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Speaker 1: Little Wayne is one of the greatest rappers of all time.

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Speaker 1: I wanted to be a festival where it's just Wayne

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Speaker 1: Thursday Friday. He said, he's the ultimate artist. In this episode,

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Speaker 1: Marcellis dives into the world of Little Wayne, how he

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Speaker 1: came up in the music industry and how his family

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Speaker 1: supported and guided his early career. Mom and hit me

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Speaker 1: rapping and be like, that's all. That's nice and cute,

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Speaker 1: but you're gonna You're gonna be a lawyer, You're gonna

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Speaker 1: be a doctor. She would literally find a fold of

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Speaker 1: full of raps and throw that ship, throw it away.

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Speaker 1: What's it like for an entertainer or athlete to discern

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Speaker 1: at a young age that you will be the breadwinner

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Speaker 1: for your family and friends. What responsibility does that realization bring.

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Speaker 1: I was always looked at as were not even show

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Speaker 1: this phone, even work. This is something he does as

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Speaker 1: a kid until a rabbit past. That was my moment

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Speaker 1: where I knew that, Okay, I'm not just rapping no more.

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Speaker 1: This ain't just making words roun and this ain't no

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Speaker 1: this is a job. Little Wayne opens up about the

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Speaker 1: moment he knew he had something special. Performance was everything,

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Speaker 1: so stay everything to me. I performed in front of caskets.

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Speaker 1: What what with you with the person? With the person

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Speaker 1: they talk racism, Tennis, the packers, and what gives Wayne

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Speaker 1: that special sauce that makes him unique. I'll never master this.

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Speaker 1: I am forever student. You know the cliche you're learning

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Speaker 1: something new every day? Like what else if you're trying

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Speaker 1: to learn something new every day? That's why I go

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Speaker 1: to the studio every day. Hear the story behind the

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Speaker 1: public perception of little Wayne on this inaugural episode of

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Speaker 1: More to It.