Early Career; Earning Cash Part 1

The career of a young rapper started very young. He was signed to Young Money’s label at age 11. He was joined with the group, “The B.G.’z”. Later, he joined “The Hot Boyz”. Wayne was growing up. The Hot Boyz made much success, but the group decided to break up. Wayne went solo and dropped the album, “The Block is Hot”, which made a lot of success in the rap world. The Carter's solo album "The Block is Hot" went gold. He was 17 years old when that album dropped. During 2000 through 2003, Lil Wayne made two more albums. The two albums are Lights Out and 500 Degreez. The second album “Lights Out” wasn’t very successful at all. People and various critics compared him to the members of Hot Boyz. They said his music lacked maturity. The lead singles on the album were "Get off the Corner" and "Shine", which featured the Hot Boyz. Near the release of the "Lights Out" album, Wayne recorded "#1 Stunna" with Juvenile. It went up to #24 on the Hot Rap Track charts. For his third album in the rap game, he created 500 degreez. It was a reference to Juvenile's recording 400 degreez. This album did not meet much success either. Its release was in 2002. The lead single was "Way of Life", which also failed to meet the success of previous singles. He went on to feature in “Neva Get Enuf” by 3LW. Although his albums didn’t reach much success, Wayne was still on his way.