Lil Wayne started rapping when he was only 8 years old. He later met Bryan and Slim Williams, aka Birdman and Slim, founders of Cash Money Records. They took Wayne under their wing and put him on a few early Cash Money Records. He appeared on the album True Stories in 1995 when he was just 12 years old, as one half of the duo the B.Gz. At the time Wayne was rapping under the name Baby D and the other rapper in the group was Lil Dougie, who later became BG. After being featured on several other Cash Money songs, Wayne eventually joined the Hot Boys at 14 and dropped out of high school to pursue a career as a rapper.