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

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Lil Twist, is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. He is signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment.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 Lil Wayne concert in Tyler, Texas and opened for Lil Wayne. Impressed, Cortez and Wayne flew Lil Twist to Atlanta 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 Miley Cyrus. 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 '' Fish Hooks'' 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

DUI Driving under the influence (DUI)—also called driving while impaired, impaired driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating under the influence (OUI), operating vehicle under the infl ...

in Calabasas, California. He was driving Justin Bieber's Fisker Karma 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 and Massey's brother, Christopher Massey. 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

Compilation albums

Mixtapes

Singles

;As lead artist

Other charted songs

*A. Charted only on the

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or Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. *B. "YM Salute" did not chart on the Hot Rap Songs chart but reached #41 on the Rap Digital Songs chart.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lil Twist African-American male rappers Living people 1993 births Place of birth missing (living people) Cash Money Records artists Young Money Entertainment artists Rappers from Dallas People from Oak Cliff, Texas 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century African-American musicians