There will come a time in the life of every hip-hop fan when he or she will be called upon to defend the art form. We are told that rapping is not really an art, that it is a bastardized form of ...

Someone really loves Lil Wayne. A college professor from the University of Virginia wrote a book aptly titled, The Literary Genius of Lil Wayne: The case for Lil Wayne to be counted among Shakespeare ...

Lil Wayne didn’t have much of a childhood, and for good reason: he spent most of it cranking out hits. During his preteen years, Wayne’s stepfather introduced him to local New Orleans producer Mannie ...

LSD, the collaborative project of Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo, have enlisted Lil Wayne for a remix of their debut single “Genius.” In the animated video, directed by Ben Jones, Wayne is represented by a ...

Speaking with former NBA stars Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes of All The Smoke, Wayne made sure to give Nicki Minaj and Kanye West their flowers. Wayne not only competed with both of these icons on ...

A creative slump, a year-long stint in jail, the seizures, the bitter, prolonged label battle—the ‘10s were a tough decade for Lil Wayne. These trials have little bearing on the direction of his 13th ...

And while we didn't get all the answers Thursday night at Toyota Center, one thing was clear - Lil Wayne is the most important artist in the world. He is the epitome of what it means to be the idea of ...