Lil Wayne should be mogul status right now, like a Nas or Jay Z

[KravenMorehead™]

Young Jeezy switched up to Jeezy.

yup

 

[CrimsonTider]

You can't even define relevant.

Its not Nas

 

[nieman]

In all fairness, leaving the obvious drug problems out of the equation. Wayne came
IN the game under another Boss. Jay nor Nas was subject to that, they were their own men and artists from the jump.

Nas started Ill Will Records. Had his ups and downs. Learned from it and got some great help from people like Steve Stoute and Anthony Saleh

Jay started Roc-A-Fella, had more ups than downs but started out with great help from Dame and Biggs, and later Lyor Cohen and LA Reid.

Wayne had NO help but from the man who signed him when he was like 12. And has been financially raping him ever since. He never really had a fair chance. I wouldn’t be surprised if Baby was the one who got him
addicted to Lean

Dutch from Major Figgas was the one that introduced him into lean

 

[Freedman]

Baby was on heroin too. Listen to his pre-big tymers solo albums.

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

Lil Wayne has remained "lil".

Kinda like Eminem who is still a man-boy and raps like it at 45.

What got them through the door and is kicking them out the door now.

Every rapper has their style.

Some can grow old with that same style they did when they were younger, and some have a difficult time doing it.

Yeah, Eminem is sure getting kicked out the door

 

[Young Bo$$]

this is why i believe Birdman writes his own raps

he been doing it since the early 90's

 

[straightcash]

Not really.

and Slim are the brains behind Wayne and his success.

Nas was always an independent type of cat in that Nas stood on his own two feet and made his own creative decisions on how he felt he should move.

Jay was running his label when he debuted with Reasonable Doubt.

Wayne always had that comfort zone of Cash Money to rely on, even with Young Money.

Wayne seemed more comfortable as a scout in finding talent rather than developing talent and managing the business aspects of working with talent. Plus, Wayne loved skateboards, p*ssy, sports, and dropping mixtapes too much to really concentrate on being an executive.

Without Baby and his team, Wayne is nothing. He's just a midget who can spit some bars. Like hundreds of randoms on the street. Where's their multi-million dollar career? Birdman and Slim gave him a career and the machine behind him, both indy and major. Weezy never had to struggle.