Lil+Wayne

Lil wayne was born in new Orleans on the 27th of 1982. His real name is Da’wayne carter. He was introduced to the hot boys at a young age. The hot boys was a American rap group that associated with cash money records. He had a solo album with the hot boys that was released in 1999 which was called the “tha block is hot”. This was one of his biggest hits with the hot boys. Lil wayne started to rap at the age of 14 he had a rough childhood but got through it by rapping music with his friends. He had a second album with the hot boys in 2000 which was called lights out followed by 500 degreez in 2002. His latest release with the hot boys was tha cater which was also a big hit (lil wayne). Lil wayne was growing up in hollygrove at the time as a aspiring young rapper. Lil wayne used to rap at neighborhood parties an at one of those parties u.n.l.v a group signed to cash money records overhead him an thought he was great. Wayne was given a signing session where he met the cash money CEO’s Brian “baby” Williams an Ronald “slim” Williams. Lil wayne’s freestyles led him to serious parts with the Williams brothers. Lil wayne was such dedicated to the rapping an was so good at it the Williams brothers signed him as a young rapper. As lil wayne became in to the rap game more seriously and started wearing gangster attire his mother got concerned with her son. His mother was concerned that the influence of the William brothers on her son was getting out of hand. As his mother heard about the reputation of the Williams brothers she pulled lil wayne out of cash money. However lil wayne ran away from his house for a week an then he convinced his mother that his bad behavior had nothing to do with the Williams brothers. So therefore he stayed with cash money records. But before cash money blew up an became the best something has happen that was a serious matter. Da’wayne cater was playing with a loaded an had shot himself in the chest and also bled to death. When the police arrived at the house an claimed that the unregistered gun was his stepfather Reginald carter. He was sentenced to a 6 month sentence and shortly after he had got out of jail he was abducted and murdered (lil wayne). []

Lil wayne was forced to drop out of school because he had a daughter with his high school sweat heart Antonia. Which Brian Williams didn’t want him to rap any more. However things have finally changed for the better when his father passed away in 1997. Brian Williams gave him permission to work with him once again. Over the years with the hot boys his selling of his CD’s were selling 536,000 copies in the U.S. and 900,000 copies worldwide. Around the time when he released “tha cater” he collaborated with destiny’s child and T.I. to make the song “soldier”. He earned nominations in 2005 BET award-best collaboration and 2006 grammy award-best rap/sung collaboration. Following the accomplishment of album “tha cater” and collaboration sing “soldier” he released “tha cater ll” (aceshowbiz). []

Wayne told anchor on her //All Access Grammy Special// in 2009 that he enjoys smoking marijuana recreationally. He also stated that he is "not addicted" to drinking purple drink (codine cough syrup) any longer, like some claimed he was. He has been arrested for use or possession of marijuana and other drugs. (aceshowbiz). In 2007, Lil Wayne was arrested twice. On July 22, 2007, Lil Wayne was arrested in New York City at a performance and the new york police discovered Lil Wayne and another man smoking marijuana near a tour bus. After taking Lil Wayne into custody, police discovered a .40 caliber pistol on his person. The gun, which was registered to his manager, was in a bag located near the rapper.He was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana. Another arrest was on October 5, 2007, following another performance in Idaho, on felony fugitive charges after the authorities accused the rapper of possessing a controlled substance. The incident was later described as a "mix-up" and the fugitive charges were dropped (aceshowbiz). On January 23, 2008, Lil Wayne was arrested alongside two others. His tour bus was stopped in arizona. A K-9 Unit recovered 105 grams (3.7 oz) of marijuana, almost 29 grams (1.0 oz) of cocaine, 41 grams (1.4 oz) of MDMA and $22,000 in cash. Lil Wayne was charged with four felonies possession of narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was granted permission to travel outside of the state and remain out of custody on the $10,185 bond he posted. On May 6, 2008, Wayne returned to court in Arizona to plead not guilty to the charges. [ A bench warrant was issued on March 17, 2010 when Lil Wayne didn't show for a final trial management conference. However, the rapper was already in prison, serving a year-long sentence in Rikers on weapons charges (aceshowbiz). In February 2009, production company RMF Productions filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against Wayne, following a $100,000 advance payment for three shows, all of which were cancelled by the artist. In conclusion lil wayne is doing very successful as of now (aceshowbiz). .