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VIDEO: Lil Wayne’s “Behind The Music”

By Danielle Cheesman September 1, 2009 11:00 pm

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The self-proclaimed “best rapper alive” is telling his story to VH1. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter opens up about his childhood, his music, and his struggles, as he and the people who know him best describe his ascension from a poverty-stricken childhood in New Orleans to his reign as one of hip-hop’s heavy hitters. A true hip-hop icon, Lil Wayne is candid in his discussion about the life that made him one of the most respected hip-hop artists in the industry, as he relays his first experiences with drugs, his introduction to Cash Money Records, and his amazing career highs.

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VH1’s Behind The Music returns Thursday, September 10 at 10PM* with “Behind The Music: Lil Wayne.”

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  • Tha_Nerd
    Tha_Nerd
    9-8-2009 9:52 pm

    He hasnt even been in the game solo long enough to deserve a behind the music. ALSO, he is only mediocre as a rapper anyway. Oh well. -__-

  • SEARCH09
    SEARCH09
    9-7-2009 11:22 am

    why do every post have relatives that continue to defend garbage and try to rub it in our face?hey if lil wayne is an inspiration to you and has made a huge impact in your life than go on with you business.more power 2u.he is the complete opposite to me.now you can dwell upon garbage he spits that make absolutely no sense and admire him but dont tell us the viewers to no comment or state our opinion.unless you live with this loser and know what he does on a daily business,you can’t say and defend him and his jail status.like I said,defend him all u want but to millions of Americans and people nationwide, his lyrics will and will always be garbage- uninspirational, unencouraging but rather discouraging and immoral.I don’t understand some blacks,instead of doing good things for yourself and achieving,some of us would rather listen to a person who can’t speak properly and try to make sense out of crap and than come on here trying to educate us and enlighten us on whatever the hell he has done for you and your pathetic life.well save it…we are not interested on how much this idiot has inspired you and people you know. you’ll in the same category, if ya asked me….smh

  • TOTALBODYIMAGE
    TOTALBODYIMAGE
    9-7-2009 3:16 am

    ONE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THIS GUY IS THAT HE DOES’NT INFLUENCE THE PEOPLE POSTING IN THIS LOG TO WRITE ENGLISH LIKE THEY HAVE SOME EDUCATION.

  • lil_wreck69
    lil_wreck69
    9-5-2009 2:53 am

    @ SEARCH09= only pix 4 n 10 are photoshopped, and you can’t blame him for getting gurls pregnant, have you ever seen him with rap charges, NO, so questions is why can’t the gurls keep their draws on?

  • lil_wreck69
    lil_wreck69
    9-5-2009 2:44 am

    @ grown_man_jae= You said “real artist dont repeat s**t from recent and past work…im dyin to see the day he try and step to a REAL artist…when I see this clown diss the f**k outta Nas, Luda, T.I or Jay-Z…”, you need to gon head pull Jay-Z outta da line up right now, b’cuz if you talking bout repeating ish from past work then Jay-Z’s ya man, funny enuf, he bites off of biggie ish half da time. So give wayne a break, u try freestyling ereday of your life n see whether u ain’t gon repeat ish.

  • jonah29
    jonah29
    9-4-2009 3:25 pm

    well i dont really follow lil wayne(and i use to live in the gulf coast),but my thing is,,,when i listen to his songs, i really be trying to understand him..but i usually walk away with..like..3 lines that i understand(and the hook),,but i look at it like the kids understand it…(so they say)my piont is,its really an time,age and place thing(to me),cause i memeber when wu-tang had the world on lock,you could’nt understand , really none of there material…unless you when from the east,,or a 5 percent…but,,its really the person…but i talk to my son and he said…he’s aigght, but the best rapper alive..maybe in ten years..but not today…that was a sell pitch..and people brought it…so even though you can understand half of his lyrics..so it is what it is..like Jay say,s…MEN LIE WOMEN LIE BUT NUMBERS DONT!!(so well see in time)

  • SEARCH09
    SEARCH09
    9-4-2009 11:11 am

    My question is how is he get’n all of these girls pregnant?I mean what is it about him.Some people post on here to state their opinions whether it is good or bad things being said.the garbage is already out there and making money regardless of whether or not we criticize him.But anyway his lyrics are useless,it is mainly how he expresses himself and merely how he conveys whatever he has on going on in that head.
    so let me get this right, this c**kroach makes absolutely no sence and makes money off of that?Nice…just proves how anyone can become a singer/rap artist. Just like there aren’t too many singers like Monica, mariah, mary.j. true Rappers are scarce now a days.I mean there are a few out there still doing their thing like nas, common, Jayz but this piece of garbage is not even close to being @ their level he sounds like he is always drunk. mumbling his words, vaguely and senselessly. These photos looks photoshoped and still didnt do him any justice. ugh

  • grown_man_jae
    grown_man_jae
    9-2-2009 6:16 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFdOXCjuJo&feature=related

  • e-spizzle
    e-spizzle
    9-2-2009 4:17 pm

    uhhh. why niggaz be looken at wayne’s s**t if dey don’t like him?? nd den dey be posten comments nd s**t talken bout he garbage. dat s**ts retarted. I dont be goin on plies’s or Gucci’s s**t talken bout dey cant rap.wtf kinda s**t is dat. I don’t like plies or Gucci so i don’t listen to plies or gucci. its just dat simple. Wayne’s obviously doin something right to make u come and look at his s**t. niggaz jus be maken Wayne money when dey talk s**t bout him

  • Pcola_ACE
    Pcola_ACE
    9-2-2009 4:17 pm

    What the dude pose to call himself, the 2nd or 9th best? Bruhman, if you dont feel you one of the best at doing whatever it is you do in life, then gon be coming up shawt….feel me

  • Pcola_ACE
    Pcola_ACE
    9-2-2009 4:10 pm

    LMAO…dude you talkin bout Freestyle Battling and ish. Cuzzo, that s**t don’t make no money. Ni ggas be freestyling and sh!t, living pipe dreams of making it big. Son, we talking bout Billboaord top 10’s, not no Battle Rap, play-play mess

    **SMMFH**

  • grown_man_jae
    grown_man_jae
    9-2-2009 4:01 pm

    na dont get s**t wrng my dude, i aint hatin the nigga hustle…i knock no niggas hustle…cuz if it was me…ill physically put a nigga in coma..and i dont rap, i produce niggas so they can do wat they do….but i know squad of niggas that i do s**t fo that can battle that cat…they even freestyle to the niggas beats and go harder den him….wat im sayin and Wayne say hot s**t, but he not the best…but he keep referin he the best, but he not provin the s**t…thats wat im referin to

  • Eric-Toy
    Eric-Toy
    9-2-2009 3:54 pm

    Lil Wayne is a very talented man. Kudos to him and his success. I have a question to the haters; where are your accolades and how much money do you have?

  • Pcola_ACE
    Pcola_ACE
    9-2-2009 3:50 pm

    @ grown_man_jae

    Why do ni ggas hate on other dudes cause they’re doing what they do @ a high level and making bread on top of that to provide for their family? What if a another nigga critiqued and nitpicked you on your job cause you good at doing a few things over and over? If you don’t like the dude, its simple TURN OFF THE VOLUME. Anyway, since you being the resident internet/blog rap critic (LMAO), can you do better?

  • grown_man_jae
    grown_man_jae
    9-2-2009 3:36 pm

    like i said, even on this track below me…DUDE STILL REPEATIN S**T FROM HIS OTHER ALBUMS!!!!!….i listen to dudes albums & mixtapes, like 8 different lines on that track i done heard already, real artist dont repeat s**t from recent and past work…im dyin to see the day he try and step to a REAL artist…when I see this clown diss the f**k outta Nas, Luda, T.I or Jay-Z…then ill be convinced he the best..till then..he just a good rapper…Not a hot MC

  • Pcola_ACE
    Pcola_ACE
    9-2-2009 3:20 pm

    For an nigga/hater who don’t like Wayne I think he made this track for you clowns

    http://www.imeem.com/people/6Vb5MS/music/6xxdoGOj/lil-wayne-we-be-steady-mobbin-no-gucci/

  • grown_man_jae
    grown_man_jae
    9-2-2009 3:15 pm

    yeah..but Gille helped that nigga change up…even Wayne said Gillie co-wrote the first two Carters..and all the albums before the Carter 1 & 2..they was all alike…and the nigga hasnt changed his style since the Carters (except autoTune)..every song: eat p***y, smoke weed, purple drank, ” b***h, im the best”…my lil brother rap that s**t on his songs…so f**k it, my brother the best rapper too…lmao..now compare Wayne to REAL artist like Luda, Kanye, Em, Twista & T.I…..every track on they cd’s is different s**t…

  • e-spizzle
    e-spizzle
    9-2-2009 3:01 pm

    naw dogg, f**k dat nigga gillie da kid, i know what ghost writen is. nd lots of rappers styles change up. he’s been doin this s**t since he was a kid. nd when u start young ur style changes up as u mature. nd all dem drugs nd s**t wayne did switched up his floww too…. nd he is an artist because all da s**t dat nigga says is creative. jus listen to a song dat features wayne, u see dat the other rappers verses sound plain compared to waynes

  • WeSt-CoAsT-909
    WeSt-CoAsT-909
    9-2-2009 2:48 pm

    yea E SPIZZLE NIGGAS DID WRITE FOR WAYNE (GILLIE THE KID) ITS CALLED GHOST WRITING NIGGAS GET PAID TO WRITE LYRICS FOR OTHA NIGGAS WHO CAN SELL/DELIVER THE LYRICS
    THINK ABOUT HOW HE WENT OUT HE WAS A HOT BOY THEN HE CAME BACK AFTER YEARS ALL LYRICAL 2 TOTALLY DIFFERENT STYLE ??
    AND NOW THAT NIGGA WANTS TO SING AND DO ROCK AND ROLL
    I BEEN A FAN OF WAYNE SINCE HE WAS ON (GET IT HOW YOU LIVE) BY THE BIG TYMERS IM JUST TELLIN IT LIKE IT IS AND HOW IS HE AN ARTIST ??

  • MS_LEELO_08
    MS_LEELO_08
    9-2-2009 2:39 pm

    i fuqin luv lil wayne and im with him… why be a hater???
    i mean anybody can tell dat he writes his on shyt, all the other people who says he doesnt, dont see artistic talent when they see or hear it. i believe dat wayne is the best rapper alive, idol, fashion icon, and much more cuz most of yah niggas wanna be like him!
    now everybodii has dreads, they wanna be like waye, dress like wayne, rap like!
    it will never happen it can only be one and he is the original, and there will never be another thats better…………st8 like dat!!!

  • HOTSEXII23
    HOTSEXII23
    9-2-2009 2:33 pm

    OMG HE IS DA MAN RATHER YALL LIKE IT OR NOT I FEEL LIKE HE DESERVES EVERYTHING GOOD DATS COMING TO HIM.HE BEEN DOING DIS S**T SINCE HE WAS LIKE 16 AND IS NOW JUST GETTING A LIL CREDIT BUT NO MATTER WHO U R THERES GOING TO BE PEOPLE DAT LIKE OR SUM PEOPLE DAT ENJOYS HATING ON U RATHER RICH OR POOR BUT I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HIM CAUSE HE IS DA S**T NOW TALK ABOUT DAT…….

  • e-spizzle
    e-spizzle
    9-2-2009 2:09 pm

    r yall 2 serious? how can u say wayne aint an artist?? dat nigga is the mos creative rapper out.. nd how can u say somebody writes waynes s**t.. u know how many songs dat nigga has. i seriously doubt somebody wrote all them for him. i mean.. if they writen like dat why would they give it to wayne nd not just rap it themselves, dats f**king retarted. nd all yall niggas need to get off waynes nuts. if u dont like the nigga dont look at his s**t, comment on his s**t, or listen to his music. its dat simple…. datts for all yall f**k faces that just like to hate

  • Flu1982
    Flu1982
    9-2-2009 1:32 pm

    Wayne isn’t an artist bcuz has people writing 4 him n he’s stolen many styles during his career. Kanye is an artist, T.I. is an artist. Wayne is just a cartoon character on drugs. Hopefully Drake can be keep his originality as an artist cuz he’s better than wayne

  • grown_man_jae
    grown_man_jae
    9-2-2009 1:22 pm

    omg…the opening statement he said is erkin me..dude is not a artist..he a walkin contradiction…and he is not the best rapper…he repeats shyt he said on recent album, just mixed up..a REAL hip hop artist brings new s**t to the table everytime…and the nigga aint switched up yet since he started usin Autotune (in which he needs to stop) he sound like he got laryngitis..Eminem killin this nigga on tracks he on with him… and i know damn well this nigga aint touch Tec Nine & Krayzie Bone..and he beginin to sound like he mumble in his rhymes…I guess nun last for ever

  • MS_Apple_Bottom07
    MS_Apple_Bottom07
    9-2-2009 1:18 pm

    I LOVE LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!

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