Blood Line
2002 · Cash Money 440 060 058-2 · New Orleans, Louisiana
- Artist
- Lil Wayne
- Title
- Blood Line
- Release
- 500 Degreez
- Year
- 2002
- Label
- Cash Money # 440 060 058-2
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Southern Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Lil Wayne, influential Southern Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. on 27 September 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, said to have sold 120m+ records worldwide. He frequently referenced the Vietnam War, as a metaphor for violence, including: "Blood Line" (2002), "Problem Solver" (2006) (with Birdman and DJ Khaled), "Wasted" (2009), "Thinking Bout You" (2015), "Bing James" (2020) (with Jay Rock), and "Wild Dogs" (2020). The song "Blood Line" (Cash Money Records # 440 060 058-2) continued the trend of using Vietnam as a metaphor for violence: "the dirty south is straight Vietnam, I skate with the bomb".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Lil Wayne, influential Southern Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. on 27 September 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, said to have sold 120m+ records worldwide. He frequently referenced the Vietnam War, as a metaphor for violence, including: "Blood Line" (2002), "Problem Solver" (2006) (with Birdman and DJ Khaled ), "Wasted" (2009), "Thinking Bout You" (2015), "Bing J.