Thinking Bout You
2015 · Young Money · New Orleans, Louisiana
- Artist
- Lil Wayne
- Title
- Thinking Bout You
- Release
- Free Weezy Album
- Year
- 2015
- Label
- Young Money
- 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). Another track from Lil Wayne, the song "Thinking Bout You" (Young Money Entertainment) which contained a racist line about Asian people: "chinky eyes like I'm from Vietnam, got my bitch with chinky eyes".
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.