Lil Twist (Christopher Lynn Moore) is an American rapper and hip-hop artist
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Lil Twist (Christopher Lynn Moore) is an American rapper and hip-hop artist
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Lil Twist was born as Christopher Lynn Moore on 11 January, 1993 in Dallas, Texas, United States of America. Initially, he was known as Twizzy F and later adopted the stage name, Lil Twist. He has a younger brother, who goes by the stage name of Lil Za, and a younger sister named Crystal.
He was not interested in studies and hence dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of becoming a rapper. He started rapping at the age of seven and performed at local venues in Dallas, along with his friends.
He was arrested for over speeding at the age of 10 when he was intercepted while driving Justin Bieber’s sports car.
Lil Twist attended rapper Lil Wayne’s concert in Tyler where he impressed Wayne and Cortez with his performance in one of the openings. They thenflew him down to Atlanta for an audition,and he once again impressed everyone with his unique style.
He first gained recognition as a member of Lil Wayne’s ‘Young Money’ rap group and then worked his way to release his first solo album, ‘Don’t Get it Twisted’, in 2013. During this period, he toured with Lil Wayne and gained first-hand experience of organizing concerts.
His debut single, ‘The Texas Twist’, was released when he was 10 years old. The song held on to the number one position on local Dallas charts for six weeks.
He followed it up witha mixtape titled ‘The Golden Child’ which was a prelude to his debut studio album, ‘Bad Decisions’. His studio album was released under the label,Young Money Entertainment.
His compilation albums ‘We Are Young Money’ and ‘Young Money: Rise of an Empire’ were released in December 2009 and March 2014 respectively. They too, werereleased under the label,Young Money Entertainment. ‘We Are Young Money’ reached the number one spot in the US rap charts.
He has released a number of mixed tapes,including ‘Year Book’ (2009), ‘Class President’ (2009), ‘The Takeover’ (2010) and ‘3 Weeks in Miami’ (2012).
He has collaborated with rappers like Lil Wayne, Bow Wow, Mishon and Cory Gunz to come up withpopular singleslike ‘The Leak’ (2009), ‘Little Secret’ (2010), ‘Love Affair’ (2011), ‘New Money’ (2011), ‘Turn’t Up’ (2012), ‘Pyrex’ (2014) and ‘Good Credit’ (2014).