According to a Rolling Stone article Wayne says, 'It was my mom's gun,' Wayne told the magazine in 2008. He accidentally shot himself in chest with his stepfather gun, putting him on life support for two weeks. A year after signing the contract, Lil Wayne was caught in an incident that almost took his life. Ambitious, Wayne continued to call them until they took him under their wing and let him hang around the label's offices. Lil Wayne did not get a contract with Cash Money until he repeatedly left freestyles recording on Baby's answering machine.Īt the tender age of 11 years old, Lil Wayne at last got his shot to sign up with Cash Money, being the Records' youngest rapper. Though his free styling talent left strong impressions on the two tycoons, They were impressed enough with his skills to give him one of their business cards. Through the recording artist, Lil Wayne met the Cash Money Records moguls, Brian 'Baby' Williams and Ronald 'Slim' Williams.

His performance at one of the parties caught the attention of Lil Slim, a Cash Money rapper. Influenced by Cash Money Recording artists like Pimp Daddy and U.N.L.V., he began rapping at block parties.

Lil Wayne started rapping at the age of 8. By that time, Lil Wayne had begun to develop his interest in hip hop and rap music. Years later, his stepfather moved the family out from the poverty-stricken Hollygrove to East New Orleans. During that time, he and his mother were forced to survive by themselves in the criminal-infested community at Hollygrove division of New Orleans.įortunate enough, soon afterwards, his mother met Reginald 'Rabbit' McDonald, who eventually became his stepfather. on Septemin New Orleans, Louisiana to Dwayne Michael Turner and Jacinda Carter, who was then 19 years old, Lil Wayne was forced to bid goodbye to his father who abandoned him and his mother right after he was born. Despite his success in the music industry, Lil Wayne's childhood experiences, like many other rap and hip hop singers, were far from perfect.īorn as Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. His debut album, 'Tha Block is Hot' (1999), went double platinum upon its release and even his lowest selling album is still certified as gold upon the album release by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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