Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: After his hit debut album `` Tha Block Is Hot '' and two albums released with little promotion , Lil Wayne reached higher popularity with 2004 's Tha Carter and its two subsequent albums Tha Carter II ( 2005 ) and Tha Carter III ( 2008 ) .
Simplified: In 2005 , the sequel to Tha Carter , Tha Carter II , was released .