Lil' Wayne going to prison!

T.I. is already doing it, and now it's time for another one of the biggest rap stars in the world to serve time in prison.

Lil' Wayne has been sentenced to one year behind bars after being convicted with gun possession after an arrest in New York 2007. Weezy, who pled guilty on the charges, would have been facing up to 15 years in jail if doing the opposite.

Wayne, or Dwayne Michael Carter Jr as is his real name, is expected to start sitting off his sentence in February 2010.

It's going to be pretty interesting how this affects his career, since Lil' Wayne has been a name we have been able to see in the charts constantly for some time now. But it's been done before, rappers going to prison and coming back stronger than ever, and also able to create a hype around them due to the conviction.

As mentioned, T.I. is doing the same thing now, and when he comes out in spring next year, I'm quite sure we're going to witness an era of endless chart toppers.

Live!

I just found this video of T.I.'s performance from the MTV Video Music Awards 2006. I've pretty much been looking for it since that night when it took place.

It's a smashing act. T.I. brings his protege Young Dro to the stage, as well as a massive child choir and as usual, DJ Drama stands behind the turn tables. This makes it probably one of the best live performances I have ever seen.

There is a difference in live Hiphop and studio made tracks. In live acts rappers have to try so much harder and make a bigger effort to please the audience. The voices can be completely different to what you hear of the record, as all energy is put into making themselves heard over the roaring crowds. And that just what I like about it. It's completely unpredictable. You cannot expect what to hear, except for one thing. Rap artists always gives it all when on stage.

And this live performance has got all of that, and so much more.

T.I. feat. Young Dro - Shoulder lean & What you know

Track of the (yester)day! - T.I.

T.I. - Bring 'em out



This is a real classic from T.I.'s album 'Urban Legend'. I would say it's the track that started to create the big hype around "The King of the South".

Review: Big Kuntry King - My turn to eat

"You know who this is mayne... Big Kuntry King!"

This is the catch phrase of T.I.'s protege Big Kuntry King, who's debut album 'My turn to eat' has been out for a while.

The album starts off with an intro playing on the fact that Big Kuntry is just known as T.I.'s friend, which is true. After that you expect to get a presentation, something telling us 'This is me, this is what I do.' But you get nothing. It's just track after track saying absolutely nothing.

Many of the tracks is collaborations with all from underground artists to big names like Trey Songs. But despite this they all just come together like a blurr and I found myself with the feeling of listening to just one long track.

Big Kuntry have in the past been a featured artist on T.I.'s tunes 'Top Back' and 'I'm a king (with PSC)' with great success. But not even The King of The South himself could make the track 'That's right' to a big hit.

It can all be summed up by saying, "No Big Kuntry King, we don't know who you are".

Grade: 2/5

Best track: 'Da Baddest feat. Trey Songs'

Track of the day! - Maino

Hi hater (Remix) - Maino feat. T.I., Swizz Beatz, Plies, Jadakiss and Fabolous

And the winner is...!

On Sunday night, the whole film industry had there eyes on London, as the BAFTA awards took place. The music industry however, put on there tuxes, ties, shiny shoes and top hats, to attend the American Grammy awards.

Just like the BAFTA awards had one winner sweeping the floor with the competition in Slumdog Millionaire, the Grammy's had one of there own. Lil' Wayne demolished the competition by taking four Grammy's back to his crib, slaming his door in the face of the few critics that possibly could be out there. He won the categories for Best Rap Album with 'The Carter III', Best Rap Song with 'Lollipop (feat. Static Major)', Best Rap Solo Performance with 'A Milli' and Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group alongside T.I., Jay-z, Kanye West and M.I.A with their hit 'Swagga like us'.

There is really nothing to argue about in this. 2008 was Mr Carter's year. Besides releasing the brilliant album 'The Carter III', he has collaborated with pretty much every artist ever born, and probably a few who yet have not seen daylight.

Atlanta rapper T.I. is the one I can think of to have been the best challenger to Lil' Wayne. His Paper Trail would any other year have won Best Rap Album. But Weezy made record breaking 10 tracks from 'The Carter III' to my iTunes playlist, while T.I.'s Paper Trail just made 9. This pretty much says it all.

However, T.I.P. did not cry over this. Instead he at the awards teamed up with Weezy and the rest of "The Rap Pack" to tare the roof down with the Best Rap Performace By A Duo Or Group.

T.I. feat Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne and M.I.A - Swagga like us