YOUNG MONEY ROCKS

Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. The label is an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Universal Records.


In October 2007, Lil Wayne said in an interview with Vibe that he had stepped down as President of the label, and had given the position to Cortez Bryant.[1]As of 2009, Mack Maine is serving as President.[2] Rapper Drake signed a joint venture between Cash Money Records and Young Money. President Mack Maine confirmed that Omarion was no longer on the label after many rumours were circulating the internet. On March 6, 2010, Lil Wayne confirmed that rapper Cory Gunz was the latest artist to sign.[3]History

To promote their collaboration album We Are Young Money, which was released on December 21, 2009, Young Money artists embarked on the Young Money Tour.[4]
The label had three of the top 10 highest 2010 hip hop album sales with — in order — Drake's Thank Me Later, Lil Wayne's Rebirth and I Am Not a Human Being.[5]

Current artists

Former artists


Planned future releases








DRAKE (DRIZZY)














Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), who records 
under the mononymDrake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor.
 He originally became known for playing character Jimmy Brooks 
on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
In June 2009 Graham signed a recording contract 
In November 2009, Lil Wayne released a statement
 announcing that Drake's first studio album,
 Thank Me Later, had been completed. 
The album was released on June 15, 2010, 
and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200
.[2] The album has since gone platinum. 
He will release his second studio album in March 
or April 2011 titled Take Care. 
Drake will release an R&B mixtape sometime 
in the future and will release a collaboration
 album with Lil Wayne.

Graham has worked with several other
 hip-hop artists such as Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy,Kanye West, Eminem, and Jay-Z. 
With the success of his mixtape turned EP So Far Gone, Graham has
 been nominated for several awards including Grammys, even being 
selected to perform at the 2010 Grammy award ceremony.
 Graham has also won several awards, including two 
Juno Awards in 2010 for Best New Artist,

LIL' CHUCKEE











LIL CHUCKEE is tagged as: rap, new orleans, louisiana, young money

Rashad Chuckee Ballard (born in New Orleans, Louisiana) better known as
 Lil Chuckee is a rapper actor dancer and the youngest member of Lil Wayne's 
Young Money Entertainment, which he signed in 2009, he is also one half of rap
 duo Young Hot BOYZ together with Lil Twist He has released a mixtape
 Rapper's Market: Just sample and will be releasing their debut album, 
Child's Play at the end of 2010...

LIL' TWIST










Christopher Moore (born in Dallas Texas) better known by his stage name 
Lil Twist is a rapper and singer signed to Lil Wayne's 
Young Money Entertainment, he is also a member of the 
rap duo YOUNG HOT BOYZ with LIL CHUCKEE
 He has released one mixtape 2009 The yearbook and
 will be releasing their debut album in 2010 

LIL'WAYNE













Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), 
better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American
 rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records 
as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z
, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which 
also included rappersJuvenile, B.G., and Turk. Hot Boys debuted 
with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success 
with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999.
 Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut albumTha Block Is Hot, 
selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were 
not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity
 in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared
 on theDestiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to 
Tha Carter,Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released 
several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. His most
 successful album,Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 which went on to sell over 1 
million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single
 "Lollipop" and won theGrammy Award for Best Rap Album. Lil Wayne released his
 debut rock album,Rebirth, in 2010 to primarily negative reception from critics. 
The album eventually went gold. In March 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an
 8 month prison sentence in New York after being convicted of criminal 
possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007.
 While in jail he released another album entitled I Am Not a Human Being
 in September 2010, featuring Young Money artists such as Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Twist.

  • Lil Wayne has been referenced in public speeches by President Barack Obama 
    on at least two occasions, in mixed contexts. Speaking to a largely African-American
     audience during a general election campaign town hall speech in Georgia, then-U.S.
     Senator Obama exhorted children to stay in school and achieve their dreams through
     education and perseverance instead of hoping for shortcuts to fame and riches, 
    stating: "You are probably not that good a rapper. Maybe you are the next Lil Wayne, 
    but probably not, in which case you need to stay in school."[124]
    After assuming the Presidency, Obama later echoed this theme of personal and 
    familial responsibility—and the difficulty of achieving Lil Wayne's lyrical skills
     or success—during an address to a meeting commemorating the 
    100th anniversary of theNAACP, telling the audience:
    They might think they’ve got a pretty jump shot or a pretty good flow,

    but our kids can’t all aspire to be LeBron or Lil Wayne.

    I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors

    and teachers, not just ballers and rappers. I want them aspiring

    to be a Supreme Court justice. I want them aspiring to be

    President of the United States of America.[125]
    Obama also mentioned listening to Lil Wayne on his iPod:
    My rap palate has greatly improved. Jay-Z used to be sort

    of what predominated, but now I've got a little Nas and a little Lil Wayne

    and some other stuff.[126]

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