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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. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U. S. Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D. J. " Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released

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Lil Wayne

Born 1982-09-27 (43 years ago) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Height 168 centimeters.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Billboard Music Award for Top Male Artist 2012 Billboard Music Awards 2012
Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album (Tha Carter IV) 2012 Billboard Music Awards 2012 Tha Carter IV
Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Artist 2012 Billboard Music Awards 2012
BET Award for Video of the Year (Look at Me Now) BET Awards 2011 2011 Look at Me Now
BET Award for Viewer's Choice (Look at Me Now) BET Awards 2011 2011 Look at Me Now
MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video (Lollipop) 2008 MTV Video Music Awards 2008 Loli Pop
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (Swagga Like Us) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Swagga Like Us
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album (Tha Carter III) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Tha Carter III
Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance (A Milli) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 A Milli
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (Lollipop) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Loli Pop
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Motivation) 54th Annual Grammy Awards 2011 Motivation
Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (I'm on One (explicit)) 54th Annual Grammy Awards 2011 I'm on One (explicit)
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (Lollipop) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Loli Pop
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (Swagga like Us) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Swagga like Us
Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Got Money) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Got Money
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (Mr. Carter) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Mr. Carter
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album (Tha Carter III) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Tha Carter III
Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance (A Milli) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 A Milli
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (Swagga Like Us) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Swagga Like Us
Grammy Award for Album of the Year (Tha Carter III) 51st Annual Grammy Awards 2008 Tha Carter III
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Antonia Wright(Gifta: 2004-02-14–2006-01) 2004-02-14 2006-01 Gifta
Nivea(Sambo) Sambo
Children

Dwayne Carter III, Cameron Carter, Neal Carter, Reginae Carter

Parents

Jacida Carter, Dwayne Michael Turner

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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. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.

Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. His most successful album, Tha Carter III,

was released in 2008 which went on to sell over 1 million copies in the

U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "Lollipop" and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Lil Wayne released his debut rock album, Rebirth,

in 2010 to primarily negative reception from critics. The album

eventually went gold. In March 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an 8 month

prison sentence in New York after being convicted of criminal possession

of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007. 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.

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