Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. started his career as a novelty. He was just 11 years old when he started doing odd jobs in the offices of the record label Cash Money. Discovering an early interest in music as a form of self-expression, he assumed the nickname Gangsta D and began to compose rhymes. The duo, BGz, formed shortly after, when they teamed up at the age of 14. old BG In 1995, the duo’s first album “True Story” was released.
With the duo’s album release, Dwayne dropped the D from his first name and became known as Lil Wayne. He later joined the hardcore rap group, “The Hot Boys” with teenagers Juvenile, Young Turk and BG. And in 1997, the group’s debut album “Get It How U Live!” Was released.
In 1999, Cash Money signed a distribution deal with Universal, which helped promote the Hot Boys album “Guerilla Warfare” to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R & B / Hip-Hop chart.
In 2000 Lil Wayne launched his solo career, with the album “Tha Block Is Hot”, which went double platinum thanks to the title track. However, it remained an unknown, as hardcore rap was not yet fully accepted as commercially viable.
In 2003 Lil Wayne released a clandestine mixtape titled “Da Drought” which attracted a lot of attention from the hip-hop community. Recognizing a marketing opportunity, he continued to use underground releases to gain support for his next official album. His great effort Tha Carter was released in 2004.
As Lil Wayne only gained recognition after starting his solo career, John Lennon gained more complete recognition after the dissolution of the Beatles in 1970. Like Lil Wayne, John Lennon seemed to be an expert at recognizing marketing opportunities. He was known as the smart Beatle, and while still a member of the Beatles, John Lennon displayed a right-wing attitude that buried the band in controversy. At the time, rock stars did not openly make political statements or opinions, but it helped redefine what was now acceptable. In 1965, he declared that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.” The statement generated even more controversy, as the Beatles’ recordings were banned from broadcasting on American radio. He also criticized the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War.
Like Lil Wayne, John Lennon had a troubled childhood. Throughout his childhood, his mother, Julia, wandered in and out of her life in Liverpool, while he was raised by his aunt, Julia’s sister, Mimi, and her husband, George, who died in a car accident, when John was seventeen. Like Lil Wayne, his father essentially abandoned the family when John was five, only to return after his son rose to fame as one of the Beatles.
