A living legend, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known as “Lil Wayne”, was born on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wayne grew up in a town called Hollygrove, one of the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans(Wikipedia.com). Wayne has been creating music since he was a child, he started rapping at the age of eight and he joined Cash Money Records at just nine years old. Wayne met Bryan and Slim Williams, founders of Cash Money Records, who gave him their business card and Wayne left voicemails of himself freestyling for them to listen to(Wikipedia.com). Being the young, ambitious rapper he was he never stopped contacting them and finally, he became apart of Cash Money Records and joined the group The Hot Boys. His first recording with them was labeled True Stories in 1993(Wikipedia.com). “Carter's debut solo album Tha Block Is Hot was released when he was 17 It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the RIAA”(Wikipedia.com). Other than having his fun in the studios, Wayne was not living a very good life. He sold crack for a short time being, accidentally shot himself in the chest when he was 12 years old, and many more dangerous things happened to him as a child. In an article in Rolling Stones, Lil Wayne …show more content…
“At McMain Magnet School, Carter was an honors student, but he dropped out at the age of 14 to focus on a musical career”(Wikipedia.com). In the beginning of his career as a part of the Hot Boys, Wayne and the rest of his crew put out their first album named Get It How U Live in 1997 that sold over four hundred thousand copies. Wayne started his solo career by putting out The Block Is Hot in 1999, which was a huge hit and the album eventually reached the top of hip-hop charts. After producing so much music, Wayne decided he wanted to make underground mixtapes instead
In the same year, he also starred in the film ‘Carlito's Way: Rise to Power’. On 17 October, 2006 Diddy released his first album ‘Press Play’ in four years, on the Bad Boy Records label. The album became so popular that it peaked to number one on the U.S Billboard Top 100 chart. Both of his singles “Last Night” and "Come to Me" reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Christopher Jefferson R. Woodson Music Appreciation 11 December 2015 Final Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Michael Carter, Jr. was born September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, LA. He was born in a city known for its jazz, swing, and blues music. He began rapping at 8. Dwayne was signed to a record label Cash Money.
The two characters I chose to write about are Lil Ze and Benny because they were like brothers in the movie, they did everything together. They robbed motels, trucks, eliminated competition for their drug business, but was also very different from each other; For example, Benny was super chill and wanted nothing but simply to help out people in need, however, Lil Ze wanted to conquer the land and everybody in it. So, he went around every drug dealers area and killed them individually to let the people know that there is a new boss in town. Lil Ze was raised in a poor community where his family didn’t have much. The environment around him wasn’t that good
He preferred people to call him by his street name, Jay-Roc. "I 'd rather call you Matt, as an abbreviation," Jay-Roc said. "No need for anybody to be called by their government name," Jay-Roc joked having a dry sense of humor. He revealed a half-way smile not wanting to show off his teeth, at least to not just anybody. He had a front tooth missing.
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. His career began in 1995, at 12, when rapper Birdman signed him, joining Cash Money Records as the youngest label member. From then on, Wayne was the flagship artist of Cash Money Records before ending his association with the company in June 2018. Regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation by XXL, he has often been cited as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
On March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was born to John Wayne Gacy, Sr. and Marion Elaine Robinson as the second of three children. Gacy was very close to his mother and sisters as a child, but had a very troubled relationship with his alcoholic father because he was abusive. He was struck in the head when he was 11, forming a blood clot that caused him to suffer blackouts beginning when he was 16. Other than the issues with his father and the blood clot, John Wayne Gacy lived a seemingly normal childhood. He attended four high schools in four years, eventually dropping out and moving to Las Vegas.
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Since its creation in 2013, Cash Mobb has been nothing short of amazing. Hailing from Warren, OH the duo (S.T.OH Tha Kidd & Young Cap) has produced nothing but quality music since day one. With their rhythmic yet gritty style of rap, this duo has set quite the stage for themselves getting their music in front of a plethora of hip hop enthusiast as well as landing several magazine placements. Some of their more notable contacts and supporters include producers such as K.E. On The Track, SM Tracks, and M Stacks, as well as A&Rs such as Alaska Gedeon, Lindsey Williams, and many more.