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DISGRACELAND

Lil Wayne: Murder Squads, A Pre-Teen Suicide Attempt, a Year at Rikers and More Hits than Elvis

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Music, True Crime

4.613.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Lil Wayne grew up on the mean streets of New Orleans. His father split when he was two, and his stepdad was shot before he was a teenager. Wayne poured his pain into his rhymes and started cutting tracks for Cash Money Records, seeing hip-hop as the only way out of a violent scene. When his mother forced him to quit rapping, the only way out Wayne saw was suicide. Miraculously, he survived and went on to become one of the most successful artists of all-time, staying true to his roots throughout all his triumphs and tribulations. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter)  Facebook Fan Group TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody? Jake Brennan here as you may have heard disgrace land can now be listened to wherever podcasts are available.

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This is content that many of you have never heard before. You can now listen to episodes on Billy Holiday, Pantera, David Bowie, the Ramones, Lil Wayne, the New York Dolls, Lil Peep, Grand Parsons.

0:27.2

Previously on her two-parter on two-pock, a two-parter on Biggie, a two-parter on Oasis, and a two-parter on the Beatles.

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0:39.9

Go listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

0:43.7

Hey Disco's, did you know disgrace land is no longer just a podcast? That's right.

0:49.0

I recently launched a YouTube channel where a whole new bag of stories from the world of music history, mystery, and misadventure is being opened up.

0:57.2

New stories on Debbie Harry, YouTube, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and more.

1:02.1

And of course stories on some familiar podcast subjects as well.

1:05.5

New old does not matter. It's all the same edge of your seat storytelling that you've come to expect from disgrace land in double Elvis, but now with visuals.

1:13.8

We've got daily 60-second shorts on the most crazy artist misadventures out there, as well as weekly long-form stories that dig deeper into music history's craziest mysteries.

1:23.6

All with my sometimes smiling, sometimes smirking mug at the center of it guiding you through the insanity.

1:28.9

Go to youtube.com slash disgrace land pod or just search disgrace land on YouTube.

1:34.4

And be sure to subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified each time a new video drops. Rock a roll.

1:44.0

Scress land is a production of double Elvis.

2:05.5

His stepfather was violently murdered. He was a child star. And later while one of the biggest stars on the planet, he was imprisoned for a year's time.

2:15.7

Lil Wayne was raised on the streets of New Orleans during a point in that city's history when the murder rate skyrocketed in neighborhoods were terrorized by kill squads patrolling Nolo with murder blazingly spraypated across gang member's vehicles to leave no doubt to their intentions.

2:32.3

The Wayne overcame all of that and more to become one of the most successful hip hop artists

2:37.1

of all time.

2:38.3

An artist with more hits than Elvis, yes Elvis, and an artist that this day still makes

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