Raised as an only child, Dwayne Micheal Carter Jr or more commonly known as Lil Wayne, was born on September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Carter's mother was only 19 when he was born. He was raised by his mother and father until his father abandoned them when Dwayne Jr. was only two years old. After being abandoned by his biological father, his mother was forced to care for him alone and survive in the crime-infested community of Holly Grove, New Orleans. Even though he divorced his mother and remarried, his father forced them to live with his own mother and came to regularly abuse Lil Wayne's mother. This situation lasted for three years until Lil Wayne's mother remarried and moved to another location. part of the city. Growing up, he did very well in school. He was actually enrolled in his school's gifted program at one point and received top grades. He got into music at a very young age and wrote his first rap song at the age of eight. Lil Wayne had the drive to be the best and succeed in his profession since his debut. At the age of nine, he was challenging others twice his age to rap. He regularly went to parties or neighborhood events to rap and most of the time he was better than any adult he competed against. As evidenced by this, at the age of nine, he began to attract the attention of one of the two co-founders of his future label, Slim Williams. From Slim, he then received the phone number of another co-founder, Bryan Williams, and what he did with it next really caught Bryan's attention. He continually called this number, leaving rap songs on Williams' voicemail until he agreed to meet him in person ... middle of paper ... as he had a short but unique life and managed to push himself to achieve the success he always believed he was capable of. Like any other individual's life, he surely had his ups and downs, like everyone else. From the first half of his life, his father abandoned him and continued to beat his mother, he started using and selling drugs, accidentally committed suicide and even had a daughter. The second half was less eventful than the first. Since his first child, he has had three more, picked up a few other drug habits, been to prison, got his GED, and has become worth over $100 million. With the many different aspects of his personality and behavior, many different theories from various theorists can be applied to him. Works Cited Schultz, D. and Schults, S. (2012). Personality theories. (10 ed.). Wadsworth Publishing Company.