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Adele Tops Artists For Billboard In 2011; Lil Wayne Is Top Male Artist
If there is a “best-of” list for music this year, it’s a safe bet to put Adele on top.
Billboard has declared her the No. 1 artist of 2011. Rihanna was No. 2, followed by Katy Perry, Lady Gaga andLil Wayne. The list, announced Friday, takes into account album sales, charting singles, radio airplay and other factors.
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Lil Wayne Tops Nominees For BET Hip-Hop Awards With Record 18 Nominations
Rapper Lil Wayne easily topped the charts this week with his latest album. Now the self-proclaimed “Best Rapper Alive” has the most nominations for the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
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Lil Wayne Left With 9 Stitches After Skateboard Accident
Lil Wayne said Monday he is recovering after gashing his head at a St. Louis-area skateboard park.
The 28-year-old rapper whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was in suburban St. Louis Sunday for a performance at the outdoor Verizon Amphitheatre. KTVI-TV reported that Lil Wayne, accompanied by a large entourage, showed up Sunday at DePaul Health Center’s emergency room.
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Adele, Chris Brown And Lil Wayne First Performers Announced For MTV Video Music Awards
Chris Brown and Lil Wayne are returning to the MTV Video Music Awards stage, while Adele will make her first appearance.
The trio are the first performers announced for the Aug. 28 ceremony in Los Angeles, at the Nokia Theatre. The announcement was made Thursday.
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Chris Brown Leads BET Awards Nominees; Beyonce, Drake And Five-Time Nominee Lil Wayne To Perform
Chris Brown will have another chance at redemption when the BET Awards are presented Sunday night.
The 21-year-old singer, whose image is still recovering from his attack on Rihanna more than two years ago, is up for a leading six awards, including best male R&B artist and video of the year.
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Rap Rules Bonnaroo For A Day As Lil Wayne, Big Boi And A Fiery Eminem Perform
After a little more than an hour of a hard-as-nails set that had the bikini-clad rumps shaking at Bonnaroo, Eminem thanked the crowd and left the stage.
Nearly 80,000 fans chanted “Shady! Shady! Shady!” in a thunderous roar for five minutes until hip hop’s angry king returned to the stage for a triumphant encore of “Lose Yourself,” capping the day rap took over Bonnaroo.
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Lil Wayne Checks In With Arizona Probation Officer
Lil Wayne has checked in with the officials in Yuma County, Ariz., to begin a three-year stint of unsupervised probation for a drug conviction.
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Lil Wayne Released After Serving 8 Months In Gun Case
New York City jail records show Lil Wayne has been freed after serving eight months for having a loaded gun on a tour bus.
The city’s Department of Correction website said Thursday the Grammy Award-winning rap star has been released from the Rikers Island jail complex. His managers have said he planned to head for his Miami home.
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Lil Wayne Accused Of Breaking NYC Jail Music Rules
Lil Wayne’s efforts to keep up the beat behind bars have gotten him in trouble in jail, an official said Thursday.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper faces potential discipline after jail officers found a charger and headphones for a digital music player stashed in his cell Monday, city Correction Department spokesman Stephen Morello said. Lil Wayne is serving a yearlong sentence after pleading guilty to a gun charge.
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Warrant Issued For Lil Wayne In Arizona Case
A bench warrant was issued Tuesday for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne, who is facing drug and weapons charges in Arizona.
A Yuma County Superior Court judge issued the warrant after the entertainer, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, failed to appear in court for a final trial management conference.
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Lil Wayne Begins Yearlong Jail Term In NYC
Lil Wayne was sentenced Monday to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, then was taken away in handcuffs to begin his term immediately.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper, born Dwayne Carter, was sentenced in Manhattan after pleading guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He admitted having the loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus.
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Lil Wayne Begins Yearlong Jail Term In NYC
Lil Wayne was sentenced Monday to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, then was taken away in handcuffs to begin his term immediately.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper, born Dwayne Carter, was sentenced in Manhattan after pleading guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He admitted having the loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus.
