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Lil Wayne earned a boatload of Grammy nominations for his mega-selling 2008 album Tha Carter III, but all that guitar noodling onstage and in videos was for real: As Rolling Stone reported last month, Weezy is serious about embracing rock & roll, and plans to release the rock record Rebirth on April 7th.
Rappers who turn to rock have a checkered track record — some projects, like Lil Jon’s Crunk Rock, have yet to see the light of day, while others, like Ice T’s Body Count, have been responsible for some seminal tracks. So where will Wayne’s record wind up? Take a look at five rap-to-rock projects that have yet to materialize and five acts that have hit the streets here:
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