1. Lil Wayne is often regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, as well as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
53 Facts About Lil Wayne
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Lil Wayne emerged as the label's flagship artist until his departure in June 2018.
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Lil Wayne has won five Grammy Awards, eleven BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards and eight NAACP Image Awards.
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Lil Wayne's parents divorced when he was two and his father permanently abandoned the family.
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Lil Wayne later attended Eleanor McMain Secondary School for two years, where he was an honor student and a member of the drama club, playing the Tin Man in the school's production of The Wiz.
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Lil Wayne initially planned to release The Leak, a separate album with leaked songs and four additional tracks, on December18,2007, with Tha Carter III delayed to March18,2008.
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In October 2008, Lil Wayne announced plans to MTV News to re-release the album with new tracks, including a duet with Ludacris and remixes of "A Milli".
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Lil Wayne performed at the Virgin Mobile Music Fest with Kanye West, where they performed the remix of "Lollipop" and lip-synced to Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".
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Lil Wayne performed at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards with Kid Rock, Leona Lewis and T-Pain and performed "Lollipop" and "Got Money" on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live.
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Lil Wayne later performed at the homecoming rally at Vanderbilt University and the 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards, where he received 12 nominations.
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Lil Wayne won eight awards at the BET Hip Hop Awards, one of which included the "MVP" title.
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Lil Wayne was then named the first MTV Man of the Year at the end of 2008.
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Lil Wayne was featured on a Weezer song, "Can't Stop Partying", on Raditude.
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Lil Wayne later announced that it would be released in late 2009 before the holiday season.
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Tha Carter IV was delayed into 2011, after Lil Wayne began recording from scratch after his release from prison.
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Lil Wayne described his first song since his release as "a 2010 version of A Milli on steroids".
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Carter and Drake embarked on their joint tour, Drake vs Lil Wayne, determining who is "the best rapper on tour and in the world".
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Lil Wayne announced plans on his own TIDAL X concert series.
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On February2,2020, Lil Wayne competed in season three of The Masked Singer after the Super Bowl LIV as "Robot".
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On November27,2020, Lil Wayne released the mixtape, No Ceilings 3, while announcing the album, I Am Not a Human Being III, for 2021, although it would not be released that year due to delays.
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On March31,2023, Lil Wayne dropped his first ever greatest hits album titled I Am Music.
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Lil Wayne released a single titled "Kat Food" on September1,2023.
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On November3,2023, Lil Wayne was featured on the remix to Ciara and Chris Brown's single "How We Roll".
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On February 6,2025, during an advert for Cetaphil, Lil Wayne announced that Tha Carter VI would be released on June 6,2025.
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Lil Wayne pulled inspiration from Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up" for his 2011 single "How to Love".
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Lil Wayne speaking Andre 3000 creative and intuitive flow and how inspired by own style this mindset.
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Lil Wayne is claimed to be "one of the most influential artists in the 21st century" and is many times called as "the greatest rapper of his generation", as well as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
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Lil Wayne's lyrics have been criticized for their controversial subject matter.
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Lil Wayne's first child, daughter Reginae, was born November29,1998, when he was 16, to his high school sweetheart and later ex-wife Toya Johnson.
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Lil Wayne's second child, son Dwayne III, was born on October22,2008, at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati to former radio personality Sarah Vivan.
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Lil Wayne's third child, son Cameron, was born to actress Lauren London on September9,2009.
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Lil Wayne's fourth child, son Neal, was born on November30,2009, to singer Nivea.
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Lil Wayne dated model Karrine Steffans from 2007 to 2014.
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Lil Wayne entered into an intimate relationship with glamour model Tammy Torres from 2009 to 2010.
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Lil Wayne was engaged to model La'Tecia Thomas but called off the engagement in May 2020.
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Lil Wayne's tattoos have grown to include a Jay-Z verse on his leg, "I Am Music" on his forehead and teardrops on his cheeks among many others.
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Lil Wayne dropped out in the same year due to his conflicting schedule.
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Lil Wayne stated on The View that he switched to the University of Phoenix and majored in psychology taking online courses.
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Lil Wayne currently represents Seth Roberts, Corey Nelson, Jordan Evans, Malik Jefferson, Erik Harris, Quinnen Williams, as well as NCAA coaches, and two former No 1 Pro Softball draft picks.
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Lil Wayne was transferred to a local hospital upon arrival.
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Lil Wayne's publicist denied this, saying that he was in fact treated for "a severe migraine and dehydration".
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Lil Wayne's representative said that the reports of Carter's condition had been exaggerated, and that he was resting at his Louisiana home.
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Lil Wayne's plane was only two minutes in the air when the second seizure occurred, forcing the plane to land in Omaha .
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Lil Wayne released a second version of the song in 2021, which was requested by the Packers, and updated with the current roster.
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Lil Wayne was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana.
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Lil Wayne was granted permission to travel outside of the state and remain out of custody on the $10,185 bond he posted.
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Lil Wayne was due for sentencing in February 2010 and was expected to receive a one-year county jail sentence, but on February9,2010, Carter's attorney announced that the sentencing was delayed until March2 due to dental surgery, which was performed on February16.
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Lil Wayne's lawyer said the rapper expected to be held in protective custody, separated from other prisoners.
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Lil Wayne was pardoned by US President Donald Trump on January19,2021, his last full day in office.
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In November 2012, Lil Wayne was ordered to pay Quincy Jones III $2.2 million based on a lawsuit which stated that the rapper blocked the release of Jones's film The Carter, therefore infringing on its profits.
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In 2006, Lil Wayne felt the Clipse song "Mr Me Too" was directed at him which caused more tension between the two.
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Lil Wayne quickly responded on online social networking service Twitter and later released a diss track titled "Goulish".
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Lil Wayne says the purpose of the flag was to show that "behind the American Flag was the Hoods of America".