Duane Michael Carter Jr.

Lil Wayne is arguably one of the most successful and popular rappers to ever enter the American scene. The biography of this man is a classic success story of a dark-skinned guy from a dysfunctional family who, despite everything, “made his way” and proved to the world that he is talented and deserves more.

The real name of the artist is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. The future idol of millions was born on September 27, 1982 in the Holly Grove area of ​​New Orleans. Dwayne's mother at that time was barely 19 years old, the girl worked as a cook. Two years later, the boy's father, Duane Carter Sr., left the family, leaving his former lover with a young son in her arms and practically without a livelihood.

This act forever predetermined Duane's attitude towards him: the rapper changed his own name at the first opportunity, not wanting to be anything like this man. Removing the first letter, the young man received the name Wayne, under which he became famous.

From early childhood, Wayne attracted the attention of teachers, on the one hand, giftedness and artistry, on the other hand, disgusting behavior and constant pranks. Already in primary school, the boy began to write poetry. In addition, Wayne participated in all school performances and even studied in a theater club.

In 1991, Wayne met Brian Williams, who later became known under the pseudonym Birdman. He drew attention to the talented boy and in 1995 helped to record the first album. 11-year-old Wayne prepared this disc in a duet with another teenager - 14-year-old Christopher Dorsey, known as BG

The first success inspired Wayne Carter so much that after a couple of years the young man left school to devote all his time and efforts to a musical career.

Wayne Carter's serious creative work began with the album Get It How U Live, recorded with Terius Gray and Tab Wedgel Jr. The band was named "Hot Boys" and instantly gained popularity among rap music lovers. In 1999, Hot Boys delighted the audience with their second disc, Guerilla Warfare.

The album "The Block Is Hot" is considered to be Carter's first independent creation, although some of the songs from this disc were also performed with the group "Hot Boys". The album surpassed Wayne's previous records in popularity, reaching platinum status in its first week of release. He also earned Carter a Best New Artist nomination.

The year 2000 is marked for the musician with the appearance of his second solo album, called "Lights Out". This disc was inferior in popularity to the previous one, but was awarded the title of "gold" according to many music channels and publications. And two years later, Lil Wayne presented to the public the third disc - "500 Degrees", which, unfortunately, did not win the audience's love.

However, the most important in Lil Wayne's creative biography were records from the "The Carter" series. Their special atmosphere, Carter's unique style of recitative and consistent recording quality have brought the musician fans all over the world.

The first album from this collection - "The Carter" - was released in 2004. According to some media estimates, the disc has sold over a million copies, and these are only legal copies. Months of the first lines of all kinds of charts and charts raised Lil Wayne's popularity to new heights.

Deciding to strike while the iron is hot, at the beginning of 2005 Lil Wayne released the album "The Carter II", the title track from which sounded all over the United States for a long time. The album itself sold three hundred thousand copies, falling short of the success of the previous one. The musician did not forget about other projects: in 2006, Carter released a joint disc with Birdman, which the rappers called "Like Father, Like Son".

But with the third album from the series "The Carter" there were problems. Shortly before the announced release, several compositions were leaked to the Web. Lil Wayne announced to the fans that he was postponing the release of the disc and would release the released songs in a separate album, supplementing them with four more tracks.

As a result, "The Carter III" appeared only in 2008. It is noteworthy that the scandal with the songs posted on the Internet benefited the disc: in the first week this album was bought by more than a million people. Subsequently, the album went three times platinum and even broke the record of the artist 50 Cent with his disc "The Masscare", which previously bore the "title" of the most commercially successful rap album.

The next album in this series was released in 2011. The fact is that the recording of the tracks and the release itself were constantly postponed either because of the performer's health condition, or because of his constant problems with the law.

Further records of Lil Wayne also turned out to be "problematic": the musician managed to spoil relations with his record company, go to prison, free himself, undergo a serious operation on his teeth, star in a couple of films and release a dozen singles, which later were included in various albums. However, even the constant disruptions to the promised dates did not make Lil Wayne's fans turn away from the idol.

The rapper's personal life was no less stormy than his musical career. The musician's first wife was a school friend named Anthony Johnson. The woman gave Lil Wayne her first daughter. The girl was named Regina. Unfortunately, this marriage ended in 2006.

Two years later, in 2008, the man had a son, Duane. Lil Wayne's new lover, Sarah Vivan, became the mother of the baby. However, Carter did not stay with this girl for long. The rapper's next choice was the beautiful model Lauren London, who gave the musician a son, Cameron. In the same 2009, the fourth child of Lil Wayne was born - the boy Neil, whose mother was the singer Nivea.

In 2014, fans learned about Lil Wayne's new romance. This time the popular singer and actress Christina Milian became the passion of the charismatic musician (by the way, Carter's height is 1.65 m). But this girl did not manage to take possession of the rapper's heart for a long time. A year later, the couple announced the breakup.

After that, Lil Wayne was often credited with relationships with various models and singers, including Nicki Minaj, but there is no confirmed information on this yet.

Now, unfortunately for fans, the attention of the music community is not focused on the work of Lil Wayne, but on the state of health of the musician. The press discusses not the clips and photos of the singer at all, but the last hospitalization: in the fall of 2017, Carter was admitted to the hospital after an epileptic seizure. Recall: this is not the first case of the disease. A year earlier, Lil Wayne had already received treatment for epilepsy.

Therefore, Instagram and other social networks are full of posts with condolences from fans and wishes for Lil Wayne to return to music as soon as possible.

2016 - "A Dedication After Disaster" 2016 - "Outta Here" 2015 - "Free Weezy Album" 2013 - "I Am Not a Human Being II" 2011 - "Tha Carter IV" 2010 - "I Am Not a Human Being" 2010 - "Rebirth" 2008 - "Tha Carter III" 2005 - "Tha Carter II" 2004 - "Tha Carter" 2002 - "500 Degreez" 2000 - "Lights Out" 1999 - "Tha Block Is Hot"

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