Short answers, pulled from the story.
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was born on the 27th of September 1982 in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans. His mother gave birth to him at the age of 19, and his father abandoned the family when Dwayne was only two years old.
In 1994, at the age of 12, Lil Wayne suffered a near-fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He later revealed in 2018 that the incident was a suicide attempt triggered by his mother's ultimatum to end his rap-related associations.
Tha Carter III was finally released on the 10th of June 2008 with first-week sales of over 1 million copies. The album went on to win four Grammy Awards and was certified two times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on the 14th of July 2008.
Lil Wayne was arrested on the 22nd of July 2007 in New York City following a performance at the Beacon Theatre where police discovered a .40 caliber pistol near his person. He was released from Rikers Island Jail on the 4th of November 2010 after serving eight months of his one-year sentence.
In March 2013, Lil Wayne experienced seizures while on a music video set and was admitted to the intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in critical condition. He was released from the hospital late on the 18th of March following a six-day stay after doctors determined the seizures were an ongoing problem with no identified cause.
Lil Wayne has sold over 120 million records worldwide, including over 25 million albums and 95 million digital tracks in the U.S. In November 2024, during the Lil WeezyAna Fest, he received a Key to the City from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.