Released in September 2011, Wayne's ninth studio album Tha Carter IV featured the Hot 100 top ten hits " 6 Foot 7 Foot", " How to Love" and " She Will". " Right Above It", featuring Young Money Entertainment signee Drake, became a top ten hit. įollowing a nine-month prison sentence for criminal possession of a weapon, Wayne returned to the music business with the release of the album I Am Not a Human Being in September 2010. During this period, he also guested on a number of top ten hits, including T-Pain's " Can't Believe It", Kevin Rudolf's " Let It Rock", Jay-Z and T.I.'s " Swagga like Us" and Jay Sean's " Down", the latter of which gave Wayne his second number-one single on the Hot 100. Wayne's rap rock album Rebirth was released in early 2010 and featured four singles. Officer" all hit the top 20 on the Hot 100 and attained platinum certifications from the RIAA. " Lollipop" became Wayne's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified five times platinum by the RIAA. Wayne's critically acclaimed and commercially successful album Tha Carter III, released in June 2008, produced several hit singles. The album Like Father, Like Son, a collaboration with rapper Birdman, featured four singles – " Stuntin' Like My Daddy", " Leather So Soft", "Know What I'm Doin'" and "You Ain't Know" – all of which entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Tha Carter II followed in December 2005 and produced the platinum-certified singles " Fireman" and " Hustler Musik", which peaked at numbers 32 and 87 respectively on the Hot 100. Lil Wayne's fourth studio album Tha Carter featured the single " Go D.J.", which gave Wayne his first top 20 hit on the Hot 100 as a lead artist and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2004, Wayne was featured on the single " Soldier" by American girl group Destiny's Child, which became his first top ten hit on the Hot 100 and enjoyed commercial success internationally. " Way of Life", the lead single from Wayne's third studio album 500 Degreez, peaked at number 71 on the Hot 100 and became a top 20 hit on the Hot Rap Songs chart. Lights Out followed in December 2000 and produced the singles "Get Off the Corner", "Everything" and "Shine". and Juvenile, reached number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its title track and lead single, which features B.G. Wayne later released his debut solo studio album Tha Block Is Hot in November 1999. Lil Wayne attained his first singles chart entry in 1999 as a featured artist on Hot Boys member Juvenile's single " Back That Azz Up", which peaked at number 19 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and became a top ten hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. Lil Wayne performing in Long Island, New York in 2011Īmerican rapper Lil Wayne has released 284 singles including 19 promotional singles.