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- Who Is Lil Wayne?
- Early Life
- 'True Stories'
- 'Get It How U Live!!' and 'Guerilla Warfare'
- 'Tha Block Is Hot'
- 'Lights Out,' '500 Degreez' and 'Da Drought'
- 'Tha Carter' and 'Tha Carter II'
- 'Dedication, Vol. 2' and 'Like Father, Like son'
- Grammy Awards For 'Tha Carter III'
- 'Rebirth' and 'I Am Not A Human Being'
Lil Wayne worked with hip-hop group the Hot Boys before forging a solo career with albums Tha Carter and its hit follow-ups II, III, IV and V. He won four Grammy Awards in 2009 for singles like "A Milli" and "Lollipop," and has worked with artists ranging from Robin Thicke to Nicki Minaj. The rapper has also found himself in trouble with the law on...
Lil Wayne was born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lil Wayne has been creating music since he was a child in Hollygrove, one of New Orleans' poorest neighborhoods. Lil Wayne started rapping at the age of 8. He later met brothers Bryan and Slim Williams, the founders of Cash Money Records, who were impress...
Lil Wayne's first recording for Cash Money Records was True Stories (1993), performing with another skilled rapper, B.G., under the name the BGs. Away from the studios, he was living dangerously. He sold crack for a time, and accidentally shot himself in the chest, according to an article in Rolling Stone. "It was my mom's gun," Wayne told the maga...
As part of the Hot Boys, Lil Wayne got his first taste of success. The group was made up of several of Cash Money's rising stars—B.G., Juvenile, Turk and Wayne. Their debut album, Get It How U Live!! (1997), sold more than 400,000 copies. Their next effort, Guerilla Warfare(1999), did even better, eventually selling more than 1 million copies. At t...
Lil Wayne launched his solo career with Tha Block Is Hot(1999). The title track was a big hit, and the album reached the top of the hip-hop charts. Featuring appearances by members of the Hot Boys as well as the Big Tymers (Brian Williams and Mannie Fresh), the recording went double platinum. Fresh also served as Wayne's producer on the recording.
The rapper's next two albums, Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002), sold modestly compared to his debut. Then, in a career-changing move, Lil Wayne took a break from creating a traditional style album and released his first collection from his underground mixtapes: Da Drought(2003). His mixtape tracks usually feature beats borrowed from other a...
In 2004, Lil Wayne released Tha Carter, a hugely popular album that helped cement his reputation as one of rap's leading performers. The single, "Go D.J." did well on the hip-hop and pop charts. Rolling Stonecritic Christian Hoard said that "Wayne's syrupy drawl sounds more dextrous than ever" on the album. Quickly following up this latest wave of ...
Over the next few years, Lil Wayne released several more popular mixtape recordings, including the critically adored Dedication, Vol. 2 (2006), which he made with DJ Drama. Around the same time, Wayne teamed up with Cash Money mentor Bryan William (also known as "Baby" and "Birdman") to create the album Like Father, Like Son(2006), which spawned th...
In response to several unreleased tracks being made public over the internet, Lil Wayne released the download-only EP The Leak in 2007. The songs came from his work on his anxiously anticipated next studio album, which was finally released in 2008: Tha Carter IIIhit the top of the rap, hip-hop and pop charts, selling more than 1 million copies in i...
Lil Wayne released his seventh studio album, the rock-influenced Rebirth, in February 2010. His eighth studio project, I Am Not a Human Being, was released that same year. Both projects were well received.
Jan 10, 2017 · Hip-Hop, Lil Wayne, Lil Wayne Week, New Orleans, Q93, wild wayne. Q93 radio DJ Wild Wayne explains how Lil Wayne went from neighborhood fame with the Hot Boys in New Orleans to...
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Sep 1, 2015 · Lil Wayne In New Orleans: Hot Boys, History And Homecoming. Lil Wayne, ringleading Friday night. More than 20 years into Lil Wayne 's career, the froggy-voiced, diminutive rapper is...
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Nov 30, 2016 · On "Tie My Hands," Lil Wayne raps about everyone abandoning New Orleans, from the basketball team and football team to the governor and the mayor. "All we got is me to represent New Orleans," he ...
Sep 27, 2023 · Patrick Bierut. Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for BACARDI. Since proclaiming himself the “best rapper alive” on his 2005 album Tha Carter II, New Orleans MC Lil Wayne has been living up...
Aug 4, 2023 · Hip-Hop 50: All Rap Is Local. How New Orleans soldiered through struggle and gave rap its bounce. August 4, 202312:09 PM ET. By. Stephen Kearse. Enlarge this image. Master P, Curren$y, Lil...
