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BigBDrugStores · « **on:** January 21, 2005, 04:53:58 PM »

http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=3985

Lil Wayne Still With Cash Money Records
By Coby Kindles
Date: 1/21/2005 6:00 PM

After months of speculation, representatives for Lil’ Wayne confirmed that the rapper is still signed to his native label, Cash Money/Universal and not a Jay-Z helmed Def Jam.

“Lil' Wayne is still on Cash Money/Universal and his label Young Money Entertainment is through Cash Money/Universal as well,” Lil Wayne’s publicist CJ Robinson confirmed with AllHipHop.com on Friday (Jan. 21).

Lil’ Wayne himself sparked the rumors, stating on several commercial radio stations that he was heading for Island Def Jam, and would be Jay’s newest recruit.

A budding entrepreneur, Wayne, has reportedly been recording with his Young Money Entertainment artists Mack Maine and Curren$y, who are also from New Orleans.

Maine, best known from rapping on MTV’s 2003 Freestyle Battle where he placed 16 out of 1000, showcased his skills to Lil’ Wayne backstage at the 2004 BET Awards and was scooped up instantly after stepping up to a duel with Prodigy, Swizz Beats and Cassidy.

Curren$y, a former No Limit artist, was formerly down with The 504 Boyz, but had quit rapping after the group disbanded a few years ago.

The two linked up at a party where Lil’ Wayne convinced him to return to rap. Also down with the clique is Chicago-bred rapper Boo, an R. Kelly prodigy who signed with Cash Money after Kelly’s short-lived record label folded.

Wayne’s label recently released a single by The Young Money Army titled ““F**k'd Up.”