27 Things You Never Knew About Lil Wayne

1. When he was 8, Lil Wayne formed his first crew, K.W.A. — Kids With Attitude. He signed his first recording contract when he was 11 years old, as part of the rapping duo “The B.G.’z.”
2. Lil Wayne survived two shootings. The first was self-inflicted — a wound to the chest when he was playing with a gun in the mirror at the age of 12. The second was from a disgruntled groupie refused entry onto his tour bus in 2001.
3. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the hip-hop group Hot Boys, which included rappers Juvenile, B.G.’z collaborator B.G., and Turk. Their album, Guerrilla Warfare, nabbed the number one spot on the hip-hop Billboard chart in 1998.
4. When he was 12, Lil Wayne played the part of the Tin Man in a school production of The Wiz.
5. Lil Wayne has four children, Neal, Samuel Lenox Ari, Dwayne III, and Reginae. His oldest, Reginae, was born when Wayne was just 15 years old.
6. Wayne dropped the “D” from his name because, as he told Katie Couric, “I’m a junior and my father is living and he’s not in my life and he’s never been in my life. So I don’t want to be Dwayne, I’d rather be Wayne.”
 7.He went by the names Shrimp Daddy and Baby D before Lil Wayne. 

8.His first tattoo was his stepfather Rabbit's name. He got it at 14 when he died.
9.His second tattoo was "Cash Money," which he got across his stomach because he "wanted to be like 2Pac."
10.He and Bird man planned to shoot a film for their collaborative album Like Father, Like Son.
12.He attended classes on campus at the University of Houston, where he majored in Psychology.
13.He switched to online classes at the University of Phoenix because of his hectic schedule.
14.He once planned to score a film for fling Karrine "Superhead" Steffans.
15.He once had to scrub graffiti off of Birdman's house in New Orleans.
16.He says that Nirvana is his favorite band.
17.He goes by Wayne instead of his birth name, Dwayne, to disassociate himself from his father, who has the same name.
18.He's said that his favorite guest verse of his own is on Destiny Child's "Soldier."
19.He was into drama and theater at a young age, appearing in a school production of The Wiz.
20.He dropped out of school at 14.
21.He says that his mom made him drop out when she saw him putting a gun in his backpack.
22.He planned to re-release Tha Carter III as Tha Carter III: The Rebirth before making Rebirth a separate project.
22.Soul legend Betty Wright suggested singers for him to sign when he was president of Cash Money.
23.He told the women of The View that his diamond grill doubles as braces.
24.He says that he stopped listening to other artists' music after Jay-Z's The Black Album.
25.His mom encouraged him to have a daughter at 15 because she was lonely while he was on tour with Cash Money.
26.He's had one tattoo teardrop removed, at his mother's request.
27.When his Cash Money contract expired in 2006, he almost signed a new deal with Jay-Z's Rocafella for a rumored $5 million.

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American hip hop recording artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. 

• Born: September 27, 1982 (age 31), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Nationality: United States of America
• Height: 5' 6" (1.68m)
• Spouse: Antonia Wright (m. 2004-2006)
• Partner: Nivea
• Parents: Jacida Carter, Dwayne Michael Turner
• Children: Cameron Carter, Neal Carter, Reginae Carter, Dwayne Carter III  (Courtesy Of Wikipedia)