Lil Wayne

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 BGz with BG In 1997 Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys which also included rappers Juvenile BG and Turk Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live that year Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the groups 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 US 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 DJ Wayne also appeared on the Destinys 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 RB singles His most successful album Tha Carter III was released in 2008 which went on to sell over 1 million copies in the US its first week of release It included the numberone 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