Lil Wayne is an American rapper, actor, and entrepreneur born in 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He dropped out of the University of Houston but has had a successful music career, winning several awards including Grammys. He is considered a pioneer of hip hop and will be remembered as a legend. Ellen Hopkins is an American writer born in 1955 in Long Beach, California. She published several New York Times bestselling novels and is known for her realistic writing style and down to earth personality. The document provides biographical information and accomplishments of Lil Wayne and Ellen Hopkins.