Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne is an American hip hop recording artist who has released ten studio albums, a collaborative album, one remix album, twenty-five mixtapes, one-hundred forty seven singles, seventeen promotional singles and one-hundred one music videos.

He began his career with B.G. to form the duo The B.G.'z in 1995. In 1997, he joined the group Hot Boys and they would release three albums.

Lil Wayne made his solo debut in 1999 with Tha Block Is Hot, which went platinum and featured the singles "Tha Block Is Hot", "Respect Us", and "Get Off the Corner". In 2000, he released Lights Out followed by 500 Degreez in 2002. In 2003, Lil Wayne began recording a series of mixtapes that led up to his 2004 album Tha Carter which included "Go D.J.". Lil Wayne also made a guest performance on "Soldier" by Destiny's Child. In 2005, Tha Carter II came out with the singles "Fireman", "Hustler Muzik", and "Shooter".

Lil Wayne released collaborative album Like Father, Like Son in 2006 with Birdman which album included the single "Stuntin' Like My Daddy". In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne focused on recording mixtapes, including the Dedication series hosted by DJ Drama and Da Drought 3, and guest performances for other artists.

In 2008, Lil Wayne released Tha Carter III which featured the number-one single "Lollipop" as well as "A Milli", "Got Money", and "Mrs. Officer". Tha Carter III won the Best Rap Album award at the 2009 Grammy Awards, "Lollipop" won the Best Rap Song award, and "A Milli" won the Best Rap Solo Performance Award.

Lil Wayne founded record label Young Money Entertainment and released a collaborative album featuring rappers signed to the label, We Are Young Money, in 2009, followed by his debut rock music album Rebirth in 2010. While serving an 8-month prison sentence in New York, he released I Am Not a Human Being in September 2010.

His latest album, Tha Carter IV was released in August 2011 and includes the singles "6 Foot 7 Foot", "John", "How to Love" and "She Will" featuring Drake.