Christopher Lynn Moore (born January 11, 1993), better known by his

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Lil Twist, is an American rapper from

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. He signed to

Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He is often regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, as well as one of the greatest rappers of all ...

Young Money Entertainment Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne in 2005. It was launched as an imprint of Cash Money Records — a joint venture colloquially branded as Young Money Cash Money Billionaires (abbreviated as YMCMB ...

, an imprint of

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in 2010.Lil Twist officially inks deal with Lil Waynes Young Money label
Ballerstatus.com. March 22, 2010.The Glimmering Future of Lil Twist – Page 1 – Music – Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach – New Times Broward-Palm Beach
Browardpalmbeach.com (March 31, 2011). Retrieved on March 2, 2014.

Career

Lil Twist is from Dallas, Texas. He dropped out of high school after completing one year. When he was 12 years old, Lil Twist went to a

concert in

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and opened for

. Impressed, Wayne flew Lil Twist to

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to see how he was in a recording studio.History in the Making: Lil Twist
. Play.converse.com. June 29, 2011. He released his first single, "The Texas Twist", when he was 10 years old, which was #1 locally in Dallas for 6 straight weeks.XXL Freshmen: Lil Twist
Xxlmag.com. 2011. He released

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s such as ''The Golden Child'', and a single, "Love Affair" to build anticipation for his planned but never released album, ''Bad Decisions''. He was featured in '' XXL'' hip hop magazine's "2011 Freshman Class". Since then, he has been featured as a guest artist on recordings by Bieber in "Twerk", "Wind It" and others,

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in "Do What I Want" and with

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. His 2012

''3 Weeks in Miami'' is a collaboration with Khalil. Lil Twist has made guest appearances on

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's animated series ''

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'' as the voice of Brandon Bubbler. On April 11, 2017, Lil Twist dropped his mixtape, Young Carter.

Personal life

On July 11, 2013, Lil Twist was arrested for

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. He was driving

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and was alleged to be going between 60 and 70 mph in a 30 mph zone. Lil Twist was arrested and charged with making criminal threats, burglary, grand theft, battery and 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon in March 2015. This was after Twist and four others assaulted Disney actor

Kyle Massey Kyle Orlando Massey (born August 28, 1991), also known mononymously as Massey, is an American former actor and rapper. He starred in the Disney Channel sitcoms ''That's So Raven'' and its spin-off ''Cory in the House'', in which he played Cory ...

and Massey's brother,

Christopher Massey Christopher Michael Massey (born January 26, 1990) is an American rapper and actor, best known for his role as Michael Barret on the Nickelodeon television series ''Zoey 101'' (2005–2008) and ''Zoey 102'' (2023). Career Massey started his a ...

. On December 1, 2016, Lil Twist pleaded no contest to six charges and received a one-year sentence. He was released from prison in March 2017 after serving seven and one-half weeks of his sentence.

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

Mixtapes

Singles

;As lead artist

Other charted songs

*A. Charted only on the

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Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 po ...

charts. *B. "YM Salute" did not chart on the

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chart but reached #41 on the Rap Digital Songs chart.

References

External links

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