10 Facts about Lil Wayne

Post On: January 24, 2017
By: Agustina
In: Music

Let me show you the interesting information about the American hip hop recording artist on Facts about Lil Wayne.  He was born on 27th September 1982 as Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. He chooses Lil Wayne as the stage name. He is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He became the youngest member of Cash Money Records at the age of nine in 1991. He was in a duo along with Lil’ Doogie. Check other interesting facts about Lil Wayne below:

Facts about Lil Wayne 1: Hot Boys

Lil Wayne was a member of Hot Boys in 1996. The other members included Lil’ Doogie, Young Turk and Juvenile. Get It How U Live! was the single debuted by the southern hip-hop group?

Facts about Lil Wayne

Facts about Lil Wayne

Facts about Lil Wayne 2: the album

The album released by the group included Guerrilla Warfare (1999). It earned the platinum certification. The most popular single is “Bling Bling”.

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Facts about Lil Wayne 3: Young Money Entertainment

In 2005, Young Money Entertainment was established by Lil Wayne where he serves as the CEO or Chiefl Executive Officer. However, he still becomes a leading artist of Cash Money Records.



Facts about Lil Wayne 4: the solo debut

Tha Block Is Hot (1999) is the debut album of Lil Wayne. RIAA gave the album platinum certification.

Lil Wayne Pictures

Lil Wayne Pictures

Facts about Lil Wayne 5: the next albums

In 2000, he released Lights Out. In 2002, his next album with the title 500 Degreez was released. Both were certified gold.

Facts about Lil Wayne 6: the higher popularity

Tha Carter (2004) was the fourth album of Lil Wayne, which earned him more recognition from the musical world. “Go D.J.” is the leading single in the album. In the same year, Lil Wayne also appeared in “Soldier”, the Destiny’s Child’s single.

Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne

Facts about Lil Wayne 7: the other works

In 2005, Tha Charter II was the next album released in the market. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne also had some collaborations and mixtapes.

Facts about Lil Wayne 8: the sixth album

Tha Carter III was released in 2008. It was the sixth album of Lil Wayne, which also earned him a great success. In United States, it was sold more than a million copies during the first week.

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Facts about Lil Wayne 9: the award

The sixth album of Lil Wayne is considered as the most successful one in his musical career. He received Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.

Lil Wayne Facts

Lil Wayne Facts

Facts about Lil Wayne 10: the hit singles

The hit singles from the sixth album were “Got Money”, “A Milli” and “Lollipop”.

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