The art of Kevin Blythe Sampson

THE ART OF
KEVIN BLYTHE SAMPSON

12/23/09

Music - The Trials of Lil Wayne, the Hardest-Working Man in Hip-Hop - NYTimes.com

Music

The Trials of the Hardest-Working Man in Hip-Hop

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Lil Wayne performing earlier this year as part of the America's Most Wanted Tour. His crew, Young Money, released its debut album, “We Are Young Money,” on Tuesday.

Published: December 22, 2009

For someone who made ubiquity his art form, Lil Wayne has done a stupendous job of disappearing this year. Sure, he was on tour and at the Grammys, but the stream of mixtapes and freestyles on which he built his reputation slowed to a drip. While he was taking a breather, others — in particular, Gucci Mane, and Lil Wayne’s protégé Drake — took his template and ran with it.

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