Age: Lil Wayne is 38 years old (as in 2020).
Home Town: Franklin, Tennessee, United States.
Date of Birth: 27 September 1982 (age 37 years), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Height: 1.65 m
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Lil Wayne is a Grammy Award-winning rapper known for his hit albums, mixtapes and singles, including “A Milli” and “Lollipop.”
Lil Wayne Quick Facts:
Born on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana, 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 and IV. 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. He was jailed in 2010 for weapon’s possession.
Early Life
Rapper 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 and is considered among today’s most talented rappers. He grew up in Holly-grove, one of New Orleans’ poorest neighborhoods.
Lil Wayne started rapping at from the age of 8. Wayne later met two brothers Bryan and Slim Williams, they were the founders of Cash Money Records, They were impressed much enough with his skills to give him one of their business cards. Wayne continued to call them until they took him under their wing and let him hang around the label’s offices.
Lil Wayne‘s first recording for Cash Money Records was True Stories (1993), performing with another skilled rapper, B.G., as the name of the BGs. Away from the studios, he was living his life very dangerously. He sold cracks for a time, and accidentally shot himself in the chest, as written in an article named “Rolling Stone”. “It was my mom’s gun,” Wayne said the magazine in 2008. “It was just like a chopper that hit me. But the bullet went straight through, and I was bounced back in two weeks.”
Aspiring Rapper
As part of the Hot Boys, Lil Wayne got his first success. The group was made up of several of Cash Money’s rising stars. These stars were B.G., Juvenile, Turk and Wayne. Their debut album, Get It How U Live (1997).Their album was sold more than 400,000 copies. Their next effort, Guerrilla Warfare (1999), did even better than before, eventually selling more than about 1 million copies. At the age of 16, Lil Wayne was on his way to music stardom.
That same year, Lil Wayne launched his solo career with Tha Block Is Hot (1999). The title track was a big bang, and the album reached the top of the hip-hop rank charts. Featuring appearances by members of the Hot Boys as well as the Big Tymers (Brian Williams and Mannie Fresh), their recording went up to double platinum. Freshers 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, his 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 artists with new lyrics that he creates.
Mainstream Success
In 2004, Lil Wayne released Tha Carter, a hugely popular album that helped him to raise his reputation as one of top rap’s leading performers in the world. The single, “Go D.J.” did well on the rap, hip-hop, and pop in charts. Rolling Stone critic Christian Hoard said that “Wayne’s syrupy drawl sounds more dextrous than ever” on the album.
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Quickly following up this latest waves of success, Wayne released Tha Carter II in December of 2005. The album debuted at the No. 2 spot on the Billboard pop rank charts and brought more critical praised for Wayne. A cameo appearance on the Destiny’s Child smash hit “Soldier” only further enhanced Wayne‘s popularity.
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Over the next few years, Lil Wayne released several most popular mixtape recordings, including the famous critically adored Dedication, Vol. 2 (2006), which he made successful with DJ Drama. Around the same time, Wayne raised up with Cash Money mentor Bryan William (also known as “Baby” and “Birdman”) to create the album Like Father, Like Son (2006), which spawned the hit “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy.”
Grammy Award Winner
In response to several unreleased tracks being made public on the internet, Lil Wayne released the download-only EP the Leak in 2007. These songs came from his work on his anxiously anticipated next studio album, which was properly released in 2008: Tha Carter III hit the top of the rap, hip-hop and pop rank charts, selling more than 1 million copies in its first week after release.
Tha Carter III features several successful singles, including the No. 1 hits “A Milli” and “Lollipop,” a track that he recorded with Static Major. Jay-Z appeared on the track “Mr. Carter,” and T-Pain was featured on “Got Money.” Baby face, Robin Thicke, Busta Rhymes, and Juelz Santana also made cameos. The project selected the Grammy Award for best rap album, and Lil Wayne was picked up three more honors at the February 2009 awards ceremony. He won the Grammy for most best rap song for “Lollipop,” earned the Grammy for best rap solo performance for “A Milli” and shared the award for best rap performance by a duo or group with Jay-Z, T.I. and Kanye West, for “Swagga like Us.”
Recent Projects
During the summer of 2009, Lil Wayne spent much of his time on the road with the Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival, which was also featured Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and Drake. In the month of August 2009, Wayne signed rapper Bow Wow to his label. In the same year, the rapper performed with Jay Sean on his hit song “Down,” from Sean’s 2009 album All of Nothing.
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 in the same year. Both projects were well-received
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In August 2011, Wayne released his fourth installment of Tha Carter series, Tha Carter IV, which quickly did success. In its first four days online, the album was 300,000 times downloads on iTunes—setting a new record on the media downloading application. Hits from the album include “Mirror,” featuring the smooth vocals of R&B singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and “It’s good,” featuring fellow rappers Drake and Jadakiss.
Not one to rest on his laurels, in March 2013, Lil Wayne introduced out his 10th studio album, I Am Not a Human Being II, to great acclaim. The recording sold about 217,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts.
In the meantime, Lil Wayne has been busy building up his Cash Money records label and working with other recording artists and even helping underprivileged kids. The rapper established a well-known organization to help the urban youth, the One Family Foundation, through which he worked to rebuild the athletic fields at his old school, Eleanor McMain Secondary School, after they were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in the year of 2005. Despite all of his success, Wayne has never forgotten his roots.
Controversy
Lil Wayne has found himself in trouble when known to be fond of smoking marijuana with the law on several occasions in the recent years. He was arrested in Georgia for drug possession in 2006, and again caught in Arizona on drug-related charges in January of 2008.
After making a deal with PepsiCo to promote its Moutain Dew soda brand, Lil Wayne was dropped by the company in May of 2013 after releasing a song containing derogatory lyrics referencing civil rights icon Emmett Till. Both Pepsi and Wayne made negative publicity due to the song lyrics.
Wayne was previously married to a high school classmate and she was his girlfriend, with whom he has a daughter named Reginae.
Lil Wayne Net Worth
Today Lil Wayne has an estimated net worth of $150 million. Despite arrests for illegal drugs, possession of weapons, a one-year prison sentence in Riker Prison, or hospitalizations related to epileptic seizures, Lil Wayne continues to flourish as a rapper. He has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. His estimated net worth in 2018 is $150 million.
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