Lil Wayne
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Biography
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. Tha Block Is Hot, his solo debut, was released 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 eight Grammy Awards nominations. He has had two number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 ("Lollipop" featuring Static Major and "Down" with Jay Sean). He plans to release a rock album titled Rebirth in 2009. Waynes Late latest project is a record label called young money the label gained popularity when they recorded the hit single every girl.
Discography
Mixtapes
- 2003: SQ1-SQ7 (with Sqad Up)
- 2003: Da Drought
- 2004: Da Drought 2
- 2004: The Prefix
- 2005: The Suffix
- 2005: Dedication (with DJ Drama)
- 2006: Dedication 2 (with DJ Drama)
- 2007: Da Drought 3
- 2008: Dedication 3
- 2009: No Ceilings
Albums
- 1999: Tha Block Is Hot
- 2000: Lights Out
- 2002: 500 Degreez
- 2004: Tha Carter
- 2005: Tha Carter II
- 2008: Tha Carter III
- 2010: Rebirth
- 2010: Tha Carter IV
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