Lil Wayne – biografia
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. Formerly of the rap group Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager. He worked with B.G. on the album True Story and eventually recorded for the label. 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 1999. Block debuted in the top ten on the American Billboard 200 chart and Lil Wayne was nominated for “Best New Artist” from The Source magazine the same year. Following this success, Wayne soon featured on other rappers’ singles, including “Bling Bling” by B.G. and “#1 Stunna” by the Big Tymers in 2000.
After his hit debut album “Tha Block Is Hot” and two albums released with little promotion, Lil Wayne reached higher popularity with 2004′s Tha Carter and its two subsequent albums Tha Carter II (2005) and Tha Carter III (2008). During that period, he appeared on several mixtapes and singles of other artists.
Lil Wayne was born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. to Jacida “Cita” Carter and Dwayne Michael Turner, and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] Carter was in the gifted program at Lafayette Elementary School, and was in the drama club in middle school.[2] 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.[3] He dropped out of school at age 14, but later earned his GED.[2] When he was 12, he played the part of the Tin Man in his middle school drama club’s production of The Wiz.[4] He also accidentally shot himself in the chest with a .44-caliber.[4] Carter has a daughter named Reginae Carter with Antonia “Toya” Johnson, his high school sweetheart. The two were married on Valentines Day of 2004; they divorced in 2006.[5] In an interview with Blender, Lil Wayne revealed one of his favorite bands from childhood to be rock group Nirvana, and cites them as a major influence in his music.[6]
In 1997, Lil Wayne formed the group Hot Boys along with rappers Juvenile, Turk, and B.G., Wayne being the youngest member. Hot Boys’ debut album, Get It How You Live, was released the same year. In 1998, the group’s major-label debut Guerrilla Warfare was released. Lil Wayne was also featured on the song “Back That Azz Up” by Juvenile. The group released its final album, Let Em Burn, in 2003.
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