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Lil Wyte
Lanshaw performing at the Beale Street Music Festival in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Patrick Dhane Lanshaw
Also known as	Boss Wyte
Born	(1982-10-06) October 6, 1982 (age 42) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Asylum Hypnotize Minds Wyte Phixieous
Website	www.wytestore.com

Patrick Dhane Lanshaw (born October 6, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wyte, is an American rapper. He is a member of the rap collective Hypnotize Minds and owner of the independent label Wyte Music.

Early life

Growing up in Frayser, Lil Wyte discovered his rapping talent at a young age as he could rap Sir Mix-a-Lot's entire song "Baby Got Back" completely. He participated in freestyle battles at high school when he was in ninth grade. Lanshaw rapped with his friend "Lil Black", who inspired him to use the pseudonym "Lil Wyte" and write songs instead of freestyling.

Lanshaw dropped out of high school, but eventually earned his high school diploma.

Music career

Lil Wyte was part of a local rap group, the Shelby Forest Click.

The group's home-made demo tape came to the attention of Three 6 Mafia. Juicy J and DJ Paul (one song in particular is said to have gotten him signed, a song titled Memphiz Playaz). Three 6 Mafia signed the rapper and worked later with his debut album. Lil Wyte appeared on Project Pat's song "Crash da Club" from his album Layin' da Smack Down in 2002. His debut album Doubt Me Now was released in 2003 and it became popular, selling over 135,000 copies without promotion. The album Doubt Me Now featured Juvenile, Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy, La Chat and Josey Scott. The album had three popular songs: "Oxy Cotton", "My Smoking Song", and "Acid".

He has been described as a rapid lyricist.

Personal life

Lil Wyte passed up the opportunity of writing the song "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp", because he could not relate to the lyrics of having more than one woman.

Lil Wyte used three strains of marijuana to create his own strain of medical cannabis called OG WYTE Kush. It's available in 11 states. The three original strains are Og Kush, White Widow and Grand Daddy Purp.

In 2012 he was arrested in Clarksville, Tennessee, for DUI and drug possession.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

• 2008: Cocaine & Kush
• 2009: Cocaine Kush 2 (Love, Hate, Betrayal)
• 2009: Wyte Christmas
• 2010: Wyte Christmas 2 (Let It SNO)
• 2011: Wyte Christmas 3
• 2012: Wyte Out
• 2012: Wyte Boyz Wasted (with Barzz & J.P)
• 2013: Wyte Out Pt. 2
• 2013: July 16 (with JellyRoll)
• 2013: Wyte Christmas 4
• 2014: Wyte Lytes (with DJ Hylyte)
• 2016: Wyte Christmas 6 (with DJ Ritz)
• Date unknown: House full of guns

Singles

Guest appearances

References

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8. "Lil Wyte To Be no one And Only On June 5th". Hip Hop Reaction. May 21, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
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11. "The Commercial Appeal - Memphis Breaking News and Sports". Commercialappeal.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
12. "Lil Wyte Chart History". Billboard 200. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
13. "Lil Wyte Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
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17. "Drugs by Lil Wyte on Apple Music". iTunes. May 12, 2017.
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19. ^ "King Killumbia". Kingkillumbia.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Talkin' Ain't Walkin' | Lil Wyte

• 1982 births
• Living people
• American crunk musicians
• American male rappers
• American music industry executives
• Asylum Records artists
• Businesspeople from Tennessee
• Horrorcore artists
• Rappers from Memphis, Tennessee
• Southern hip hop musicians
• Underground rappers
• 21st-century American rappers
• 21st-century American male musicians