1. Song: Tie My Hands Lil Wayne ft. Robin Thicke (Will stop at 5th slide for videos)***

2. BACKGROUND BORN DWAYNE MICHAEL CARTER JR. SEPTEMBER 27, 1982 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA LABELS: YOUNG MONEY ENTERTAINMENT / CASH MONEY RECORDS / UNIVERSAL MOTOWN NICKNAMES: WEEZY, TUNECHI, BIRDMAN JR., 3. ALBUMS THA BLOCKS IS HOT (1999) LIGHTS OUT (2000) 500 DEGREEZ (2002) THA CARTER (2004) THA CARTER II (2005) LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (2006) THA CARTER III (2008) REBIRTH (2010) I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING (2010) THA CARTER IV (2011) I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING II (2013) 4. EXTRAS LIL WAYNE HAS MADE OVER 950 SONGS, WITH OVER 850 BEING MADE BY HIMSELF. HAS BEEN FEATURED ON OVER 260 SONGS, 100 OF WHICH HE MADE HIMSELF ESTIMATED TO HAVE OVER 20 MIXTAPE ALBUMS 5. FIND YOUR AUDIENCE FINDING THE AUDIENCE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM FOR LIL WAYNE. ATTACHED IS LIL WAYNES INTERVIEW WITH KATIE COURIC WHERE HE GIVES A GREAT EXPLANATION OF HIS AUDIENCE. KATIE ASKS, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A TYPICAL LIL WAYNE FAN? LIL WAYNE RESPONDS, I CANT, BECAUSE IVE SEEN EVERYBODY. FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF QUOTE FROM U.S PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA MENTIONING LIL WAYNE IN HIS CAMPAIGN SPEECH. 6. GIVING BACK MOST RECENTLY, LIL WAYNE HAS BEEN URGING SUPPORT FOR AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM CALLED THE MOTIVATIONAL EDGE LIL WAYNE HAS DONATED AN ESTIMATED $200,000 TO NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF FUND REGULARLY FUNDS BASKETBALL COURTS AND SKATEPARKS IN HIS HOMETOWNBEEN PART OF VARIOUS GROUPS TO SUPPORT CAUSES SUCH AS CANCER, RELIEF FUNDS FOR HAITI AND OTHER GOOD CAUSES 7. SOCIAL PUSH LIL WAYNE IS WELL KNOWN FOR INTERACTING WITH FANS AT CONCERTS AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES. HE ALSO MAKES GUEST APPEARANCES WITH TOP TELEVISION HOSTS SUCH AS KATIE COURIC, JIMMY KIMMEL, THE VIEW, MTV, AND OTHER POPULAR SEGMENTS HERE IS A CLIP OF WHEN JIMMY KIMMEL DID A SERIES CALLED, CELEBRITIES READ MEAN TWEETS. AND LIL WAYNE MADE AN APPEARANCE 8. LIL WAYNE AUDIENCECONCERTSATHLETESFANSLIL WAYNE HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS EXCITING CONCERTS AND ENERGY EACH AND EVERY STAGE HE STEPS ON.LIL WAYNE HAS AN AUDIENCE EVEN AMONGST PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. SEEN HERE, LIL WAYNE POSES WITH NBA ALL-STAR KOBE BRYANT AFTER WINNING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP.LIL WAYNE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TAKE TIME TO CONNECT WITH FANS ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, ALWAYS TAKING TIME TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND TAKE PICTURES.Song: Right Above It (Clean) Lil Wayne ft. Drake 9. LIL WAYNE FACEBOOK LIL WAYNE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT OVER 50 MILLION LIKESCURRENTLY OVER 280,000 TALKING ABOUT THIS FEATURES PHOTOS, TOUR INFORMATION, ALBUM DETAILS AND CONTESTSINTERACTS WITH FANS WITH THINGS SUCH AS THROWBACK THURSDAY WHERE A PAST PHOTO IS POSTED SHARES FAN PHOTOS AND SONG RELEASES 10. LIL WAYNE INSTAGRAM ALMOST 500,000 FOLLOWERS ALMOST 200 PHOTOS POSTED SHARES VIDEOS OF HIS CONCERTS, SKATEBOARDING AND FRIENDS PHOTOS VARY FROM PERSONAL TO PROFESSIONAL LIFE KEEP FANS UPDATED ON PAST AND FUTURE DETAILS OF HIS CAREER 11. LIL WAYNE TWITTER OVER 15 MILLION FOLLOWERS ALMOST 1,000 TWEETS SHARES PHOTOS INTERACTING WITH FANS AND ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE NOT AN OVERLY FREQUENT TWEETER, COULD DO MORE OF IT. EXPRESSES THOUGHTS ABOUT SPORTS, FRIENDS, LIFE, AND OTHER THINGS 12. ENGAGEMENT LIL WAYNE LACKS AT TIMES ENGAGEMENT WITH FANS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THOUGH AT TIMES HE DOES TRY AND CONNECT TO HIS FANS WITH FUN IDEAS ONCE HAD FANS ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE MOST FACEBOOK LIKES ON A STATUS, WHICH HE DID ACCOMPLISH BUT WAS LATER BROKEN. CONSTANTLY HAS CONTESTS AND SWEEPSTAKES TO GIVE HIS FANS PRIZES DESPITE CONTROVERSIAL ACTIONS, DOES STAND FOR A LOT OF GOOD WHICH HE ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE 13. CONSISTENCYTOUR DATESSONG TITLESMAGAZINESLIL WAYNE ALWAYS UPDATES FAN OF UPCOMING TOURS AND DATES AND SPECIAL GUESTS APPERANCESLIL WAYNE RELEASES SONG TITLES AND ALBUM RELEASES TO GIVE FANS A SNEAK PEAK AT WHAT TO EXPECTLIL WAYNE HAS BEEN ON THE COVER OF MANY MAGAZINES, SEEN HERE IS THE COVER OF ROLLING STONES MAGAZINES 14. LIL WAYNE TOP CAREER MOMENTS SIGNS TO CASH MONEY RECORDS AT AGE 9FIRST GROUP CALLED HOT BOYS HAD AN ALBUM PEAK AT NO. 2 ON BILLBOARD 200EARNS FIRST HOT 100 NO. 1 WITH LOLLIPOP FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE WEEKSPOPULARIZED AND REPORTEDLY STARTED THE SLANG TERM, BLING BLING REFERRING TO JEWELRYTHA CARTER III SOLD MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES IN ITS DEBUT WEEK IN 2008FIRST SOLO ALBUM THA BLOCK IS HOT DEBUT AT NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD 200ON SEPT. 17, 2011 HE NOTCHED 12 CONCURRENT SINGLES ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 THE SINGLE-MOST SONGS ON THE CHART AT THE SAME TIME BY A SOLO ACTSTARTED YOUNG MONEY RECORDS IN 2005 WHICH WOULD LATER SIGN ARTISTS DRAKE & NICKI MINAJPASSES AN ALL-TIME ELVIS PRESLEY HOT 100 MARK WITH 113 SINGLES CHARTED ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 15. AWARDS 59 AWARDS WON151 NOMINATIONS GRAMMYS FOR BEST RAP ALBUM, BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE, BEST RAPE PERFORMANCE BY A DUO/GROUPNOMINATED FOR GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR WON BET, MOBO, MTV, BMI, MUCHMUSIC, TEEN CHOICE AWARDS AND MANY OTHERS 16. CONCLUSION DESPITE CONTROVERSIAL ACTIONS, LIL WAYNE HAS SOLIDIFIED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME HE FINDS WAYS TO CONNECT TO HIS FANS AND GIVING THEM INSIGHT INTO HIS LIFE, THOUGH HE DOES LACK FREQUENT INTERACTIONS SUCH AS TWITTER AND FACEBOOK BUT FILLS THE VOID IN OTHER WAYS HE IS A TRUE SUCCESS TO MUSICIANS EVERYWHERE AND I HAVE PERSONALLY ENJOYED MANY OF HIS CONCERTS SO I KNOW HIS ENERGY LEVEL REFLECTS HIS LOVE OF MUSIC