Lil’ Wayne is MTV’s Man of the Year

Posted on December 18th, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Congratulations, Lil Wayne, News

Posted by Bossip Staff

How does Lil’ Wayne know he’s the man? Because MTV says so:

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. is no longer just your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. In fact, considering the way he’s been carrying around a guitar lately, you could be forgiven for wondering if he event wants to be a rapper anymore. But the fact remains that for 12 long months, no one dominated hip-hop like Wayne did. No one sold more records, generated more headlines or appeared on as many tracks. No one flooded the market with as much product, and — in a genre loaded with compelling characters — no one was as mercurial, controversial, hilarious and, well, bizarre as Weezy was.

Not to mention, when you move 1 million copies of an album in one week, it’s pretty safe to say you’ve crossed over to the mainstream. Wayne most definitely was hip-hop in 2008, but he was pop culture too.

So considering all that — and after sifting through a year’s worth of headlines, videos and reader comments — we’ve decided to crown Lil Wayne as MTV News’ Man of the Year. From his epic Arizona drug bust in January to selling a million copies of Tha Carter III in June and, finally, nabbing eight Grammy nods in December, ’08 has been anything but dull for Wayne … and that’s just skimming the surface.

Congrats again, Mr. Carter. Now, go away for a while, so we can miss you. You can use that time to kick that syrup sippin’ habit and get rid of that super suspect mouth ring thing that we hate from the bottom of our souls.

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  • BEAUTIFULBLKGODES

    1ST! YAY!

  • kahmmillion

    Why?

  • NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    Lights off…mask on creep silent…memba young Wanye?

  • iluvprada

    I want a recount!

  • kahmmillion

    ewww

  • http://myspace.com/peacetalksmediation Ineedablackman

    Anybody want to join me I need a black dude OK

  • http://www.myspace.com/peacetalksmediation Ineedablackman

    openings need black man yes I’m white sorry but I do

  • Nina Knows

    The man of the year is a midget ass martian… wow

  • jas

    THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE YESSSIR!

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  • the truth

    this is inspiration for all house elves, wow, i’m sure harry potter never thought letting Dobby free after the chamber of secrets that Dobby would be the ‘man’ of the year at the irrelevant mtv.

    way to go Dobby, nonsensical and very gay lyrics (and actions) plus a huge helpin’ of autotune, have done you well.

    don’t pay attention when they call you goblin, gremlin, or golem (even though sometimes you make just as much sense), you’re Dobby, the house elf and teh hatere can find out your bio on ‘teh internets’ or wiki or somethin’.

  • dayg715

    The music industry is officially in the toilet. the days of artists with class, elegance, and talent are long gone, never to be seen again. The music industry is now the modern day equivalent to the projects. any hoodrat or ghetto bird with no talent can become a star and sell millions. class and dignity are no longer required. SMH.

  • gina

    and they wonder why music sales are in the crapper….

  • Talley-B (call me Steel)

    @ high Life…now thats classic wayne….

    *pulling out 500 degreez and the carter 1 to listen to*…….

  • TJ

    remember the days when artists sold 6, 7, 8 Million copies of their album, and they would have 6 or 7 top 10 singles off that one album? nowadays if you sell 1 or 2 million, and have only 1 or 2 top 10 singles off that album, you’re the biggest selling artist in the world. back in the day, you were considered a joke and a major flop if you did those numbers. now, you’re Artist of The Year. and these artists nowadays think they’re acccomplishing something? LOL

  • Megatron

    TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT @ GINA, DAYG715, AND DAREELEST!!

  • Kemitic Thought

    Can we say……C-O-O-N

  • thatgirllinda1

    off topic what’s up with Ne-Yo saying the lightskin kids are the prettiest. He must hate himself with that comment.

  • BROOKLYN we go hard

    @ NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    Can we talk ???

  • lee

    Of course MTV made him Man of the Year.

    They love it when black & hip hop make fools of themselves.

    How is this an accomplishment?

  • mimi

    i love u wayne! lol

  • DontBeScurred

    YAY MTV’s little sambo got Coon of the Year. Go make more money for them boy! Go boy go! Wait here some more jewelry! Go boy!

  • LYFEGUARD

    I remember when Jay-Z would have 3 singles in the top ten. He would put albums every 8 months. He would have 2 singles off the first album & 1 off the new album. Then he might another off a guest apperance. But you have to gice it to Wayne for getting his grind on. The dude is on everything!

  • Yerr

    Well deserved. Come on ya’ll this man works hard. I don’t see anyone in the studio as much as him. Just think about how many tracks he put out this year alone. He’s a beast, he’s a dog!

  • roni

    Lil Wayne is definitely a beast who’s at the top of not ONLY his game, but the GAME.

  • DeDe

    *Rolls eyes*

  • JJ

    I really think Weezy’s stock is droping, there’s something called overkill, and, yeap, “That just happen!”

  • shavondenise

    Sounds about right. Who else would it be?

  • White Priviledge and NO you Ni@@a Men can’t have NONE!

    I only understand him when I’m inebriated. He looks like a black boy george in that get up come come come camillion or comedian You come and gooooo u come and gooooo!

  • BLESSED

    EITHER YOU LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM HE STILL SOLD ABOUT 3 MILLION COPIES AND WAS ON EVERYONE TRACK AND HAD MULTIPLE VIDEOS. WHO ELSE WOULD MTV GIVE IT TOO?? SOULJA BOY? LOL. I DONT LIKE HIM BUT I CANT HATE ON THE TRUTH. CONGRATS WAYNE!!

  • NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    BROOKLYN we go hard…

    About what?

  • leogame

    Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeezy. Haterz Get the F@^%&%k outter here

  • liliana_sanchez

    ridiculous, thats the best way to discribe weezy lol

    (im a hater hah)

  • Honesty

    I see everyone quoting Wayne and acknowledging his music talent….which is why I think he deserves man of the year. Unlike so many other rappers Wayne has worked his way up from the bottom (musically) when he was like 15 years old being a hook man on the Big Tymers albums to producing his own up until now. He has definitely worked his way form the bottom to the top. He never really got any credit. Yes he could be talking about a lot more ( but so could everyone else) You have to understand the type of environment we live in. The entertainment industry has become too much; so you ask how can he win? How couldn’t he…..he’s making music that someone is buying, and everyone is listening to. He’s on every article that we all read….and like now he’s the topic of your blogging. So I think Wayne deserves it because he worked for it so Congrats to my man Wayne for all that he has accomplished.
    Check his track record:
    Studio albums
    • 1999: Tha Block Is Hot
    • 2000: Lights Out
    • 2002: 500 Degreez
    • 2004: Tha Carter
    • 2005: Tha Carter II
    • 2008: Tha Carter III
    • 2009: Tha Carter III: The Rebirth[60][61]
    Official mixtapes
    • 2003: Da Drought
    • 2004: Da Drought 2
    • 2004: The Prefix
    • 2004: Dedication
    • 2005: The Suffix
    • 2006: Lil Weezyana
    • 2006: Dedication 2
    • 2007: Da Drought 3
    • 2008: Dedication 3
    • TBA: Dedication 4

  • BROOKLYN we go hard

    @ NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    Off this ??? Is there a way to
    reach you ???

  • leogame

    @-Honesty
    U right Congrats to Wayne for all his accomplishment he deserves it

  • BROOKLYN we go hard

    @ NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    You look too damn good for me
    not to take a chance. I hate
    wondering about shyte so I
    go for broke since life is short
    Life is funny because you never
    know. No regrets, know what I
    mean. Who’s behind that
    beautiful face and are you
    willing to show it ???

  • NIKKI UNDERWOOD
  • Ha Ha Ha Ha

    Man? What a joke! Looks like a little kid! Dresses like one too!

  • Jonesy

    Nothing to really say. Just come here to laugh at the niggers. They are so stupid!

  • leesh

    man life just ain’t life witouttt mee.. hiphop just ain’t hiphop witouttt meee.

  • NuBiAn_GoDdEsS- – - Um, I think I’m back?!

    Okay, Weezy needs to let the drugs go and the tattoo artists. Speaking of “I am a Martian”, he appears to be spaced out. I am happy for him and his progress but he is no idol and artists today need to realize a very young generation looks to them for guidance sometimes. I do miss the days of LL Cool J, Kool Moe Dee, Kwame, Dana Dane, Slick Rick, MC Lyte, etc… THAT WAS THE SHIZZNIT!!

  • Roe ski Love

    Hey Jonesy watch what you say, we might track your ass down thru your url, don’t think it can’t be done. Besides we already gave Oshie a pass to converse with us.

  • Mrs. Rance

    He doesn’t need to go away for a while. It ain’t like he is all over the blogs on the daily like Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye, etc. Hell the blogs didn’t even know he was preggers til 5 minutes before the baby was born.

  • Kigali (Roughly 70% of USA Black females suffer from cognitive dissonance)

    Love wayne.

  • http://myspace.com/mockrockstar Mock Rock Star

    Everybody wants to be a “rock star”, I mean a musician

  • Candid Canuck

    DUDE NEED TO CHANGE THAT BLUES BROS SWAG PRONTO.

    and TAKE OFF THAT SILLY AZZ HAT!

  • Shaymika

    He is most def doing his thing. But don’t understand what’s going on with him and his new swagger

  • Candid Canuck

    @ Shaymika
    He’s tryin to crossover but he lookin like botched cola

  • ARTOFWAR

    LIL… Get the weight up, and put to cup down.
    you got piss-id, and you jumped out of the LAMBO, on Ocean DRIVE.
    But LOL YOU got back in quick, when you realized you left your wallet in the car.
    And dudes were looking at you like food, wearing a half mill around your neck and risk ….. NOTHING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED once I GOT OUT OF THE CAR,
    NOTHING DID.
    But you must admit, that ish was funny as hell.
    ANYWAY….. THE HIT FACTORY MIAMI STUDIOS, AGAIN FOR THE FOLLOW-UP.Lets make some more HISTOY next year.
    THAN…. YOU ARE OUT!!!!! ((or so you say…) Your friend, your boy……… ARTOFWAR.

  • Little Punk Korea

    Say whatever you want about Weezy, but the article did not lie. He won the award and rightfully so! He may be everything negative said about him by the posters here and elsewhere, but he consistently created world wide attention this year and in his game attention is money in the bank!

  • Candid Canuck

    @little punk korea;

    for such a pretty face u got a lot to learn about the game. This “man of the year” ish is all calculated and executed with an agenda in mind. I’ll leave u up to decide for yourself.. But i already know like the most of us, u will refute this as a conspiracy and plead ignorance…. i know it’s easier that way to think weezy is ” doin his thang”..

    SMDH and simple minded broads.

  • Candid Canuck

    meant @ simple minded broads

  • Davina

    Congrats to Wayne he’s been doing big for years but now he is in the mainstream (1M 1st week sales) that’s why they all over his back. Once again he’s bee doing big for years.
    However I don’t like the fact they call him POP!! Of course he STILL a RAPPER.

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