Gudda was born Carl Lilly on March 11, 1983 in San Jose, California. When he was still a baby he moved to New Orleans. He grew up in the 9th Ward, where he befriended Lil Wayne at the age of fifteen, who he met at a dice game. This was much before he had ever thought of rapping as a career. As he began to rap, Wayne would mentor and inspire him, and actually wrote Gudda\'s first rap. Together they formed the group Sqad Up with rappers Dizzy and Kidd Kidd. Throughout 2002 and 2003, Gudda was featured on the seven mixtapes that Sqad Up released over the time period.\n', '

Gudda Gudda would be one of the first artists signed to Wayne\'s Young Money Entertainment upon its officially founding in 2005. Gudda had been present the day Wayne had come up with the idea for Young Money. A short time later, Gudda would sign a deal with Cash Money Records and Republic Records. On May 26, 2009, Gudda released Certified a collaboration album with fellow rapper Lil Flip on Real Talk Entertainment. The album was met with generally positive reviews. On September 28, 2009, Gudda released his first official solo mixtape Guddaville, which featured guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Drake, Tyga, Lil Twist, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Shanell, Mack Maine, Lil Flip, Tity Boi, Bow Wow, and Ya Boy among others. He described the mixtapes theme to MTV saying, "I\'m taking people on a walk through my eyes. Every time you heard me been a group project. Guddaville is just me expressing how I feel about a lot of different things, taking you in my world."\n', '

Gudda was featured on Birdman\'s album Pricele$$ on the track "Hustle" and prominently featured on the Young Money group album We Are Young Money being featured on eight tracks, including the singles "Every Girl" and "BedRock." Both singles were hits, each peaking in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. He was also featured on the track "I Don\'t Like the Look of It" on Lil Wayne\'s album I Am Not a Human Being. On June 7, 2010, Gudda released the sequel to his first mixtape titled, Back 2 Guddaville. His second official mixtape featured guest appearances from Waka Flocka Flame, Mack Maine, Jay Rock, Lil Wayne, Vado, Ya Boy and Jae Millz, among others.\n', '

Return to Gudda Gudda Autograph Profile