(ThyBlackMan.com) Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. was born on September 27th, 1982. He is popularly known with a stage name called Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne is an American songwriter, rapper, and entrepreneur. The young lad held from New Orleans, Louisiana. He joined Cash Money Records in 1991 while at the age of nine. This made Lil Wayne the youngest member of the label and record team. Lil went further to form the Southern hip hop group called Hot Boys in the year 1996.
The notion came into reality through the help of his Cash Money
label friends such as Young Turk, Juvenile, and B.G. The group unleashed its first debut with an album in title Get It How U Live, in the same year of establishment. History records that Lil Wayne achieved success through the group’s main selling album in title Guerrilla Warfare. As a flagship artist of the Cash Money Records, Wayne remains the CEO of his own imprint
RIAA certified Lil Wayne’s solo album in title Tha Block Is Hot platinum in the year 1999. 500 Degreez (2002) and Lights Out (2000) are the following albums of Lil Wayne. These albums became certified gold in their respective year of launch. In 2004, Lil Wayne attained a well-known status with the 4th album called Tha Carter. This album was practical led by the single in title Go D.J. In the same year, Lil Wayne appeared on Destiny’s Child’s top 10 rank single called Soldier. The next album of the entertaining singer came up in the 2005 and titled Tha Carter II.
It was accompanied with several other collaborations and mixtapes throughout 2006-2007. In 2008, Lil Wayne unleashed his 6th album titled Tha Carter III. This album has remained the most success of all until date. The first week sale of the album recorded a value of 1 million copies in the U.S. This wraps up the story of the legend Lil Wayne in good faith.
Staff Writer; Calvin Peete