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Lil Wayne was born on the 27th of September 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, in the city's 17th Ward, which he has described as an impoverished area.
Lil Wayne was eleven years old when he signed with Cash Money Records in 1993, after being discovered and mentored by label co-founder Birdman, whom he had met in the summer of 1991.
Tha Carter III sold over one million copies domestically in its first week after its release on the 10th of June 2008. It was the first album to reach that first-week figure since 50 Cent's The Massacre in 2005 and went on to become the best-selling record of 2008.
Tha Carter III won four Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album. Lil Wayne also won Best Rap Song for "Lollipop" and Best Rap Solo Performance for "A Milli" at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.
Lil Wayne has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, including more than 25 million albums and 95 million digital tracks in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists.
On the 27th of September 2012, Lil Wayne became the first male artist to surpass Elvis Presley's record for the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching 109 songs charted.