dwayne michael carter jr known professionally as lil wayne is an american rapper songwriter
record executive and entrepreneur he's regarded by many contemporaries as one of the most influential
hip-hop artists of his generation and often cited as one of the greatest rappers of all time
lil wayne has sold over 120 million records worldwide including more than 20 million albums
and 70 million digital tracks in the united states making him one of the world's best
selling music artists he's won five grammy awards 11 bet awards four billboard music
awards and two mtv video music awards and eight naacp image awards on september 27 2012 he became
the first male artist to surpass elvis presley with the most entries on the billboard hot 100
with 109 songs he also currently serves as the chief executive officer of his own
label young money entertainment lil wayne has an estimated net worth of 160 million u.s dollars
about lil wayne's early life dwayne michael carter jr was born on september 27 1982 and spent his
first few years in the impoverished hollygrove neighborhood of new orleans louisiana his mother
a cook gave birth to him when she was 19 years old lil wayne's parents divorced when he was two
and his father permanently abandoned the family when cbs interviewer katie couric asked why he
used the name wayne instead of his given name lil wayne explained that he dropped the d because
his father is living but he's not in his life and he's never been in his life little wayne has
said that he considers his deceased stepfather reginald rabbit mcdonald to be his real father
even has a tattoo dedicated to reginald mcdonald lil wayne was enrolled in the gifted program at
lafayette elementary school he later attended eleanor mcswain secondary school for two years
where he was an honor student and a member of the drama club playing the tin man in the school's
production of the wiz after matriculating to marion abramson senior high school
lil wayne dropped out at age 14 to focus on his musical career lil wayne wrote his first rap song
in the summer of 1991 at age 8. he met rapper and cash money records co-founder brian baby williams
known currently as birdman who mentored him and encouraged his love of hip-hop in 1994 at age 12
little wayne suffered a near-fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at the time he said the
injury was accidental but decades later little wayne claimed that it was an attempted suicide
after he was told by his mother that he would have to end his rap related associations lil wayne
credits off-duty police officer robert hubler who he calls uncle bob with saving his life by
insisting the dying child be driven immediately to the hospital in a police car rather than waiting
for an ambulance to become available little wayne is five foot six inches tall or 1.68 meters tall
about little wayne's personal life lil wayne has four children his first child daughter regina
was born in 1998 when he was 16 years old to his high school sweetheart toyah johnson they later
married on valentine's day in 2004 and divorced in 2006. lil wayne's second child dwayne iii was
born on october 22nd 2008 at the christ hospital in cincinnati to radio broadcaster sarah viven
his third child cameron was born to actress lauren london on september 9 2009 his fourth child neil
was born on november 30th 2009 to singer navia trina also became pregnant with lil wayne's child
but later suffered a miscarriage in july 2014 it was rumored that carter was dating singer
christina million whom he attended the espy awards with they later confirmed their relationship in
mid-2015 after which they received criticism from their interconnected exes singer nivia and
songwriter the dream they split at the end of 2015 after collaborating on various singles videos and
concert dates little wayne was engaged to plus size model leticia thomas but called off the
engagement in may two thousand twenty in june 2020 it was announced that wayne had started
dating denise bideaux another plus size model in november 2020 they reportedly broke up over
wayne's endorsement of donald trump shortly after it was reported that the couple had reconciled
little wayne got his first tattoo at age 14 of his stepdad's name and his second was cash money
across his stomach his tattoos have grown to include a jay-z verse on his leg i am music on
his forehead and teardrops on his cheeks among many many others about lil wayne's music career
little wayne's career began in 1995 at the age of 12 when he was signed by rapper birdman
joining cash money records as the youngest member of the label from then on wayne was the flagship
artist of cash money records before ending his association with the company in june 2018. in 1995
lil wayne put in a duo with label mate bg at the time known as little doogie and they recorded an
album true story released that year although lil wayne at the time known as baby d only appeared
on three tracks lil wayne and bg soon joined the southern hip-hop group hot boys with cash
money label mates juvenile and turk in 1997 they released their debut album get it how you live
in october that year the hot boys became popular following the release of the album guerrilla
warfare in 1999 and the song bling bling lil wayne's solo debut album the block is hot in 1999
was his solo breakthrough and he reached higher popularity with his fourth album the carter in
2004 and fifth album the carter 2 in 2005 as well as several mixtapes and collaborations throughout
2006 and 2007. he gained more prominence within the music industry with his sixth album the carter
3 in 2008 with first week sales of over 1 million copies in the u.s the album won the grammy award
for best rap album and included successful singles a millie got money featuring t-pain and lollipop
featuring static major the latter being his first single to reach number one on the billboard hot
100. in february 2010 lil wayne released his seventh studio album rebirth which experimented
with rap rock and was met with generally negative reviews a month later in march 2010 little wayne
began serving an eight-month jail sentence in new york after being convicted of criminal possession
of a weapon stemming from an incident in july 2007 his eighth studio album i'm not a human being
in 2010 was released during his incarceration while his 2011 album the carter 4 was released
following his release the carter 4 sold 964 000 copies in its first week in the united states
his 12th studio album the carter 5 was released in 2018 after multiple delays lil wayne's 13th album
funeral was released in early 2020. lil wayne has sold over 120 million records worldwide including
more than 20 million albums and 70 million digital tracks in the united states making him one of the
world's best-selling music artists he's won five grammy awards eleven b-e-t awards four billboard
music awards two mtv video music awards and eight naacp image awards lil wayne also currently serves
as the chief executive officer of his own label young money entertainment about lil wayne's real
estate in december 2018 lil wayne dropped 16.8 million dollars on a new island home in miami
south florida the 7 bedroom 10 bathroom house is 10 480 square feet with 112 feet of water frontage
the house also comes with a three-car garage suite a home theater an auxiliary kitchen commercial
grade elevator fireplace a cabana pool house with outdoor kitchen and bathroom and a pool
in april 2021 lil wayne paid 15 million dollars for a mansion in hidden hills california the
property consists of a 10 000 plus square foot main mansion and a separate mini-me style guest
house on a pad that sits lower than the elevated main house the entire property spans more than
three landscaped acres all of them dotted by olive trees and rolling lawns white picket
fences and horse trails encircle the lot other amenities include a blacked out wet bar with a
flat screen tv a gym and a movie theater with a starry galaxy ceiling there's also full outdoor
kitchen and barbecue center outside a sports court and negative edge swimming pool with inset spa
about little wayne's car collection little wayne owns or has owned a rolls-royce phantom coupe
a porsche boxster a mercedes-benz sls amg a mclaren 720s a bugatti veyron an
aston martin v12 vanquish a bentley mulsanne a cadillac cts a kampana t-rex and a maybach 62
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