Oct. 27--The number three in hip-hop is symbolic to domination. Although only on Deathrow Records collectively for only a few months, the trio of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Tupac Shakur created records that soon became West Coast anthems and hip hop classics. Dre struck gold again when he found a little known white rapper from Detroit named, Eminem, who would then go over to sell 60 million records worldwide. Dre and Em would soon sign the New York mixtape legend, 50 Cent (and his G-Unit comrades), which equated into 11 million records sold on his first album and the rest was history.
After supplying his 2001 opus, The Blueprint, with several legendary instrumentals, the partnership that was Kanye West & Jay-Z has skyrocketed into critical acclaim, ridiculous album sales and two of the most sought after names in hip-hop. Following the same path success as Deathrow and Shady/Aftermath, a third megastar will soon be added to this duo. In what was thought to happen during the spring of 2004, reports are surfacing everywhere that Mr. Carter (Lil Wayne) will be joining Mr. Carter's (Jay-Z) RocNation at the beginning of 2009.
According to insiders, Jay-Z flexed his finanical muscle and paid Bryan "Baby" Williams (and Cash Money) $5 million for the rights of Lil Wayne.
It is important to note that none of this has been confirmed but an insider did tell MediaTakeOut.com, "The deal was in the works for awhile; they just needed to get on the same page as to price. And [everyone's] there now."
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