The Carter

Lil Wayne's first album that was released was called "The Carter". This is what helped pave his way to fame. The Carter was released in 2004. It was a sensation! Everyone loved it. One of the most popular songs he had was called "Go DJ". This song was a hit. It was in the ranked top 5 in the R&B/rap category!! That is sooo impressive coming from a new guy. His video for the song "Go DJ" is very entertaining and fun. It is one of my favorite videos of him...

Watching this video makes me laugh. It is right at the start of his career... sooo he doesn't have that many tattoos and his hair is sooo short! I think he is definitely more attractive today than when he was younger!

The Start of Lil Wayne

Dwayne Carter, better known as Lil Wayne, found himself rapping at an early age. He was born into an extremely poor family in New Orleans. Early in his childhood his family left his mother and him to live on their own. I bet know that he is famous, his dad regrets doing that. He began rapping at the age eight. This to me is pretty impressive because if you think back, at age eight we were learning in school how to write sentences. It turns out that he was good at writing songs because a couple years later he signed with Young Money Records. I believe he is the youngest member to have joined this group. It is so crazy how people can go from being so poor they have nothing to becoming famous. I love it! As much as I like and admire Lil Wayne.. I have to say he is not the brightest of them all. In his early years he decided it might be fun to play with a gun and accidentally shot himself. He had to be taken to the hospital. I am not sure why his parents did not teach him that he is not supposed to play with guns, I figured this was common sense. Even though he is so famous today, he never got the chance to finish high school. His career took off when he was still in high school and had to pick what he loved more. I proably would have picked fame and fortune too!