Lil Wayne week

In honor of the long-awaited Carter V release, The Fader has curated a selection of stories exploring Lil Wayne's biggest moments and rise to Greatest Rapper Alive.

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Lil Wayne is revitalized on Tha Carter V
The FADER - Lawrence Burney
The liberation of Lil Wayne is something that rap fans across the world have been dreaming about for the better part of this decade, even when having …
Sep 28, 2018
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Millennials
Rap’s First Millennial Grows Up
The FADER - Nick Barat
Wayne doesn’t need to chase the zeitgeist with young guns like Chance, or even show “artistic growth.” He just needs to stave off his own boredom.
Jan 9, 2017
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Lil Wayne And Drake’s Circles Of Influence
The FADER - Anupa Mistry
Lil Wayne and Drake might now be more peers than anything else, with their own histories and legacies of personal influence, but their relationship …
Jan 13, 2017
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The Complete History Of “Bling Bling”
The FADER - Lakin Starling
The true story of one of rap’s most defining moments, from the projects of New Orleans to the pages of Merriam-Webster. Compiled by Rawiya Kameir, …
Jan 11, 2017
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The Carter Documentary Showed Us How Small Lil Wayne’s World Was
The FADER - Jordan Darville
It’s pernicious to frame the rapper as some kind of race traitor; he’s just working with the same self-centered focus that took him out of Hollygrove …
Jan 11, 2017