Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American hip hop recording artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo The B.G.'z, alongside fellow New Orleans-based rapper Lil' Doogie. In 1996, Lil Wayne formed the southern hip hop group Hot Boys, with his Cash Money label-mates Juvenile, Young Turk and Lil' Doogie. Hot Boys debuted...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth27 September 1982
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album.
I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me.
I want to make sure my family's straight.
I want to be a skater.
...it's almost natural because when you're an artist you know what you want. And then if you're able to mentally turn that into being a CEO, now you know what the artist wants. That's kinda how I did it.
I am my city. Nobody from my city wants to hear about my city.
Ok you want me up in a cage, then I'll come out in beast mode.
That's one thing about me, and I think that's what most of my fans enjoy about me, that I don't hold nothing back. I do exactly what I want to do, and say exactly what I want to say.
I can change your life, make it so new. Make you never want to go back to the old you.
I don't need it to be easy. I just want it to be worth it.
I don't like to stop. I believe you stop when you die.
We're here to live. We're here to do, we're here to be.
There's this thing that publishes pictures of people out and about. So when I go out, I do see pictures of myself. I don't know where those pictures come from - I mean, I don't see the cameras. But I guess I'm just not looking for them.