Let 'Em Burn, a compilation album of unreleased tracks recorded during 19, came out in 2003, several years after the group disbanded.
5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Carter was also featured on Juvenile's single " Back That Azz Up", which reached No. During their career, the Hot Boys had two charting singles, " We on Fire" from Get It How U Live! and "I Need a Hot Girl" from Guerrilla Warfare. 1 on the Billboard magazine Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. Hot Boys' debut album Get It How U Live! was released the same year, followed in 1999 by the group's major-label debut Guerrilla Warfare, which reached No. At age 15, Carter was the youngest member at that time. Music career 1997–99: Hot BoysIn 1997, Carter joined the Hot Boys along with rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Turk. At McMain Magnet School, Carter was an honor student, but he dropped out at the age of 14 to focus on a musical career. At age 13, he accidentally shot himself with a 9 mm handgun, and off-duty police officer Robert Hoobler drove him to the hospital. When he was 12, he played the part of the Tin Man in his middle school drama club's production of The Wiz. He also recorded his first ever collaboration album True Story with rapper B.G. Carter recorded freestyle raps on Williams's answering machine, leading him to mentor the young Carter and include him in Cash Money-distributed songs. In the summer of 1991, he met Bryan Williams, rapper and owner of Cash Money Records. He wrote his first rap song at age eight. Carter enrolled in the gifted program of Lafayette Elementary School and in the drama club of Eleanor McMain Secondary School. His parents were divorced when he was 2, and his father permanently abandoned the family. Carter was born when his mother, a chef, was 19 years old. and grew up in the Hollygrove neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lil Wayne was born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.