Lil Wayne

By Becky Bain His short-lived project to bring music videos back to MTV (with FNMTV) didn’t last long in a schedule that seems to be desirous of a 25th hour to re-run The Hills, but we’d like to see him return to curating music somewhere. Hello, Spike TV?

By Becky Bain Robin Thicke | MySpace Music Videos The man can work the falsetto. We’re actually kind of dying to hear it again alongside Lil Wayne, who may well be the next to join a list of guests that includes Jay-Z, Estelle, Kid Cudi and Snoop Dogg.

By Robbie Today Shakira premiered the Sophie Muller-directed video for "Give It Up To Me," preceded by an interview with Carolina Bermudez of New York's Z100 radio station. The Timbaland-produced "Give It Up To Me" (ft. Lil Wayne, naturally) is the third single off the Colombian singer's She Wolf a...

By Becky A hit with Alicia would certainly round out Drake’s year – his song “Best I Ever Had” peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100; he’s on everyone’s short list when it comes time to pick album guests, following work with Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne; his profile continues rising with this nic...

By Maura Cantankerous actor (and newly appointed Oscar co-host) Alec Baldwin has denied responsibility for the Lil Wayne cake his daughter, Ireland, enjoyed on her 14th birthday: “No, I didn’t [get it for her]. I don’t know where that came from. But I will take that idea. I will give here a Little Wayn...

By Maura Our look at the closing lines of new music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Raditude, the seventh studio album by the jokesters who make up Weezer: Our look at the closing lines of new music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Raditude, the seventh studio album...

By Chris Molanphy 5. Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town” (LW No. 4, 13 weeks) Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2. Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, “Forever” (LW No. 2, 9 weeks) 8. Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town” (LW No. 4, 14 weeks)

By Maura Yesterday I mentioned that the new Shakira album She Wolf was irresistible to me because of its twisty, dancey strangeness, although figuring out a way to fit its globally minded disco into the American market was clearly seen as a tough task by her label—after “She Wolf” stalled on the Ho...

By Maura “Not only that, but we got Lil Wayne to come in and do a rap on it,” he continued. “Any other rapper would’ve just done, ‘Yay, we’re partying! Let’s drink and have fun,’ but he gave it the edge I was looking for. You can hear in his voice, it sounds so dark, like he was gonna get shot or something when...

By Maura Whenever the term “Auto-Tune” is raised to any reasonable music fan, the first three names that come up? T-Pain, Kanye, Wayne, who have all had major success with it. But the absolution leaves very few targets out there for Jay to shoot down. Perhaps the biggest is producer Ron Browz, who’s h...

By Maura Best Collaboration: Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain - “Blame It” Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne - “Turnin’ Me On” Jim Jones feat. Ron Browz and Juelz Santana - “Pop Champagne” T.I. feat. Rihanna - “Live Your Life” Yung L.A. feat. Young Dro and T.I. - “Ain’t I”

By Maura “The best way to describe the Rebirth record is that it’s a Lil Wayne record,” Cool’s partner Dre said. “It’s where Lil Wayne is right now in his life and career — he’s expressing himself musically. ‘Prom Queen’ came out and that’s a rock record and so everybody is like, ‘He’s putting out a rock...

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By Lucas Jensen • Wayne says he stopped being addicted to syrup-drinking because it hurt his stomach, though he didn't say he stopped using entirely. When asked about smoking weed, Lil Wayne says "I will stand up to marijuana any day" because he has killer migraines. Katie snorts, but let's be frank here. Ma...

By Maura Johnston This week's top 12, from Tuesday's Obamarama to the prospect of Lil Wayne throwing a turkey to the idea that maybe music writing can be saved through the power of Britney Spears' philanthropy, after the jump. 8. This picture of Lil Wayne holding a bowling ball, which may make me actually tune...

By Lucas Jensen I was kinda hoping that Lil Wayne was making an appearance on HBO's dearly departed* First & Ten, but, sadly, no. Instead, the surprise Packers fan (I would have pegged him for a Saints man) recently appeared on ESPN's 1st and Ten to match wits with the witless Skip Bayless ("I'm about to...

By Maura Johnston 2. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop" (3.161 million) 3. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, "Low" (2.979 million) 5. Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" (2.914 million) 6. Rihanna, "Disturbia" (2.766 million) 7. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (2.682 million) 9. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown, "No Air" (2.612 million)

By Maura Johnston Big Boi feat. Raekwon & Andre 3000, "Royal Flush" Taylor couldn't pronounce "Raekwon" quite right. Aw.) T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne, "Swagger Like Us" Lil Wayne feat. Jay-Z, "Mr Carter" Ludacris feat. T.I., "Wish You Would" Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, "Put On"

By Dan Gibson Paste's 2008 best-of isn't unlike the magazine itself: largely predictable, but with a few surprises seemingly thrown in to confuse or distract. The list hews rather closely to their adult alternative aesthetic, but as likely obligated by law, they threw in Lil Wayne (No. 29). He's not qui...

By Maura Johnston 1. Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter III 6. Robyn 9. Vampire Weekend 13. Al Green, Lay It Down 17. Conor Oberst 20. Wale, Mixtape About Nothing 22. Coldplay, Viva La Vida 23. The Cool Kids, Bake Sale 24. The Roots, Rising Down 25. Santogold 26. Usher, Here I Stand 27. Mariah Carey, E=MC2 30. Young Jeezy, The Recession

By Chris Molanphy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1. Ne-Yo, "Miss Independent" (LW No. 1, 16 weeks) 3. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 3, 17 weeks) 6. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It," (LW No. 5, 18 weeks) 7. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino, "Mrs. Officer" (LW No. 8, 19 weeks)

By Maura Johnston FAVORITE MALE SINGER Chris Brown Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley FAVORITE GROUP Coldplay Maroon 5 Rascal Flatts FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG Good Life" by Kanye West Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

By Maura Johnston World's Best-Selling Recording Act: Coldplay Best Pop Male: Kid Rock Best Pop/Rock Male: Kid Rock Best Rock Act: Coldplay Best R & B Male: Chris Brown Best Hip-Hop/Rap Artist: Lil Wayne Biggest Internet Artist: Akon Africa: Akon China: Jay Chou Great Britain: Coldplay

By Al Shipley As I noted when I proclaimed him pop music's new Prince of Darkness, Lil Wayne has been doing everything possible in the past couple years to act like a rock star. He plays guitar (badly); he got a lip piercing; he joins Fall Out Boy and Kid Rock onstage at awards shows. But while the rock charts a...

By Maura Johnston THE RUMOR: According to a report that allegedly came from the BBC, Lil Wayne was shot and killed over the weekend after a show in New Orleans. Dwayne Carter known by his rap alias of 'Lil Wayne' is the latest victim of the notorious feud between the 'Bloods' And 'Crips'.

By Al Shipley Whether or not he ever becomes the guitar-slinging rock star he seems to want to be lately, Lil Wayne is perhaps the most archetypally kooky, drug-addled superstar in the Ozzy mode on this list, a guy who has tattoos all over his face and says increasingly bizarre shit every time there's a m...

By Chris Molanphy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 1, 12 weeks) 3. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It," (LW No. 2, 13 weeks) 6. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino, "Mrs. Officer" (LW No. 5, 14 weeks) 7. Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain, "Got Money" (LW No. 7, 21 weeks)

By Maura Johnston Best Hip Hop Video David Banner f/ Chris Brown and Yung Joc – Get Like Me Common – I Want You DJ Khaled f/ Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman and Rick Ross – I’m So Hood (The Remix) Lil Wayne f/ Static – Lollipop Kanye West f/ T-Pain – Good Life

By Maura Johnston 9:46 p.m. Lil Wayne should be pretty fucking significant enough to not have to stand for being trapped in a medley with T-Pain. 11:03 p.m. Now WTF was I thinking when I said Kid Rock was a hip-hop hater earlier? Kinda forgot like MOST OF HIS CAREER there!

By Maura Johnston BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" Lupe Fiasco, "Superstar" Flo Rida, "Low" Lil Wayne, "Lollipop" Kanye West, "Homecoming" BEST MALE VIDEO Chris Brown, "With You" Flo Rida, "Low" Lil Wayne, "Lollipop" T.I., "No Matter What" Usher, "Love In This Club"

By Maura Johnston Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and T.I. twist M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" into "Swagger Like Us," which West says exhibits "THE RAP OLYMPIC TEAM!" (caps and punctuation his, of course). I'm hoping that the video features at least one fancy model who's wearing an outfit that looks like an umpteen-la...

By Maura Johnston Lil Wayne - "Lollipop" Directors: Gil Green & Dwayne Carter Kanye West - "Homecoming" Director: Hype Williams BEST MALE VIDEO: Lil Wayne - "Lollipop" Director: Gil Green/D. Carter Chris Brown - "With You" Director: Erik White/Chris Brown

By Anono-Critic Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who's contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Blen...

By Maura Johnston 11:29 a.m. No. 6: The Lil Wayne Robs A Bank video. (A 10-second snippet, talked over by the annoying Aussie co-host, whose teleprompter-reading skills have not really improved. 11:38 a.m. Apparently Devendra Banhart is a "new artist." Just so you're aware when Grammy nominations hit.

By Dan Gibson • "Lloyd comes off as randy, rather than skeevy, in part because his music avoids the low-down grind. By current R&B's slovenly standards, this is brisk stuff. But the crowning element remains Lloyd's light voice. His flutter offers just the right stroke." [NY Daily News]

By Chris Molanphy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2. Lil Wayne, "A Milli" (LW No. 2, 13 weeks) 6. Chris Brown, "Take You Down" (LW No. 6, 17 weeks) 7. Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, "Put On" (LW No. 9, 11 weeks) 9. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop" (LW No. 8, 19 weeks)

By Maura Johnston For another week, Lil Wayne and Coldplay make up the album charts' 1-2 punch, with Tha Carter III taking the top spot (125,000 copies sold) and Coldplay serving as Wayne's best men (113,000 sold). According to Hits, Nas' untitled album is set to break this log jam next week, but I'll believe...

By Anthony Miccio 1. Green Day American Idiot is their biggest album since Dookie, so the boys probably aren't ready to get back in touch with their inner Gillman St. An Operation Ivy reunion, though? With Rancid now stuck with the drummer from the Used, that shit could happen tomorrow.

By Anthony Miccio Best Collaboration DJ Khaled feat. Lil' Wayne, Big Boi, Ludacris, Fat Joe & Young Jeezy-"I'm So Hood (remix)" Keyshia Cole feat. Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott-"Let It Go" Kanye West feat. T-Pain-"Good Life" Flo Rida feat. T-Pain-"Low" Chris Brown feat. T-Pain-"Kiss Kiss"

By Michaelangelo Matos 1. Lil Wayne, "Lollipop" (Cash Money) 2. Danity Kane, "Damaged" (Bad Boy) 3. Mariah Carey, "Bye Bye" (Island Def Jam) 4. Clay Aiken, "On My Way Here" (RCA) 6. Madonna, "4 Minutes" (Warner Bros.) 8. Motley Crue, "Saints of Los Angeles" (Motley) 9. Chris Brown, "Take You Down" (Jive)

By Maura Johnston As previously noted, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III blew into the No. 1 spot on this week's album charts thanks to a sales total that just broke the million mark—a feat that isn't all surprising given last week's early-bird chart debut, but is still probably causing some chilling-since-2005 C...

By Dan Gibson At this point, we've all heard that Lil Wayne is going to dominate the charts next week, approaching the long-forgotten one week/one million sold mark last achieved by 50 Cent in 2005. However, Plies (who, to me, is sullying the once proud Slip-N-Slide name) is also having a pretty good wee...

By Dan Gibson From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration in this installment is the new full-length by Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III, which hits stores today:

By Maura Johnston ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: Just in time for it to fall from the top spot on the Hot 100, Usher has put out this remix of his comeback single that features much better collaborators than Young Jeezy—Beyonce and Lil Wayne, to be exact. "Part 2" of "Love In This Club" is slowed-down and a bit more restra...

By Jeff Weiss But Hogan dismisses anyone with a gripe: "haters are already foaming at the mouth... the rest of us know better than to rush the flow." God forbid, anyone gets between Hogan and Wayne's uh..."flow." "A Millie" is just mediocre, a boiler mix-tape track that would be met with yawns were it released by...