He joined B.G., Juvenile, and Young Turk for another Fresh project, the teen hardcore rap group the Hot Boys, who released their debut album, Get It How U Live!, in 1997. Two years later, Cash Money would sign a distribution deal with the major label Universal. Mainstream distribution would help that yearвЂ™s Hot Boys album Guerrilla Warfare to reach the number one spot on BillboardвЂ™s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In 1998, Lil Wayne would appear on JuvenileвЂ™s hit single 'Back That Thing Up,вЂ™ or 'Back That Azz UpвЂ™ as it appeared on JuvieвЂ™s album 400 Degreez. Wayne would launch his solo career a year later with the album Tha Block Is Hot, featuring the hit single title track. It went double platinum but the rapper was still unknown to Middle America, since his hardcore rhymes and the rough Cash Money sound had not yet crossed over. His second album, Lights Out (2000), failed to match the success of its predecessor but it did go gold, and with an appearance on the Big TymersвЂ™ hit single вЂ™#1 Stunna,вЂ™ his audience was certainly growing. While Fresh was primarily responsible for launching his career, Wayne was now much closer to FreshвЂ™s fellow Big Tymer and Cash Money CEO Birdman. When Juvenile left the label, Wayne - or вЂBirdman Jr.вЂ™ as he was calling himself - showed his allegiance to his CEO by releasing an album with a title much hotter than JuvieвЂ™s breakthrough effort. 500 Degreez landed in 2002 and while it went gold, rumors began flying about Cash MoneyвЂ™s financial troubles and possible demise. The rest of the Hot Boys had defected and WayneвЂ™s planned 2003 album was scrapped, coming out instead as an underground mixtape called Da Drought.Wayne became enamored with the mixtape world after Da Drought drew so much attention from the hip-hop press. He used these underground releases to drum up anticipation for his next official album, the breakthrough effort Tha Carter.

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