A gifted musician since the age of 8 years old, Lil Wayne, otherwise known as Dwayne Michael Carter, is an American rapper who originally gained fame as a member of the rap group Hot Boys. He was born in the New Orleans neighborhood known as Hollygrove where he enrolled in the gifted program of Lafayette Elementary School. At the age of 11 he met Bryan Williams the owner of Cash Money Records and a talented rapper in his own right. Bryan Williams, after listening to the freestyle raps that Lil Wayne left on his answering machine, would eventually mentor the young talent and include him in the distributed songs of Cash Money. In 1997, Get it How U Live was the first album released by Hot Boys. Then in 1999 Lil Wayne released his solo album, The Block Is Hot. But, it wasn’t until his 2004 release entitled Tha Carter that he would gain worldwide notoriety. That work would later be followed by his 2005 release Tha Carter II, which in turn was followed by 2008’s Tha Carter III. Tha Carter III earned Lil Wayne various nods from the industry including 8 grammy nominations. In July of 2009 Lil Wayne is scheduled to release a rock album entitled Rebirth.
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