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Maine Savings Amphitheater

1 Railroad St., 04401, Bangor, ME, US

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Lil Wayne biography

Lil Wayne (born September 27th, 1982) has become an international superstar, earning his place as one of the biggest rap artists on the 21st century through his prolific output and unique flow.

Born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., Lil Wayne grew up in New Orleans, US, quickly finding a love for music and hip hop. At 11 years old, Wayne had already gained a job at the Cash Money label, soon recording an album with fellow teenager B.G. As the duo, the B.G.'Z's, they released an album in 1995, titled "True Story," which found many fans of the youngsters. Lil Wayne then became involved with another group, the Hot Boys, which included B.G. alongside Juvenile and Young Turk. The teen hardcore rap outfit released their debut, "Get It How U Live!" in 1997, catching the attention of Universal Records who went on to distribute their second release, "Guerrilla Warfare," which went to the top of Billboard's R&B/Hip-hop charts.

Lil Wayne continued to appear on various Cash Money releases, collaborating with various members of the Hot Boys. In 2003, Wayne's first mixtape, "Da Drought," was released, drawing significant attention from the press, helping to build anticipation for his next full-length. "The Carter" arrived in 2004, breaking Wayne to a mainstream audience, bolstered by the number five single, "Go DJ." Further hit singles followed, becoming one of Cash Money's best-selling releases. "The Carter II" followed n 2005, bringing Wayne further success, selling Platinum.

Wayne continued to release endless mixtapes and appeared in collaborations for various artists, most notably Birdman on the album, "Like Father, Like Son.' After rave reviews of his "Dedication 2" mixtape, Wayne then featured on Chris Bown's

"Gimme That" and Fat Joe's "Make It Rain," keeping Wayne busy till his next album release. It was not until 2008 that a new album arrived, "The Carter III," which was marred by unauthorized album leaks. Despite these setbacks, the album became a huge hit, selling a million copies within its first week. By the end of the year, the album had earned Wayne four Grammy Awards, including 'Best Rap Album,' cementing Wayne's place in the mainstream.

Wayne then turned his hands to rock, appearing alongside Kid Rock at a live performance. His first rock album, "Rebirth," arrived in 2010, unfortunately coinciding with his arrest for possession of a weapon. Despite his arrest, Wayne was still able to release a ten-song EP, "I Am Not a Human Being" in September that year. Upon leaving prison, Wayne started work on a new record, 2011's "The Carter IV," which shot to the top of the Billboard 200 chart. Next, Wayne released the second volume of "I Am Not a Human Being," which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in March 2013.

2 Chainz biography

Tauheed Epps is an American hip hop/ rapper from Georgia, but is better known by his stage name, 2 Chainz.

Born on 12 September 1977 in College Park, Georgia, Epps formed a hip-hop duo in high school with his friend Dolla Boy (Earl Conyers) named Playaz Circle. At the time, he adopted the moniker Tity Boi, and together they released an independent album entitled “United We Stand, United We Fall.” They were then introduced to rapper Ludacris (who was still just a DJ), who took an interest in the duo and recorded and played some of their output together.

It was through this connection that Epps was able to hit his big break. Ludacris had become one of the highest selling rappers, and had invited Epps and Conyers to sign to his label, Disturbing the Peace. The debut album “Supply and Demand” was released in 2007, followed by a second album in 2009 called “Flight 360: The Takeoff.”

After leaving Disturbing the Peace, Epps changed his moniker to 2 Chainz to not have to deal with the accusations of how derogatory Tity Boi was. He then releaed a mixtape called “T.R.U REALigion” which peaked at number 58 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. In 2012 he released his first studio album with Def Jam entitled “Based On A T.R.U Story” and sold over 100,000 copies in it’s first week. He also went on his first world headlining tour and was nominated for over 13 BET Hip Hop awards (four of which he won) and three Grammys.

In 2013, 2 Chainz ran into legal trouble, having a few run-ins with illegal drug possession. However, by September he released his second studio album, “B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time,” which featured guest appearances by a number of other artists such as Pharrell Williams, Drake, T-Pain and Lloyd.

French Montana biography

Moroccan born, American raised, Karim Kharbouch has taken on the stage name French Montana as a rapper and hip-hop artist.

Born on 9 November 1984 in Rabat, Morocco he immigrated with his family to the United States at the age of 13. Settling into the Bronx in New York, and helped to support his family. In 2002 he teamed up with his friend Cokeboy Los to make a mixtape “Cocaine City” which he used to showcase his talent in the underground hip hop world. Continuing to build a large following, Montana signed a deal with Akon’s Konvict Muzik record label in 2009, but shortly left due to delays in making an album happen by 2011.

Later that year he was able to sign a deal with P. Diddy’s label, Bad Boy Records and consequently was able to make and release his album “Excuse My French” by May 2013, but not before releasing his mixtape “Mac & Cheese 3” in 2012. The “Excuse My French” record featured a collaboration with Nicki Minaj, and sold over 50,000 copies.

In 2014 Montana made the announcement that his upcoming album “Mac And Cheese 4” would be a mixtape/studio album done through his own label/ group, Cocaine City Records. The album is slated to also include collaborations with Chinx Drugz, Flip, Cheeze and Lil Durk.

Live reviews

The wayne vs drake concert was amazing! They performed almost every hit they ever made and they really brought all their energy on stage and they interacted with the crowd. Each artist performed his best and left everything on that stage. The atmosphere was so much fun and i cant wait to go to another one of their concerts! Drake on the stripper pole was pretty amazing too! It was just the most fun concert ive ever been too

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Ashleyvan

2 Chainz - or ‘Tity Boi’ as he proudly proclaims himself on Twitter - is one of mainstream hip hop’s more intriguing propositions of recent years; he’s one of those rappers, like a modern-day Busta Rhymes, who seems to have made a name for himself more for his guest spots on the songs of others than in his own, solo right. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a slew of hits to his name already, though, with the Kanye-featuring ‘Birthday Song’ and ‘Used 2’ among the choice cuts from his solo canon. On the live front, too, he’s made some serious headway in recent years as far his own profile is concerned; his set at last year’s Made in America festival in Philadelphia - as well as suggesting the implicit approval of the event’s founder, Jay Z - was an exercise in controlled intensity, with sparse beats forcing Chainz and his hype men to do the heavy lifting. He rose to the occasion by delivering his verses with genuine menace, controlling the crowd less through typical, “everybody bounce!” tactics and more in terms of presenting himself as a brooding, compelling presence; to see a mainstream rapper take such a different approach was genuinely refreshing, and when he does route a proper uK tour of his own, we should hope for more of the same.

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Joeg_67

French Montana - born Karim Kharbouch - was born in Rabat, Morocco, but just in case you’re thinking that might mean that he’s a different breed of rapper to the lavish-living materialists that have dominated the scene for the past decade or so, it’s probably worth pointing out that he has his own record label, and it’s called Cocaine City Records. Indeed, Montana was raised in South Bronx, New York from the age of thirteen, and there became ingratiated into a society that was ripe for hip hop; taking all his cues from the legendary East Coast likes of Nas, The Notorious B.I.G. and Wu-Tang Clan, Montana began to produce mixtapes in 2002, a series that would eventually see him sign with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group and P. Diddy’s Bad Boy Records in a joint venture deal. Since then, he’s enjoyed commercial success, with his debut album, Excuse My French, going in at number four on the U.S. charts last year. It was, however, widely savaged by critics, who saw Montana’s aggressive, repetitive sound and shallow lyricism to be counter-productive in the current hip hop scene. That hasn’t stopped him from packing out rooms when he goes on tour, though, with a three-date UK tour sparking chaotic scenes in London, Manchester and Birmingham last year; if nothing else, Montana is a born performer.

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