The worlds hottest rapper, Lil’ Wayne will play another rare UK live show in London on 7th July at The HMV Hammersmith Apollo. This date has been added after the announced show on 6th July sold out within hours going on sale on Friday 3rd April. Both shows will also feature rising hip-hop star Kid Cudi who was featured in the BBC’s influential Sound Poll as ‘one to watch’ in 2009.
Lil Wayne
Following his spectacular success last year as far and away the biggest artist in America, Lil Wayne looks set to make 2009 his own, with his feverishly anticipated new Cash Money / Universal album “Rebirth”, which will be released on June 8th.
Wayne’s staggering success in 2008, both commercially and critically, was recognised at the 2009 Grammy’s where he won 4 Awards (Best Rap Song, Album, Performance and Performance by a Duo or Group). He had lead the field with a whopping eight nominations ahead of Coldplay with seven, and Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West who each earned six nods. Wayne gave one of his show stealing performances at the event; teaming up with T.I, Jay-Z, M.I.A and Kayne West for ‘Swagger Like This’ and Robin Thicke for ‘Tie My Hands’, taken from Wayne’s multi-award winning album ‘Tha Carter III.
‘Tha Carter III was the top-selling album of any genre in the US last year where it’s fast approaching the 3 million sales mark. In the UK Wayne has sold over 130,000 copies of the album, propelled by the enduring hit single “Lollipop” and has also been smashing it around the world as the featured guest on protégé Kevin Rudolph’s 2 million selling hit “Let It Rock” which went Top 5 in the UK.
Lil Wayne has now released 7 records, sold over 10 million albums, and has made an incredible 40 guest features since 1999. That doesn’t take into account the massive amount of mixtapes and leaked tracks that hit the net on an almost weekly basis. His most well known collaborations include Destiny’s Child, Mary J Blige, Chris Brown, Gwen Stefani, Akon and many more yielding a clutch of top 10 US smashes.
Hip-hop fans know this will be a rare opportunity to see such a hot line-up the in UK and the show is not to be missed. The tickets are available from Ticketmaster and are priced at £32.50 excluding booking fee.
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