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The Best Albums of the s. The Best Albums of the s From M. Fresh also served as Wayne's producer on the recording. The rapper's next two albums, Lights Out and Degreez , sold modestly compared to his debut. Then, in a career-changing move, Lil Wayne took a break from creating a traditional style album and released his first collection from his underground mixtapes: Da Drought His mixtape tracks usually feature beats borrowed from other artists with new lyrics that he creates.

In , Lil Wayne released Tha Carter , a hugely popular album that helped cement his reputation as one of rap's leading performers. The single, "Go D. Rolling Stone critic Christian Hoard said that "Wayne's syrupy drawl sounds more dextrous than ever" on the album. The album debuted at the No. A cameo appearance on the Destiny's Child smash hit "Soldier" only further enhanced Wayne's popularity.

Over the next few years, Lil Wayne released several more popular mixtape recordings, including the critically adored Dedication, Vol. In response to several unreleased tracks being made public over the internet, Lil Wayne released the download-only EP The Leak in The songs came from his work on his anxiously anticipated next studio album, which was finally released in Tha Carter III hit the top of the rap, hip-hop and pop charts, selling more than 1 million copies in its first week of release.

Jay-Z appeared on the track "Mr. Carter," and T-Pain was featured on "Got Money. The project netted the Grammy Award for best rap album, and Lil Wayne picked up three more Grammys at the February awards ceremony, winning best rap song for "Lollipop," best rap solo performance for "A Milli" and sharing the award for best rap performance by a duo or group with Jay-Z, T.

In August , Wayne signed rapper Bow Wow to his label. Lil Wayne released his seventh studio album, the rock-influenced Rebirth , in February Both projects were well received. During its first four days online, the album saw , song downloads on iTunes, setting a new record. Hits from the album include "Mirror," featuring the smooth vocals of Bruno Mars , and "It's Good," featuring fellow rappers Drake and Jadakiss. His mother, a cook, gave birth to him when she was 19 years old.

His parents divorced when he was 2, and his father permanently abandoned the family. Although Wayne and Birdman have a father-son relationship and Birdman calls Carter his son, Wayne's biological father and namesake Dwayne Carter is still alive. Lil Wayne has also spoken about his deceased stepfather, Reginald "Rabbit" McDonald, who he has said he considers his real father.

Carter has a tattoo dedicated to Rabbit, who was murdered before Carter became a star. Wayne attended McMain in the early s for two years. Carter explained, "I dropped the D because I'm a junior and my father is living and he's not in my life and he's never been in my life. So I don't want to be Dwayne, I'd rather be Wayne". Couric asked Wayne if his father knew of this and Wayne replied with a smile, "He knows now.

He wrote his first rap song at age eight. Carter recorded freestyle raps on Williams's answering machine, leading him to mentor the young Carter and include him in Cash Money-distributed songs. He also recorded his first ever collaboration album True Story with rapper B. At the time, Carter was 11, and B. When he was 12, he played the part of the Tin Man in his middle school drama club's production of The Wiz. At age 12, he deliberately shot himself with a 9 mm handgun, and off-duty police officer Robert Hoobler drove him to the hospital.

At McMain Magnet School, Carter was an honors student, but he dropped out at the age of 14 to focus on a musical career. At age 15, Carter was the youngest member at the time. Let 'Em Burn , a compilation album of unreleased tracks recorded during and , came out in , several years after the group disbanded.

It reached No. Lil Wayne has four children. They married on Valentine's Day and divorced in Internet rumors started circulating in August that Wayne's daughter had died in a car crash, which however he quickly cleared up as false saying "Please allow me to dispel any rumors or speculations and report that my daughter is alive, healthy and surrounded by family who cares and loves her dearly.