Lil Wayne continued his hot streak this week, selling almost a million copies of his latest album Tha Carter IV. Rock the Bells 2011 breezed through New York City, New York, where Ms. Lauryn Hill reunited with Pras and Mos Def revealed his pending name change. T.I. ended up getting hauled back to prison for reasons different than first implied, and former Death Row inmate Jewell speaks on the label’s history, her new book and Dr. Dre’s sexuality.
Lil Wayne Nears A Milli With Tha Carter IV, Makes Peace With Uncle Sam
Lil Wayne made a triumphant comeback this week with the first-week sales of Tha Carter IV. The Young Money leader neared the platinum threshold, selling 964,000 straight out the gate – a number that Birdman claimed was legitimate. He even landed 11 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, and made right with Uncle Sam, who released him from a $5.6 million tax lien. Weezy was also honored with a record-breaking 18 nominations for the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards, including Hustler of the Year and MVP of the Year.
Rock The Bells 2011 Touches Down In New York City, New York
Rock the Bells 2011 took New York City by storm last weekend, with acts like Black Star, Erykah Badu, Cypress Hill and more gracing the stage. During the concert, Ms. Lauryn Hill reunited with Pras for renditions of “Ready or Not” and “Killing Me Softly,” while Nas, Large Professor, Akinyele and Fatal reteamed for “Live at the BBQ.” 
Backstage, Mos Def dropped a bomb that he will be changing his name to Yasiin at the end of the year, while Badu explained her connection with Hip Hop.
T.I. Brought Back To Prison For Conducting Business
After T.I. was hauled back to prison last week, details have emerged in his recent liberation and subsequent re-incarceration. According to documents, Tip was not supposed to be conducting business during his trip from prison to his halfway house, and was accused of doing just that after police learned that two VH1 personnel and his manager were also on his luxury bus to discuss his VH1 reality show. His wife, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, also explained that prison officials had no issue with the rapper’s tour bus. Tip is due for release from jail on September 29th.
Jewell, Former First Lady Of Death Row, Speaks On Dr. Dre’s Sexuality, The Label & More
Former Death Row inmate Jewell spoke with HipHopDX this past week, breaking down the inner operations of the label. The ex-first lady explained that she was originally supposed to release an album after Tha Dogg Pound’s Dogg Food, her upcoming book My Blood, My Sweat and My Tears, Dr. Dre’s sexuality and more. Read the in-depth interview here.
Other items of note:
– Nas Says “Lost Tapes II” Is Still A Possibility, Speaks On “Life Is Good” Collaborators
– Drake Is “80 Percent Done” With “Take Care,” Talks Recording In Toronto, Canada
– Damon Dash Served With Court Summons For Illegally Selling Alcohol At DD172
Hahahaha. Even on HipHopdDX’s list, Lil Wayne be number one, which is awesome for me, because it means Weezy gonna give me his number one, his liquid gold. Weezy got that Midas dick!!! Gonna turn my tongue gold!! Meanwhile, yall just gonna hate. YMCMB!!!!!
On the real though, I’m glad he wasn’t number two on the list
just waitin for nas and common to come with that fire!!!
“Weezy was also honored with a record-breaking 18 nominations for the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards, including Hustler of the Year and MVP of the Year.”
Damn,one of the worst albums of the year is getting way overrated. BET and MTV’s constant praise of the crap like thank me later,the carter 4 and anything from the black eyed peas the last 3 years is the reason kids have no taste in music.
AMEN. this is one of the best comments I have read on here in a while. I fully agree with all points made.
yeh people just been listening to the interlude and outro over and over again…have u heard how tight those tracks are?
How can a rapper be almost platinum and I (a hip hop fan) dont even know of one song he has out from that album?? With the last Carter you had lolli pop (pause) which as a good single and I heard that everywhere and it was undeniably a good single, now he’s plat and I just cannot understand who are the masses buying into an album thats just OK at best. I could dig WTT but the Carter is for the younger high/post high schoolers. Im so glad I did not grow up musically with this generation of artist!
cuz your a dumbass. thats why
because you purposely avoid his music and then act like you dont know anything.
or u just pretend as if you dont know his music as a slick way of undermining it. if i asked you whether u heard 6 ft 7 you would probabkly say nah….even though we all know your ass is lying because it was on every damn music site letalone hiphop site when he first got out of prison. typical frontin ass listener that always gotta be contrary.
da only reason wayne is so big is cus he collaborates with every1 in the whole fckin music industry!! ffs
So, going by your logic, Game would’ve sold as much as Wayne.
Game doesn’t feature on as many collabs as Wayne…look at how long we’ve seen Wayne on SOOOO many tracks with SOOOO many different artists
thats the only reason huh…. really? that gives him an unfair advantage huh. like other rappers arent allowed to collab. somehow its a bad thing that wayne has a wide fanbase. smh. i hate to use the word but hater
hope ppl will get tired of that YM crap and get back on that “Keep it real” shit
You know the story, haters gonna hate. I’m tired of this bullshit, already.
hello to averybody