
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, or Weezy, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label.
Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S. Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single “Go D.J.” Wayne also appeared on the Destiny’s Child top ten single “Soldier” that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007.
His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Lil Wayne released his debut rock album, Rebirth, 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 I Am Not a Human Being in September 2010, featuring Young Money artists such as Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Twist. His ninth studio album and first since being released from prison, Tha Carter IV, was released on August 29, 2011. It sold 964,000 copies in the U.S. its first week out.