Lil Wayne talks about why he thinks heโs better than LeBron James in hip-hop.
In an interview with Bleacher Reportโs Taylor Rooks, Wayne talks about some things they have in common, like how they both got started in their fields as teens and have been very successful and consistent since then.
Wayne said, โIโd sะฐy Iโm like LeBron.โ โI released my first album by myself when I was 14 years old. Thatโs the album that went platinum.โ Since then, Iโve been doing this at this faster rate, just like he did.
A report from The Hollywood Reporter says Wayne, who is 11 years old, is the youngest artist to sign with Cash Money Records. The powerhouses got together with Wayne, Juvenile, and Turk when they were all teenagers to start a group. Their first album, Get It How U Live, came out in 1997 under the nะฐme Hะพt Boys. When Sports Illustrated put James on the cover, he was 17 years old. The magazine called the junior from St. Vincent-St. Mary โThe Chosen One.โ
Wayneโs first record as a solo artist went platinum, and LeBron was 19 years old when he won NBA Rookie of the Year.
James has since won four NBA titles, been named to 19 All-Star teams, and won four MVP awards. Wayne has won five Grammys and became the founder of Young Money Entertainment, which signed Drake and Nicki Minaj. The Louisianan thinks that the last few years could have gone one of two ways after having done so much in more than 20 years.
โRemember Tom Brady? Every year, even when he was winning the Suฯer Bowl and everything, people wondered, โIs this the year heโs going to retire?โ โWeโre not even joking about LeBron, and we donโt want you to quit,โ Wayne said. โThatโs how I feel when people ask me when Tha Carter VI will be out.โ โGะพd dะฐmn it, thatโs six of them.โ They still want it?โ
Wayne was upset that Kevin Durant said they worked on a song that might be on Carter VI before the Phoenix Suns star made it public. This happened in the same interview.
โWhat does KD have to do with that?โ It was on the wrap. โSee KD, you messed up,โ Wayne said with a laugh, as HipHopDX wrote down. โNow that you done that I just wะฐnted you to know you messed up and that song was considered to be on Tha Carter VI and now that youโve said something, itโs not going on Carter VI.โ