LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Lil Wayne: New Orleans
built 650 days ago
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. Growing up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of the New Orleans, Louisiana, he met the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager and eventually recorded for the label. He soon joined the rap group, Hot Boys, as its youngest member. His solo debut was Tha Block is Hot, released in 1999. After releasing the albums Lights Out in 2000 and 500 Degreez in 2002 to little success, in 2004 he released the bestseller Tha Carter and eventually was featured in the popular song "Soldier" by the R&B group Destiny's Child. Tha Carter 2 followed in 2005.[1]
Source:
At first Lil' Wayne started rapping at the block parties; his performance at one of them caught the ear of UNLV members, who soon after the show gave him their phone numbers. He went on an autograph signing session with UNLV, where at the first time he met Cash Money Records owners, Brian "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. His freestyling abilities impressed the Williams brothers, but they didn't sign him at first. 11-year old Wayne started to record freestyles on Baby's answering machine and haunted Cash Money offices nearly every day. When Baby saw so much engagement in the young rapper, he soon signed him and hooked up with another newcomer Lil' Doogie (who would later become famous as B.G.) to form group The B.G.'z. Group released their first and only album, True Story, in 1995.
Source:
Lil Wayne will be performing his first ever concert in New York City this Sunday July 22nd at the Beacon Theatre! Wondering which friends he's bringing along? You will have to show up to find out!
Source:
On July 22, 2007, Lil Wayne was arrested in New York City following a performance at the Beacon Theater. NYPD discovered Wayne and another man smoking marijuana near a tour bus on 61st and Columbus. After taking Wayne into custody, police discovered a pistol on his person, and he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana.[7]
Source:
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, better known as Lil' Wayne, is an American, Grammy-nominated rapper, and is known as the president of the New Orleans-based label Cash Money Records and the CEO of Young Money Entertainment. 2006 Getty Images ©
Source:
Dwayne Carter, the twenty-four-year-old rapper from New Orleans known as Lil Wayne, hasn’t released an album or a single in months, though he has appeared as a guest on songs by other artists. But he is indisputably the rapper of the year. He has been recording songs constantly—sometimes three or four a night. Many are astonishingly good, and most eventually find their way onto the Internet, where they can be downloaded for free, apparently with his blessing. Among hip-hop fans, discussion has been dominated by talk of Lil Wayne—his place in the hip-hop canon, his romantic status, his sexual orientation, and the release date of his sixth album, “Tha Carter III.” Last week, MTV’s “hip-hop brain trust”—ten staffers—voted Lil Wayne the “hottest m.c. in the game.”
Source:
MORE ABOUT
New Orleans