From songs with Fat Joe, and JR Writer to mixtapes with Juelz Santana and songs with other Dipset members, it's clear that New York's influence was heavy on Wayne.

no artist is the same without new york my friend

NY is Hip Hop’s Mecca

Lil Wayne lowkey a genius

Don't understand why people hate NY so much on here. So much great music from it

KTT will clown anything

Same could be said about Carti too

any artist worth a damn pulls from multiple cities

Goat era

back when New York still mattered to the rap world

New York easily shaped 80% of waynes sound

I dont think him working with new york artists really helped his buzz but the style change definitely helped him. New York didnt really accept Wayne until 07ish

They're doing pretty well now tho. Not on top but much better than 10-15 years ago

lmao f*** new york

dam true

New York rappers aren’t creative enough with their sounds

New York the core of every rapper, none of them would be the same without it

Yeah I think so. He didn’t need dipset, Dipset needed him

Wayne would still be a legend if he didn’t stay in Harlem that summer.

I feel like NY helped with the overall quality of the music and his skill as a rapper more than anything

u dont? its their arrogance