Hailing from New Orleans (Louisiana), Lil Wayne became one of the spearheads of American hardcore rap. 'Tha Carter', the rapper's fourth album released in 2004, is the first album in a highly successful series. The album sold over a million copies and the single "Go DJ" was a hit. The album is organized around a concept borrowed from the film New Jack City, in which the hero refers to his drug dealer "establishment" by naming it Tha Carter.