Lil Wayne was on a mission to gain respect from the east coast as an MC. Later in Lil Wayne’s hotel room, Green and Wayne were having a conversation about Wayne’s upcoming project and his stance as a rapper to the east coast.

Drama wanted Lil Wayne to drop a verse for the mixtape, which caused Wayne a trip to the east coast. How did these two even manage to cross paths? The Source decided to reach out to Hakim Green for details on the story that lead to the clever title of Lil Wayne’s, Tha Carter.Īccording to Green, in the year 2003 DJ Drama was in preparation for his mixtape, Gangsta Grillz.

The most interesting facet of this is, Hakim Green is an east coast veteran who reigned in the 90s, while Lil Wayne’s prime time as a solo artist came into to play at the end of the 90s into the early millennium, and plus, Wayne is from the south coast. The Hip-Hop veteran shared with his audience that he was the one who told Young Money rapper, Lil Wayne to name his champion album series, Tha Carter. This past Thursday (October 19th), Hakim Green shared a rather stirring comment on his Instagram page. In 1995, Hakim Green and Tuffy created a classic song that hardcore Hip-Hop heads will forever rock the head to, “Mad Izm.” Channel Live is known for their quality lyrics of fury that is filled with dark elements, with a theme of sparking up the ganja. And while there have also been multiple tracklists and matching rumors about featured artists on Lil Wayne’s rumored swan song, both Wayne and Mannie Fresh confirmed they worked on tracks together.Visit for more informationĭuring Hip-Hop’s era of the 90s phenomenon, under the wing of Hip-Hop’s blastmaster, KRS-One, came New Jersey duo Channel Live. It’s the Roc.”Īside from adding another chapter to the ongoing back and forth between himself and Cash Money CEO Bryan “Birdman” Williams, what can be taken away from hinting at a release of an album that was promised back in 2014? Last year, former pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli claimed to have two discs worth of material from Tha Carter V. “Thank you, C5 coming soon,” Wayne told the assembled crowd. During a recent stop on the Kloser 2 U Tour in Dallas, TX at the South Side Ballroom, Wayne may have reignited hopes of his delayed album finally seeing the light of day. Over two-and-half years have passed since then with fans witnessing promises of new material, free projects to hold them over, and a protracted legal battle between Wayne and Cash Money Records before the proposed album was scheduled to hit retail shelves. On August 14, 2014, Lil Wayne took to ESPN’s SportsCenter to unveil the artwork for his upcoming album, Tha Carter V.

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