Their next effort, Guerilla Warfare (1999) did even better, eventually selling more than 1 million copies. Their debut album, Get It How U Live, sold more than 400,000 copies. The group was made up of several of Cash Money's rising Straight through, and I bounced back in two weeks."Īs part of the Hot Boys, Wayne got his first taste of He sold crackįor a time, and accidentally shot himself in the chest, according to anĪrticle in Rolling Stone. Away from the studios, he was living dangerously. (1993), performing with another skilled rapper B.G. Lil Wayne's first recording for Cash Money Records was True Stories Their wings and let him hang around the label's offices. Ambitious, Wayne kept calling them until they took him under Impressed enough with his skills to give him one of their businessĬards. He later met brothersīryan and Slim Williams, the founders of Cash Money Records, who were He grew up in Hollygrove, one of New Orleans's poorestĪt the age of eight, Wayne started rapping. Talented rappers, Lil Wayne has been creating rhymes since he was aĬhild. September 27, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Studio album releases, and as such has had big radio hits like "A Milli"Īnd "Lollipop," appeared on songs by Destiny's Child, Chris Brown and Erykah Badu, and won several Grammys. He parlayed mix tape buzz to multi-platinum sales for his initially joined the teen rap group The Hot Boys as Lil Wayne before Born on Septemin New Orleans, Louisiana, Dwayne M.
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