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'''Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.''' (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name '''Lil Wayne''', is an American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping rapper]. He is also known by the nick name '''Weezy. '''At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Money_Records Cash Money Records] as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B.G.%27z The B.G.'z], with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.G._%28rapper%29 B.G.]. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Boys Hot Boys], which also included rappers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_%28rapper%29 Juvenile], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.G._%28rapper%29 B.G.], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_%28rapper%29 Young Turk]. Hot Boys debuted with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_It_How_U_Live%21 Get It How U Live!]'' that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28album%29 Guerrilla Warfare]'', released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Block_Is_Hot Tha Block Is Hot]'', selling over one million copies in the U.S.

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Although his next two albums ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_%28Lil_Wayne_album%29 Lights Out]'' (2000) and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Degreez 500 Degreez]'' (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter Tha Carter]'', which included the single "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_D.J. Go D.J.]" Wayne also appeared on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child Destiny's Child] top ten single "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_%28Destiny%27s_Child_song%29 Soldier]" that year. In 2005, the sequel to ''Tha Carter'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_II Tha Carter II]'', was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles.

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His most successful album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_III Tha Carter III]'', was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollipop_%28Lil_Wayne_song%29 Lollipop]" and won the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award Grammy Award] for Best Rap Album. Lil Wayne released his debut rock album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_%28Lil_Wayne_album%29 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 prison he released another album entitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_a_Human_Being I Am Not a Human Being]'' in September 2010, featuring Young Money artists such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_%28entertainer%29 Drake], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj Nicki Minaj] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Twist Lil Twist]. His ninth studio album and first since being released from prison, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_IV Tha Carter IV]'', was released on August 29, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_wayne#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> It sold 964,000 copies in the U.S. its first week out.

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==Links==

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*[[w:c:music:Lil_Wayne|Lil Wayne on Music Wiki]]

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*[[w:c:lyrics:Lil_Wayne|Lil Wayne on Lyrics Wiki]]

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==Grammy Nominations==

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===2012 Grammy Nominations===

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*Best Rap Album for [[w:c:lyrics:Lil_Wayne:The_Carter_IV_(2011)|The Carter IV]]

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*Best Rap Song for [[w:c:lyrics:Chris_Brown:Look_At_Me_Now|Look At Me Now]] with Chris Brown

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*Best Rap Performance for [[w:c:lyrics:Chris_Brown:Look_At_Me_Now|Look At Me Now]] with Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes.

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[[Category:Southern Rappers]]

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-'''Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.''' (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name '''Lil Wayne''', is an American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping rapper]. He is also known by the nick name '''Weezy. '''At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Money_Records Cash Money Records] as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B.G.%27z The B.G.'z], with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.G._%28rapper%29 B.G.]. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Boys Hot Boys], which also included rappers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_%28rapper%29 Juvenile], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.G._%28rapper%29 B.G.], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_%28rapper%29 Young Turk]. Hot Boys debuted with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_It_How_U_Live%21 Get It How U Live!]'' that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Warfare_%28album%29 Guerrilla Warfare]'', released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Block_Is_Hot Tha Block Is Hot]'', selling over one million copies in the U.S.
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-Although his next two albums ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_%28Lil_Wayne_album%29 Lights Out]'' (2000) and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Degreez 500 Degreez]'' (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter Tha Carter]'', which included the single "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_D.J. Go D.J.]" Wayne also appeared on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child Destiny's Child] top ten single "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_%28Destiny%27s_Child_song%29 Soldier]" that year. In 2005, the sequel to ''Tha Carter'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_II Tha Carter II]'', was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles.
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-His most successful album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_III Tha Carter III]'', was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollipop_%28Lil_Wayne_song%29 Lollipop]" and won the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award Grammy Award] for Best Rap Album. Lil Wayne released his debut rock album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_%28Lil_Wayne_album%29 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 prison he released another album entitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_a_Human_Being I Am Not a Human Being]'' in September 2010, featuring Young Money artists such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_%28entertainer%29 Drake], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj Nicki Minaj] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Twist Lil Twist]. His ninth studio album and first since being released from prison, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Carter_IV Tha Carter IV]'', was released on August 29, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_wayne#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> It sold 964,000 copies in the U.S. its first week out.
-==Links==
-*[[w:c:music:Lil_Wayne|Lil Wayne on Music Wiki]]
-*[[w:c:lyrics:Lil_Wayne|Lil Wayne on Lyrics Wiki]]
-==Grammy Nominations==
-===2012 Grammy Nominations===
-*Best Rap Album for [[w:c:lyrics:Lil_Wayne:The_Carter_IV_(2011)|The Carter IV]]
-*Best Rap Song for [[w:c:lyrics:Chris_Brown:Look_At_Me_Now|Look At Me Now]] with Chris Brown
-*Best Rap Performance for [[w:c:lyrics:Chris_Brown:Look_At_Me_Now|Look At Me Now]] with Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes.
 [[Category:Lil Wayne]]
 [[Category:Southern Rappers]]