Talk:Lil B

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Should be moved to Lil B

This should be moved over the Lil B redirect. I believe an admin has to do the move and a history merge. Others previously tried to create a stub article on Lil B, but sources were not available at the time, so the article was turned into a redirect.

Actually though, looking at the article, I'm not sure that notability has been established. Unless more sources are found (here, 1 is dead, and the other two are videos with some comments about him, not featuring him), we should consider deleting this. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:24, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, yeah. Don't delete this. Blsupr (talk) 12:39, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide reliable sources to help verify that he's notable? That will help prevent the article from being deleted. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:13, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Lil B (rapper) → Lil B — Previously, there was a very poor article at Lil B. As it contained no references, and it wasn't clear that the musician met notability standards, the article was redirected to The Pack (group), with whom Lil B recorded. Recently, another user created this page, which is far more substantial and clear. While I'm not 100% certain this article is notable, it seems most likely to (I can find references in MTV.com and the NYT; not too significant, but enough to retain, I think). As such, it should be moved back to the Lil B as per normal naming standards. Since that page has more history than just a simple redirect, I can't perform the move myself. Qwyrxian (talk) 08:47, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Jafeluv (talk) 09:21, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

After User:Karppinen decided that this article didn't meet WP:MUSIC and redirected it to The Pack (group), someone recreated the article at Lil B (rapper). Now, this was an incorrect thing to do, as the editor should instead have disputed the redirect. In any event, though, I believe the article is now sufficient to show that Lil B meets WP:GNG, which should be sufficient to keep the article. Any user, of course, is welcome to recommend the article for deletion, however, if they disagree. To finish tidying up, I merged over some of the useful information from Lil B (rapper), and then redirected that article back to this one (since there is only one Lil B, this is the correct article title). Qwyrxian (talk) 01:28, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article could be better, but appears to meet WP:GNG guideline now. Well done, Qwyrxian. Karppinen (talk) 15:49, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Blsupr (talk) 22:43, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Birth day/ Age

Brandon McCartney or LIL B is 21 years old, which would have him being born on August, 17th 1989, not 1987. I don't know why that edit got reverted. Someone please change it back to 1989 because he makes numerous references in songs and interviews to being 21 years of age. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.9.12.252 (talk) 19:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please provide a link to one of those interviews? What we really need is a reliable source to verify when he was born. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a Newspaper article: Washington Post article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.9.11.190 (talk) 23:05, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He says right in his songs he was born in 89!! I saw him on tour, he was saying he's worried that now that he's 21 he might need botox.Don't try to make him older, i know he fucked your bitch but you gonna have to get over it.

Citations for discography

Normally an artist's discography doesn't need citations. But the problem is people keep adding and removing albums all of the time, and I have no way to tell if they're accurate or not. So, apparently, information about his discography falls under "challengeable" info, and thus must be cited. So no more albums can be added unless a reliable source verifies them. Qwyrxian (talk) 09:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Place of birth?

Can anyone verify that he is in fact from Berkeley? I can't provide a source, but I'm pretty sure he actually grew up in Albany, California and/or attended Albany High School. Dwarfyperson (talk) 01:44, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ever heard of busing? his school ID said albany high school but that doesn't necessarily say anything about where he actually lived. 71.167.229.39 (talk) 16:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is a valid point, but (again, not a reliable source) coming from albany myself, I know that not very many inter-district transfers are granted because it's such a small high school, and that people often confuse it with berkeley because it's such a small city. I'm still of the opinion that this should be looked into. Dwarfyperson (talk) 14:13, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from AdamWehib916, 17 May 2011

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Lil B was born in 1989 not 1987. He always says so in his songs...

AdamWehib916 (talk) 04:48, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Unfortunately, his songs don't count as a reliable source, since nothing requires that he tell the truth in them. However, after checking the article, I see that our birthdate wasn't verified, either. So until we get a reliable source stating which date/year is correct, it needs to stay out entirely. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:23, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand why you think he'd want to lie about his age. Do you want a birth certificate or something? It's not like he's running for president of the United States, its an article on-line that no one should take seriously in terms of factual information anyway.Also, http://www.basedworld.com/?p=2627. Yes, its self published but the fact stands that again he's consistently being referred to as being born in 89. Unless he's lying, its Aug 17th 1989. I don't think articles should be built with the mindset that a man would lie about such a thing, otherwise we'd have no actual verification that his real name is Brandon McCarthy either. 24.161.42.2 (talk) 09:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

His blog actually counts as a reliable source for this info, but, unfortunately, that post doesn't say anything about the year he was born. Yes, the naked lady picture has an age, but I'm not willing to accept that picture as reliable. If he had written his age himself, we could accept it, but not the pic. I think. I suppose i could ask at WP:RSN...I'll do that tomorrow. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:21, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

Lil B should be listened under the category "Ambient musicians" and synthesizer should be added to his instruments. Source: http://pitchfork.com/news/40102-lil-b-releases-ambient-album/ 76.246.254.69 (talk) 20:02, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]