Lil Twist | |
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Christopher Lynn Moore[1] | |
Twizzy F. | |
Born | January 11, 1993 |
Origin | Dallas, Texas, United States |
Genres | Hip hop |
Rapper | |
2004-present | |
Labels | Young Money, Cash Money, Republic |
Lil Wayne, Khalil, Justin Bieber, Lil Chuckee, Chris Brown, Mishon, Birdman | |
Website | liltwist |
Christopher Lynn Moore (born January 11, 1993), known by his stage names Lil Twist and Twizzy F., is a rapper from Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas.[2] He is signed to Young Money Entertainment.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Lil Twist is from Dallas, Texas. He dropped out of high school after completing one year.[4]
When he was 12 years old, Lil Twist went to a Lil Wayne concert in Tyler, Texas and opened for Lil Wayne. Impressed, Cortez and Wayne flew Lil Twist to Atlanta to see how he was in a recording studio.[9]
He released his first single, "The Texas Twist", when he was 10 years old, which was #1 locally in Dallas for 6 straight weeks.[10]
He released mixtapes such as The Golden Child, and a single, "Love Affair" to build anticipation for his upcoming album, Bad Decisions.
He was featured in XXL hip hop magazine's "2011 Freshman Class". Since then, he has been featured as a guest artist on recordings by Bieber in "Twerk", "Wind It" and others, 2 Chainz in "Do What I Want" and with Miley Cyrus. His 2012 mixtape 3 Weeks in Miami is a collaboration with Khalil.[11]
Lil Twist has made guest appearances on Disney Channel's animated series Fish Hooks as the voice of Brandon Bubbler.
On April 11, 2017, Lil Twist dropped his mixtape, Young Carter.
On July 11, 2013, Lil Twist was arrested for DUI in Calabasas, California. He was driving Justin Bieber's Fisker Karma and was alleged to be going between 60 and 70 mph in a 30 mph zone.[12]
Lil Twist was arrested and charged with making criminal threats, burglary, grand theft, battery and 2 counts of assault with a deadly weapon in March 2015. This was after Twist and four others assaulted Disney actor Kyle Massey and Massey's brother, Christopher Massey. If convicted, Twist may face 25 years + in prison. [13]
On December 1st, Lil Twist pled no contest to 6 charges and received a 1 year sentence. According to TMZ, he does not have to start his sentence until February 3rd, 2017, and with good behavior he could be out in August after 6 months.[14]
Title | Album details |
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Bad Decisions[15] |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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US [16] |
US R&B [17] |
US Rap [18] |
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We Are Young Money[19] |
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9 | 3 | 1 | |||
Young Money: Rise of an Empire[20] |
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7 | 4 | 2 | |||
"--" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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Year Book[21] |
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Class President[22] |
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The Takeover[23] |
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The Golden Child[24] |
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3 Weeks in Miami[25] (with Khalil) |
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The Golden Child 2[26] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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US R&B [27] |
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"The Leak" (featuring Lil Wayne) |
2009 | 77 | Year Book | ||||
"Little Secret" (featuring Bow Wow) |
2010 | -- | Bad Decisions | ||||
"Love Affair" (featuring Lil Wayne) |
2011 | 87 | Class President | ||||
"New Money" (featuring Mishon) |
-- | Bad Decisions | |||||
"Turn't Up" (featuring Busta Rhymes) |
2012 | 88 | |||||
"Pyrex" (featuring Cory Gunz) |
2014 | -- | The Golden Child 2 | ||||
"Good Credit" (featuring Foolie Faime) |
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"--" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions[28] | Album | ||||
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US Bub [29] |
US R&B |
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"Popular" (Lil Wayne featuring Lil Twist) |
2010 | 13 | -- | I Am Not a Human Being | |||
"Hey Lil Mama" (Khalil featuring Lil Twist) |
2011 | -- | 111[A] | N/A | |||
"Go" (Chrystian featuring Lil Twist) |
2013 | -- | 110[A] | ||||
"--" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |