…Honest,” Curren$y states “I am not Young Money.” So as Lil’ Wayne the artist reaches an all time high, his [...]

Lil Wayne is taking his rap to Disney, I heard. The rapper is supposedly going to be on the High School Musical franchise, titled High School Musical 2: Non-Stop Dance Party. Straight Disney paper!  cred – illseed

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Yes, Louisiana, there is a Santa Claus. Yes, California, there is a Santa Claus. It should be a nice Christmas for every Lil Wayne fan, no matter what state they’re in: Weezy F. Baby is dropping a solo album this year. On Thursday, Wayne told us exclusively that [...]

7/24/07 Lil Wayne was arraigned late Monday on a felony charge of gun-possession in connection with his arrest Sunday night following his first headlining New York show. According to attorney Stacey Richman, Wayne (born Dwayne Carter Jr.) was released Monday evening on $70,000 bond and will appear in court again in November on the charge, [...]

7/2007 Lil Wayne’s first major gig in New York ended with a trip to jail on Sunday night when the rapper was arrested on gun charge.   The arrest came just hours after Wayne (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) made what he labeled his Big Apple debut with a raucous show at the Beacon [...]

If you believe Universal Records’ latest schedule, then you’ll believe that Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter, Vol. 3 is coming out sometime in October or November. “November 2008?” Weezy asked

8/15/2006 Rapper Lil Wayne was arrested Monday in Atlanta on charges of possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance, according to a copy of his arrest report obtained by MTV. The 23-year-old MC (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter) was released from Georgia’s Fulton County Jail on $11,000 bond [...]