The album, which features guest appearances by the likes of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.
Between the album, videos, and Facebook, fans were fed a mirage of Lil Wayne.
Born Dwayne Carter, Lil Wayne is one of the rap world's most successful artists.
's transparent attempt to recreate Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" success, complete with mumbled, off-key singing.
But Lil Wayne was so prolific on the mixtape scene that he redefined it.
Sarah Cunningham, a publicist with the Young Money record label, acknowledged that Lil Wayne had a seizure.
Drake appeared at the Los Angeles hospital, where Lil Wayne is being treated, with an entourage of Wayne's friends.
Friends, musicians and celebrities also took to Twitter: Rapper Lil Wayne held the record with over 29, 000 retweets.
"I'm good everybody, " read a message from Lil Wayne's Twitter account Friday evening.
CNN: Lil Wayne is 'good, just resting' after seizure, friend says
So in light of his recent prolific output, is Tha Carter III a definitive artistic statement from Lil Wayne?
In 2005, New Orleans MC Lil Wayne proclaimed himself the "best rapper alive" on his album Tha Carter II.
Radiating outward from the center, the top three are joined by Lil Wayne, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
Lil Wayne is the president of New Orleans-based record label Cash Money Records.
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"It definitely sank in when Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne were tweeting at me, " she said of the rap stars.
Fellow rapper Drake was one of several of Lil Wayne's Young Money record label mates who have visited him since Friday night.
CNN: Lil Wayne is 'good, just resting' after seizure, friend says
They talked more about a Twitter feud that erupted Friday between rappers Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka than about Lil Wayne's condition.
CNN: Lil Wayne is 'good, just resting' after seizure, friend says
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Grammy-winning and multiplatinum-selling rapper Lil Wayne suffered a seizure and "is recovering, " his record label's publicist said Friday.
"Swagga Like Us, " a posse cut with Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z himself, serves as a testament to writing, as T.
Paine says that without a classic album under his belt, Lil Wayne can't be considered in the running for best rapper alive.
In the two-and-a-half years between major-label releases, Lil Wayne whetted his fans' appetites by giving away more songs than anyone can count.
Lil Tunechi is Lil Wayne's nickname, as well as his Twitter handle.
Thankfully, he brought out Rick Ross and then to the largest roar the audience gave Sunday night there came Lil Wayne.
Minaj, whose real name is Onika Maraj, has costarred on songs with Lil Wayne, Drake, Usher, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and Diddy.
In concert, the full band can roar like Sonic Youth, whisper like Elliott Smith and work the crowd like Lil Wayne.
If you still want a new Phantom after looking at a 1963 Bentley Flying Spur, Lil Wayne is waiting for you at the studio.
Lil Wayne was arrested in 2007 outside New York City's Beacon Theater after police said they found a .40-caliber pistol on his tour bus.
CNN: Lil Wayne is 'good, just resting' after seizure, friend says
Lil Wayne is scheduled to be released from Rikers Island in New York early November 4th after serving an eight-month sentence for weapons possession.
"Help, " off the Carter 3 mixtape isn't Lil Wayne at his very best, although I love it just Lil Wayne at his most blatant.
"We all know none of us in this in this room wouldn't be here for Michael Jackson, " said Lil Wayne, named best male hip-hop star.
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