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Birth name: Dwayne
Michael Carter, Jr.
Born: September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27)
Origin: New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre(s): Hip hop
Years active: 1995–present
Associated acts: Birdman, Brisco,
Chamillionaire, DJ Khaled, Fat Joe, Mannie
Fresh, Hot Boys, Jay-Z, Juvenile, Glasses
Malone, Rick Ross, Juelz Santana, T.I.,
T-Pain, Kanye West, Young Jeezy, Akon
Website: lilwayne-online.com
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. was born
September 27, 1982, and better known by his
stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.
Formerly a member of the rap group the 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 more 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). He appears on
several mixtapes and singles of other
artists.
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