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Three Great Rappers

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Three great rappers are lil Wayne, T.I., and Pastor Troy. First is lil Wayne he is the only child and was born in Hollygrove New Orleans. Lil Wayne’s real name is Dewayne Michael Carter. Lil Wayne started rapping at local block parties; his performance at one of them caught the eye of Slim an owner of Cash Money Records at the time. At age 11 Wayne started to record freestyles on Baby’s answering machine. Lil Wayne got signed with Cash Money. Wayne has been putting out mixtapes and doing his solo career collaborative albums (15 mixtapes, 5 solo albums, 6 collaborative albums).

Next is T.I. he was born in Atlanta Georgia and his real name is Clifford Harris. T.I. has 5 children; their names are Messiah Harris, Domani Harris, Deyjah Harris, and King Harris. T.I. was known as the “rubberband man” and self proclaimed “king of the South”. T.I. was charged with violating his probation over a 2003 drug charge, and turned himself in. He was sentenced 3 years in prison. T.I. has been putting out 5 albums, 24 mixtapes, he has appeared on t.v. twice(2005 The O.C. and 2005 South Beach). He

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