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2008 Highlights: Rolled into '08 with the
"Hottest MC in the Game" championship belt over his shoulder ... Promised his long-awaited
Carter III album would be
coming this year and touted the long list of cameos he recorded by dubbing himself "Featuring Lil Wayne" ...
Arrested in Arizona when his tour bus is pulled over by border patrol agents who perform the aforementioned bust ... Facing
felony drug and weapons charges, he
pleads not guilty. The case is still pending ... Attempted to
reunite the Hot Boyz at a concert during the NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, but the event was canceled at the last minute due to shootings outside the venue ...
Visited his old secondary school, promising
Tha Carter would drop "in April" and being asked to the prom by a girl named Julie ... Showed up
three hours late for a concert in New Jersey, did not apologize, ended show by donning a bathrobe, shouting "sexual f---ing chocolate has left the building, bi---" ... Discussed his
drank of choice, syrup ... "Lollipop," the first single from
Carter III, tops the Billboard Hot 100 ... Premiered the now-iconic
Carter III cover, featuring a photo of him as a baby, complete with a pinkie ring and digitally added tattoos ... Refused to freak out when
the album leaked two weeks early ... "Elated" when
Carter III defies industry expectations and sells
1 million copies in a single week, the first album to do so since 50 Cent's
The Massacre in 2005 ...
Congratulated by 50, Kanye West and a host of others after accomplishing the feat ... Played a "modern-day Robin Hood" in the
"Got Money" video ... Performed "A Milli" on the
premiere of "FNMTV," smelled like "a mixture of stubbed-out Phillies Blunts and a gallon of cough syrup," proved that he possessed extrasensory perception like "the 'hood Yoda" ... Lost his pants during his
performance at the Video Music Awards ... Hopped a plane immediately following the VMAs to make
a court date in New York City ... Prepped
Dedication 3 mixtape and
Tha Carter IV ... Appeared on
Fall Out Boy's Folie à Deux ... Appeared on
Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak ... Named MVP at the
BET Hip-Hop Awards ... Announced plans to
reissue Carter III, only with completely different songs ...
Shared the stage with Jay-Z but did not actually perform with him ... Described the birth of his son as
"nasty, but wonderful" ... Strapped on a guitar to
back up Kid Rock at the CMA Awards, only vaguely playing said guitar ...
Plotted I Am Music Tour with T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes and Keyshia Cole ...
Nominated for eight Grammy Awards, more than any other artist ... "A Milli" is named
"Best Song of 2008" in MTV's
Bigger Than the Sound column ... "A Milli" is named
"Hip-Hop Single of the Year" by our
Mixtape Monday family ...
Tha Carter III is named one of the
"Best Albums of 2008" ... Seriously, he did all of that in 366 days — any doubts he's our Man of the Year?
