"For some of my students, the questions Where are you from? and Do you listen to Lil Wayne? were close to interchangeable. Their shared currency—as much as neighborhoods or food or slang or trauma—was the stoned musings of Weezy F. Baby.
The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
“Do you have the mix tapes?” asked Michael, a sixteen-year-old ninth grader. “It’s all about the mix tapes.”
The following day, he had a stack of CDs for me. Version this, volume that, or no label at all.
And that’s just about all I listened to for the rest of the year."
The answer was, sometimes, yes, I did listen to Lil Wayne. Despite his ubiquitous success, my students were shocked.
“Do you have the mix tapes?” asked Michael, a sixteen-year-old ninth grader. “It’s all about the mix tapes.”
The following day, he had a stack of CDs for me. Version this, volume that, or no label at all.
And that’s just about all I listened to for the rest of the year."
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And for a little memory of a 17-year old Lil Wayne, here's Weezy back in 1999 (at 3:28) rhymin "Drop It Like It's Hot" 5 years before Snoop:
1 comment:
Woah, I had no idea Lil Wayne was on that track. I remember watching that video a lot on MTV in high school, when we were already complaining about the network not playing enough music, but blissfully unaware of the Real World Road Rules Challenge era to come.
I'm digging this article.
“When you’re really rich, then asparagus is yummy.” Lil Wayne
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