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A millionaire! I'm a Young Money Millionaire, tougher than [Nation TBD] hair.

–Dwayne "Lil Waybe" Carter, Jr.

Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne (cropped)
Wayne in 2009
Background information
Birth name Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.
Born September 27, 1982
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died March 16, 2010 (aged 27)
Rikers Island, New York City, New York, U.S.
Cause of death Seizure
Genres Southern hip hop
Occupations Rapper • singer • songwriter • record executive • entrepreneur
Years active 1997-2010
Labels Universal • Young Money • Republic • Cash Money

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (September 27, 1982 - March 16, 2010), known professionally as Lil Wayne, was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He was regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, and was often mentioned among the greatest rappers of all time. Wayne's career began in 1995, when he was signed by rapper Birdman to his record label Cash Money Records, becoming the youngest member of the label at age of eleven.

Wayne's debut studio album, Tha Block Is Hot (1999) quickly achieved commercial success and served as his breakthrough as a solo act, followed by Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2003). He reached wider popularity and critical acclaim with his fourth and fifth albums Tha Carter (2004) and Tha Carter II (2005), as well as several mixtapes and collaborations throughout 2006 and 2007. He propelled to the forefront of hip hop with his sixth album Tha Carter III (2008), with first-week sales of over one million units in the US. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and was supported by his first Billboard Hot 100-number one single "Lollipop" (featuring Static Major), the top-ten singles "A Milli" and "Got Money" (featuring T-Pain), and the top-20 single "Mrs. Officer" (featuring Bobby V and Kidd Kidd).

Wayne's seventh and final studio album, Rebirth (2010) experimented with rap rock and was released in February of that year to generally negative critical response. A month later in March, he began serving an 8-month jail sentence for criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007. On March 16, while incarcerated, Wayne died of a compilcations of seizures at age of 27. [UNDER PROGRESS]