In 2008, Lil Wayne was the best rapper alive.

Your Money!

I'm Millie, I Millie, I Millie,

Moving off an incredible mixtape run, Wayne released the studio album The Carter Three in the summer of

08, selling over a million copies in its first week. If lead single Lollipop was a crossover

hit that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

At the same time, the song Amili was a raw bar-heavy street favor that reached number six,

proving that Wayne's elite lyricism alone could carry a song into the mainstream.

I'm a young money, million,

there tougher than Nigerian hair.

My criteria compared to your career

this isn't fair.

I'm a venereal disease like I'm in strew. The Carter III would go on to become the top selling album of any genre in 2008,

earning him 8 Grammy nominations.

By 09, Wayne had achieved the rare trifecta

of being critically acclaimed, commercially successful,

and respected by the streets.

The Hopoy was hotter than hot.

He was scorching.

And then...

Will Wayne pleads guilty to attempted weapon possession and is expected to receive a one-year

jail sentence. Police said a gun was found on his tour bus in Manhattan in 2007.

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