American producer, rapper and music business executive Lil Wayne has a net value of $170 million. The artist has accumulated many names throughout his career, including Birdman Jr., Young Tune, Dr. Carter, Weezyana, Tunechi, and many more. Whatever you call him it's evident that he's had a hugely successful career. He's sold over 100 million records worldwide and won numerous awards and even surpassed Elvis Presley for having the most entries on the Billboard Top 100. His status as one of the most successful musical performers of all time gave Wayne the opportunity to create his own music label Young Money Entertainment. At age nine when he was signed by Cash Money Records. After performing with The B.G. 'z, then later with the Hot Boys, he branched out on himself, releasing his first solo album "The Block Is Hot", in 1999. The album went Platinum and ushered in an extremely lucrative solo rap career that has grown. The album, "Tha Carter IV" came out in the summer of 2011, and has sold 3.5 million copies.
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