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Dwayne Michael Carter Jr (born September 27, 1982
in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known as Lil' Wayne, is an American,
Grammy-nominated rapper, and is known as the president of the New Orleans-based
label Cash Money Records and the CEO of Young Money Entertainment.
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Birth name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr
Born September 27, 1982 (age 24)
Origin New Orleans, Louisiana,
United States
Genre(s) Hip-Hop, Southern rap
Years active 1993—present
Label(s) Cash Money Records/Young Money
Entertainment
Associated
acts Hot Boys, Young Money, Birdman, Dipset, Juelz
Santana, Curren$y
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Biography
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr was born an only child
(now has a younger brother) in the poverty-stricken and crime-ridden Hollygrove
section of New Orleans, Louisiana, which is part of the 17th Ward. His
biological father left him when he was an infant, and until the age of sixteen,
Reginald "Rabbit" Carter was his stepfather. Despite his unpleasant
surroundings, he struggled to keep off the streets and to stay in
school[citation needed]. Wayne's first contact with hip-hop was listening to
local Cash Money artists such as Pimp Daddy and U.N.L.V., whom he also credited
as his earliest influences. At first he started rapping at the block parties;
his performance at one of them caught the ear of Lil Slim (an earlier Cash Money
Records artist who was from the same neighborhood as Lil Wayne), who soon after
the show gave him their phone numbers. He went on an autograph signing session
with Lil Slim, where at the first time he met Cash Money Records owners, Brian
"Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. His freestyling abilities impressed
the Williams brothers, but they didn't sign him at first. 11-year old Wayne
started to record freestyles on Baby's answering machine and haunted Cash Money
offices nearly every day. When Baby saw so much engagement in the young rapper,
he soon signed him and hooked up with another newcomer Lil' Doogie (who would
later become famous as B.G.) to form group The B.G.'z. Group released their
first and only album, True Story, in 1995. At the young age of 13, Wayne would
drop out of school to fully pursue a rap career.
Wayne did not rap about adolescent issues, unlike
many child rappers, such as Lil' Romeo and Bow Wow, who performed rap that was
for younger audiences until their late teens. He did, however, refrain from
swearing in his rhymes at the behest of his mother.
In 1997, Wayne formed the Hot Boys along with
Juvenile, Turk, and B.G., and they released their seminal debut CD Get It How
You Live. The record's success earned the young teenagers fans throughout the
south and midwest. He further distinguished himself on the Hot Boys' platinum
selling Universal debut Guerilla Warfare released in 1998, followed by their
2003 release Let Em Burn.
In 1999, at age 17, Wayne launched his solo career
with the release of Tha Block Is Hot. This was followed by Lights Out in 2000
and 500 Degreez in 2002, an allusion to Juvenile's 400 Degreez.
In 2004, Wayne Carter released Tha Carter. This
album is marked as a personal milestone as he claimed to have finally perfected
his trade. It was also Tha Carter that finally earned him mass notability
outside the south as a lyricist because at that time southern rappers were
stereotyped as having little to no lyrical ability, yet his nimble flow proves
that in this case the stereotype does not fit.
On December 11, 2005 Wayne released Tha Carter II
which further solidified his spot as a contemporary rapper, noticeably producing
the album without the prominent beats of Mannie Fresh. Tha Carter II sold more
than 238,000 copies debuting at no. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart and
has been certified platinum. The lead single off the album, "Fireman", became a
hit in the US, peaking at 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The second single,
"Grown Man", was solicited to urban radios in January of 2006 in hopes of
spreading to Top 40 Mainstream and then to the Hot 100, but failed to do so and
failed to receive any attention due to lack of promotion and no video.[citation
needed] The third single "Hustler Muzik" received a video and gained minor
attention also. "Hustler Musik" reached #87 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Recently Wayne was recruited by the Boyz N Da Hood
as their fourth member after Young Jeezy left the group to engage in his solo
career. Due to scheduling conflicts involving the promotion of Tha Carter II, he
would never be formally named an active member of Boyz N Da Hood but maintains a
very good relationship with the group recording new tracks with them often.
Florida rapper Rick Ross was rumored to then replace Wayne and in essence, Young
Jeezy but he also has denied that he will be an official member of the group.
Lil Wayne will also be featured on Roman Verone's up coming mix CD and LP due
out soon.
In 2006 Lil Wayne released his critically acclaimed
sequel to his Dedication mixtape with DJ Drama called Dedication 2. On it, he
included an outro track entitled "Georgia....Bush" on which he addresses the
problems surrounding the government's response to Hurricane Katrina in his
native New Orleans, Lousiana and also places a large amount of blame on
President George W. Bush. Throughout the track, he claims that theories of the
government sabotaging the levees of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward were indeed
true. The track was recorded on the beat to Ludacris' single "Georgia" which
sampled the Ray Charles track "Georgia On My Mind". This song is followed by a
freestyle called "Money, Money, Money" over 2Pac's Ambitionz Az a Ridah. The
freestyle was originally done on BET'sRap City following the release of Tha
Carter II.
Lil Wayne is set to release two collaboration LPs.
Originally, the mixtape I Can't Feel My Face with Juelz Santana was released
over the summer, but with its extreme demand and popularity, there are now
rumors of it becoming a major-label commercially released LP. On October 31
2006, Wayne released an album with his mentor Baby: Like Father, Like Son. Many
confuse Baby as Wayne's birth father, but this is not true, as evidenced by
Wayne's singles "Everything" (from Lights Out), and a song on Like Father, Like
Son, where Wayne says "My dad died when I was 16."
Personal life
Lil Wayne has been linked to female rapper Trina
since around the time of the 2005 NBA All-Star Game at the Pepsi Center in
Denver. They later recorded a single, Don't Trip, which appeared on her album
Glamorest Life, and appeared on the remix for Remy Ma's "Conceited (along with
Papoose and Jae Millz). After that rumors started flying around about what was
going on between the two. There were rumors that the two were dating or even
engaged. On a radio interview, Trina said that the relationship was more of a
"brother-sister" relationship. Later, on Victoria's RapBasement, Lil Wayne said
he knew nothing of the rumors.
Both would later retract that statement. In an
issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine, Trina would later say that she made a huge
understatement at that radio interview, and that "He's one of the sweetest
people I've ever met...I have so much love for him!" However, she just burst out
in huge giggles when further questions were asked, and she said "We're both
happy. That's all the world needs to know." In the March 2006 issue of VIBE
magazine, Lil Wayne said that this relationship was better than his past ones
because "She's (also) a rapper, so we understand each other." When asked about
the ring, he smiled and said, "She just likes rings. I saw a nice one, so I got
it for her."
He would draw some media and fan attention with the
leak of a picture of himself and Bryan "Baby" Williams kissing. It was explained
as a father-son kiss, and the photo [1] is not overly suggestive. Williams later
claimed the kiss was a "black variation" of Mafia affection.
Lil Wayne and Trina have recently ended their
relationship, which was stated by Lil Wayne, himself, on BET's 106 and Park.
Lil Wayne has recently purchased a sky box at the
Louisiana Superdome with Birdman.
Arrest
On August 14, 2006, Lil Wayne was arrested on
charges of possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana and possession of a
controlled substance. Police claim the rapper was in possession of several
unlabeled bottles — one containing 60 pills of Alprazolam, a generic form of
Xanax that is used to treat anxiety disorders and panic attacks; another
containing 59 hydrocodone pills — along with "two small burnt joints of
marijuana," the report read. A second man, Derrick Lawrence, 37, was also
charged with possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana. He was released from
Georgia's Fulton County Jail on $11,000 bond following his arrest.
Discography
Albums
Album cover Album information
Tha Block Is Hot
Released: November 2, 1999
Chart positions: #3 US
Last RIAA description: 2x Platinum (2.1 Million)
Singles: "Tha Block Is Hot", "Respect Us"
Lights Out
Released: December 19, 2000
Chart positions: #16 US
Last RIAA description: Gold (996,590 copies sold)
Singles: "Get Off The Corner", "Everything",
"Shine"
500 Degreez
Released: July 23, 2002
Chart positions: #6 US
Last RIAA description: Gold (900,000 copies sold)
Singles: "Way Of Life", "Where You At"
Tha Carter
Released: June 29, 2004
Chart positions: #5 US
Last RIAA description: Gold (850,000 copies sold)
Singles: "Bring It Back", "Go DJ", "Earthquake"
Tha Carter II
Released: December 6, 2005
Chart positions: #2 US
Last RIAA description: Platinum (1.4 Million)
Singles: "Fireman", "Hustler Muzik", "Shooter"
Tha Carter III
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Chart positions: TBR
Last RIAA description: TBR
Singles: "Reggae Shit", "La La"
Collaboration albums
Album cover Album information
Like Father, Like Son
With: Baby aka Birdman
Released: October 31, 2006
Chart positions: #3 US
Last RIAA description: Gold (646,559 copies)
Singles: "Stuntin' Like My Daddy", "Leather So
Soft"
I Can't Feel My Face
With: Juelz Santana
Release Date: Fall 2007
Chart positions: TBR
Last RIAA description: TBR
Singles: TBR
Dedication 3
With: Cash Money & Young Money Artists
Release Date: Winter 2007
Chart positions: TBR
Last RIAA description: TBR
Singles: TBR
Mixtapes
Album cover Album information
Da Drought
Release Date: 2003
Da Drought 2
Release Date: 2004
Dedication: Gangsta Grillz
Release Date: 2005
The Suffix
Released: 2005
The W. Carter Collection
Release Date: 2006
The Carter 2 Mixtape: Like Father, Like Son (with
Birdman)
Release Date: 2006
The W. Carter Collection 2
Release Date: 2006
Blow: The I Can't Feel My Face Prequel (with Juelz
Santana)
Release Date: 2006
Dedication 2: Gangsta Grillz
Release Date: 2006
The Color of Money (with Curren$y)
Release Date: 2006
Lil Weezyana The Mixtape, Vol. 1
Release Date: 2006
The Carter Files
Release Date: 2006
The Greatest Rapper Alive
Release Date: 2007
None Higher: We Got The Remix (Special Edition)
Release Date: 2007
Young Money (The Best Of Lil Wayne)
Release Date: 2007
Da Drought 3
Release Date: 2007
Double Disc
Free Mixtape
The Greatest Rapper Alive II
Release Date: 2007
Singles
Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap Album
1999 "The Block Is Hot" - - - The Block Is Hot
1999 "Respect Us" (featuring Juvenile) - - - The
Block Is Hot
2000 "Get Off the Corner" - 88 - Lights Out
2001 "Shine" (featuring Hot Boys or Baby/Mack 10)
96 39 52 Lights Out
2001 "Everything" - - - Lights Out
2002 "Way of Life" (featuring Baby, & TQ) 71 23 16
500 Degreez
2002 "Where You At" - - - 500 Degreez
2004 "Go DJ" Cetified: Gold 14 4 3 Tha Carter
2004 "Bring It Back" (featuring Mannie Fresh) - 47
- Tha Carter
2004 "Earthquake" (featuring Jazze Pha) - - - Tha
Carter
2004 "Get Something" (featuring Mannie Fresh) - - -
Tha Carter
2005 "Fireman" Ceritfied: Gold 32 15 10 Tha Carter
II
2006 "Hustler Musik" 87 26 16 Tha Carter II
2006 "Shooter" (featuring Robin Thicke) - 97 - Tha
Carter II
2007 "Reggae Shit" TBR TBR TBR Tha Carter III
2007 "La La" TBR TBR TBR Tha Carter III
Collaboration singles
Year Song Chart Position Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap Bubbling Under
2006 "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" (with Birdman) 21 7 5
- Like Father, Like Son
2006 "Leather So Soft" (with Birdman) - - - 18 Like
Father, Like Son
2007 "You Ain't Know" (with Birdman) TBR TBR TBR
TBR Like Father, Like Son
Featured singles
Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap Album
2004 "Soldier" Destiny's Child (featuring T.I., &
Lil Wayne) 3 3 - Destiny Fulfilled
2005 "Tell Me" Bobby Valentino(featuring Lil Wayne)
51 13 15 Bobby Valentino
2005 "Don't Trip" Trina (featuring Lil Wayne) - 74
- Glamorest Life
2005 "Gimme That" (Remix) Chris Brown (featuring
Lil Wayne) 15 5 - Chris Brown
2006 "Where Da Cash At" Curren$y (featuring Remy Ma
& Lil Wayne) - - - Music to Fly to
2006 "Touch It or Not" Cam'ron (featuring Lil
Wayne) 71 62 45 Killa Season
2006 "You Know What" Avant (featuring Lil Wayne) -
58 - Director
2006 "Make It Rain" Fat Joe (featuring Lil Wayne)
13 6 2 Me, Myself & I
2006 "You" Lloyd (featuring Lil Wayne) 9 1 - Street
Love
2007 "We Takin' Over" DJ Khaled (featuring Lil
Wayne, Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, & Birdman) TBR TBR TBR We The Best
2007 "Make It Rain (Remix)" DJ Khaled (featuring
Lil Wayne, T.I., Rick Ross, Ace Mack, Fat Joe, & Birdman) TBR TBR TBR We The
Best
2007 "Lock U Down" Mya (featuring Lil Wayne) TBR
TBR TBR Liberation
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