Nobody Smiling reports -- According to a Universal Records
representative Lil Wayne recently signed as the
newest member of Atlanta collective Boyz N Da
Hood. The new President of Cash Money Records
replaces Young Jeezy, who was only under contract
for one album. Jeezy is also signed to Def Jam.
His solo debut "Thug Motivation: 101" has been
quite successful: "I was a solo artist first. My
album was set up to come out first, before I did
the little situation [with Bad Boy]. But just me
being a gangster and real about what I'm doing
agreed to push my album back so I could get the
Boyz N Da Hood project rolling." Schedule
conflicts emerged once Jeezy's record dropped in
July.
The group's founder and Blok Entertainment CEO
Blok seeks to quell the rumors of internal beef:
".it's not a replacement it's a continuance. All
of us are brothers. That's very important, it's a
continuance. This is the way it was set out to be
when it first started." Blok adds that T.I. will
also join the team, but Atlantic Records denies
it.
