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Lil Wayne News – Who is Lil Wayne?

Lil Wayne, born September 27, 1982 as Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., is a rapper, songwriter, record exec, businessman, actor and singer. He is 5’6″ tall and weighs 130 lbs. lil wayne wife is Denise Bidot.

When did Lil Wayne come out?

Many of his peers think of him as the biggest hip hop artist of his time. He began his rap career at the age of 12. He first started as a duo with rapper B.G., who was first known as Lil Doogie.

Their first album was “True Story”, where Wayne recorded three tracks under the name Baby D. His next venture was with the southern hip hop groups “Hot Boys” with Juvenile, Turk and Lil Doogie. Their first album was “Get it How U Live!” The group became popular with their next album “Guerrilla Warfare” with their song “Bling Bling”.

Lil Wayne released his first solo album “Tha Block is Hot” in 1999. He followed with “Tha Carter” in 2004 and “Tha Carter II” in 2005, where he began to rise to fame. Throughout his career, Lil Wayne sold over 120 million records., which makes him one of the world’s greatest selling musical artists. He has won various awards, including five Grammys, 4 Billboards, 11 BETs, 2 MTV Music and 8 NAACP Image awards. Today, he is the CEO of Young Money Entertainment, his own record label.

In his personal life, Lil Wayne has four kids. His first child, daughter Reginae, born November 29, 1998 when Wayne was 16 years old, who he had with his high school girlfriend Toya Johnson. They were married for 2 years, from 2004 to 2006.

Recently, Lil Wayne was engaged to plus-size model Denise Bidot. It is rumored that the engagement was called off in May 2020, because of his endorsement of President Donald Trump.

Lil Wayne is known for his tattoos. He got his first when he was 14 years old of his dad’s name. His second tattoo is across his stomach “Cash Money”.  He also has a verse from Jay-Z on his leg, “I Am Music” on his forehead and on his cheeks, teardrops, to name a few. “Baked” was recently added to his forehead to represent a skateboard logo. Wayne considers himself a religious man, identifying with Roman Catholic. He reads the Bible regularly.

He claims that one of his hugest influences as a child musically is the band Nirvana. Although Lil Wayne is an accomplished rapper, he strives to bring back the sound of the band that had such an huge effect on his career. But he wants to create a new sound – one that brings the old sound and hip hop together.

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Lil Wayne News – His Most Iconic Song

Lollipop ft. Static

Lil Wayne won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song in 2009. Stephen “Static” Garret died in 2008 from a rare illness. The official music video was filmed on the strip in Las Vegas – winning best Hip-Hop video in MTV Video Music Awards in 2008.

Billboard music awards lil Wayne

Lollipop reached the top spot on the Billboard charts. This feat hadn’t been accomplished since 2006 when Ludacris hit it with “Money Maker”. That week, Lollipop was downloaded over 183,000 times. The song was inspired by other big hits: The Black Eyed Peas “Lovely Lady Lumps” and 50-Cent’s “Candy Shop”. In 2000, Lollipop was the number one downloaded ring tone.

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Lil Wayne News – FAQ

Before taking his rap name, Lil Wayne called himself “Shrimp Daddy” as a nod to “Pimp Daddy”. He also went by the name “Baby D”.

Lil Wayne collaborated on over 500 other artists’ tracks.

lil wayne sickness cancer: Pleuropulmonary blastoma type II

At the age of 12, Lil Wayne accidentally shot himself.

He has been friends with Birdman and Lil Slim since the age of nine.

“True Story”, his first album dropped when Lil Wayne was only eleven years old.

He has serious medical issues, including epilepsy.

Arrested for weapons possession, Lil Wayne spent over a year at Riker’s Island.

While incarcerated, the rapper played cards games, especially Uno to kill time.

Before, Lil Wayne dropped out of school, he was a straight “A” student. He eventually got his G.E.D. and went to college. He majored in psychology at the University of Houston.

There were no cuss words in his first solo album, “Tha Block is Hot”.

Lil Wayne has never held down a day job.

At the age of fifteen, his mother pushed him to have a child. Today, he has four kids and four babymamas.

One Family Foundation was founded by the rapper to help youth from urban communities.

Lil Wayne News – Additional Facts & Articles

Lil Wayne News BBC Article: Lil Wayne Charged with possession of a Firearm: US rapper Lil Wayne has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.