Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American Grammy Award-winning rapper. Formerly a member of the rap group the Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager. Get It How U Live!, released in 1997, was Lil Wayne's first album with Hot Boys, and Tha Block is Hot, his solo debut, came out in 1999.
After gaining fame with two other albums in the early 2000s, Lil Wayne reached higher popularity with 2004's Tha Carter and its two subsequent albums Tha Carter II (2005) and Tha Carter III (2008). He earned various accolades following Tha Carter III, including being nominated for eight GRAMMY Awards. He will release a rock album titled Rebirth in 2009.
Early lifeLil Wayne was born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] Carter enrolled in the gifted program of Lafayette Elementary School and in the drama club of Eleanor McMain Secondary School.[2][3] He wrote his first rap song at age eight.[4] At age eleven, he met Bryan Williams, rapper and owner of Cash Money Records. Lil Wayne recorded freestyle raps on Williams' answering machine; Williams would eventually mentor the young Carter and include him in Cash Money-distributed songs.[5] When he was 12, he played the part of the Tin Man in his middle school drama club's production of The Wiz.[6] He claims that he accidentally shot himself with a .44 caliber gun at that age.[2] He dropped out of school at age 14.[2]Lil Wayne has three children. His first, a daughter named Reginae Carter, was born when he was 17[4], with his high school sweetheart Antonia "Toya" Carter (born Antonia Johnson). Carter and Johnson married on Valentines Day of 2004 and divorced in 2006.[69] His second child, Dwayne Carter III, was born on October 22, 2008 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati.[70] His third child, Lennox Samuel Ari Carter was born to actress Lauren London on September 9, 2009.[71] He is expecting his fourth child with singer Nivea.
Lil Wayne's songs are about his life as being a gang member.
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lil waynes real dad is birdman the rapper
lil waynes 1st song was " get off the corner"actually lil Waynes first song is the block is hoti was pretty sure it was hollygrove...when he was like 8
lil waynes son is fine but he has mager head induries from lil waynes drug usage.
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No Lil Wayne is Lil Chucky's cousin
No Lil Wayne is Lil Chucky's cousin
lil waynes first tattoo was words on his arm saying jack ianson is $olid