Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne started as one of The Hot Boys, a short-lived all-star group, he eventually discovered that he was a successful solo artist. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (Lil Wayne) was born on September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, LA. He grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans. There he got to know Cash Money Records joining only as a teenager. Coming together with Juvenile, B.G., and Turk.

The Hot Boys were formed in 1997 and every youthful rapper lived in the same neighborhood. Each one of them spent several years making a name for themselves. Lil Wayne and Young Turk both rapped with a polished style that belied their age and inexperience. In 1997 they released their first album, Get It How You Live, on the then-independent Cash Money Records. The four rappers' entertaining and varied deliveries and original backing tracks separated their release from numerous similarly themed releases.