Monday, January 10, 2011

The origin of Lil Wayne By Tony Williams Jr. and Rafael Valencia

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo,The B.G."z, with B.G. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Turk.They debuted with there album  with Get it high live! that year. In 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debuted albumTha block is hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S. Although his next two albums Lights out and 500 degreez didn't do as well, Lil Wayne reach high popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha CarterIIwas released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. While in jail he released another album entitled I Am Not A Human Being in September 2010, featuring Young Money artists such as Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Twist. His genre is Hip Hop.

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