Thursday, January 20, 2011

Lil Wyte

Patrick Lanshaw (born October 6, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wyte, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a member of the rap collective Hypnotize Minds.

Lanshaw discovered his rapping talent at the age of nine, as he could rap Sir Mix-a-Lot's entire song "Baby Got Back" completely. He participated in freestyle battles at high school when he was in ninth grade. Lanshaw rapped with his friend "Lil Black", who inspired him to use a pseudonym Lil Wyte and write songs instead of freestyling.

Lanshaw dropped out of high school twice due to truancy. After the third time of dropping out, he went to a different school and eventually earned his high school diploma.

Lil Wyte formed an all-white hip hop group, the Shelby Forest Clique. Subsequently, group's home-made demo tapes came to the attention of Three 6 Mafia. Juicy J and DJ Paul signed the rapper after the group's disbanding and worked later with his debut album.

Lil Wyte appeared on Project Pat's song "Crash da Club" from his album Layin' da Smack Down in 2002. His debut album Doubt Me Now was released in 2003 and it became popular, selling over 135,000 copies without promotion. Lil Wyte signed a record deal with Asylum Records and recorded second album Phinally Phamous, which was released in October 2004 and sold over 230,000 copies.

His style has been described as quick-rapping, "machine gun-like delivery". Lil Wyte described his style: "I've always felt like I was a pretty complex rapper to be from the South - I feel like I put a lot into my music."

After years of touring, promoting and recording his third studio album The One and Only was released on June 5, 2007. and fourth album The Bad Influence on August 25, 2009.

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Single: My Smoking Song

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30 comments:

  1. SkimJimJanuary 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    this guy was one triple 6's show... can't remember what the show as called but it was pretty funny

    following you!

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  2. Zen18BrahJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    It's always good hearing new artists. Being from the UK we don't get to hear much of anything. Thanks followed.

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  3. Mister SharafJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    interesting vid

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  4. NicholasJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    Hmmm not really into this guy

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  5. Suciô SanchezJanuary 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Hey! He's white! I see what he dyde there.

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  6. SnickelsoxJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Have you ever considered writing these quick bios for a site like Pandora or something? You have some serious talent for this kind of thing!

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  7. ericsJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    i wanna know more about lil black.

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  8. Last Remaining LightJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Lol at the name. And props to being inspired by BBB; was probably my favorite rap song when I was 9 too! I hope he keeps putting this much effort into his music.

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  9. ChrisJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    I thought you were saying lil' wayne.

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  10. jackedfibrasjobrahJanuary 20, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    Oxycontin is one of my favorite songs of all time. Thanks for the fireworks lol

    http://jackedbrah.blogspot.com

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  11. cottoneyedjoeJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    nice.....

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  12. VaporJanuary 20, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    Not bad at all.

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  13. Major MackJanuary 21, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    naaa this guy should go back to sleep

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  14. The Angry LurkerJanuary 21, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Pretty fly for a white guy.

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  15. RebeccaJanuary 21, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    never heard of him

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  16. Yung DreeJanuary 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    yo u right man, i think i herd of lil black tho

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  17. The WyrdremJanuary 21, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    I don't know anything about hiphop. But I guess the present is a good time as any to learn.

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  18. Justsayin'January 21, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    cool video.

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  19. balmain hommeJanuary 21, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    sweet, haven't heard of this guy before. thanks :)

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  20. SamuelJanuary 21, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    thanks for the comment and follow, nice blog!

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  21. IsaacJanuary 21, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Why do so many rappers refer to themselves as "lil"?

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  22. the420shack.comJanuary 21, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    legit. nice find. thanks. :)

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  23. Mr. InsaniumJanuary 22, 2011 at 4:35 AM

    Issac i wonder the same thing, maybe its ironic, maybe its the truth but most likely they just copy the cool rappers XD

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  24. MRanthropeJanuary 22, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    something about his voice reminds me of Fred Durst =/ dude can rap though.

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  25. MEANDIJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    not really like him

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  26. jonwintersJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    i like it when he said words. following n such.

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  27. Some GuyJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    sick song. sounds kinda like Eminem (not just because he's white)

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  28. DwrekJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    I think 3 6 mafia isn't using their full potential as artists. Unfortunately they seem more focus on club bangers than anything. But what do I know, I rarely listen to southern rap.

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  29. Solsby KidJanuary 23, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    That smoking song makes me wanna smoke... Right, time for a smoke

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  30. ShonaFebruary 15, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    I checked out your posts, you have amazing taste in music, lil wyte, aesop, shittttt.

    Hopefully that's you in the picture, you're hot! xD

    :x you should add me on FB, which is on my blog ;P

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