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Patrick 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 with 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 3 popular songs "Oxycotton", "My Smoking Song", and "Acid".He has been described as 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
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Doubt Me Now
| 197 | 44 | * |
| 2004 | Phinally Phamous
| 64 | 6 | 4 |
| 2007 | The One and Only
| 46 | 10 | 3 |
| 2009 | The Bad Influence
| 104 | 18 | 5 |
| 2011 | Year Round
| — | — | — |
| 2012 | Still Doubted?
| — | 34 | 23 |
| 2013 | No Filter
| — | 33 | 17 |
| 2014 | B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives)
| — | 46 | 23 |
No Sick Days
| — | — | — | |
| 2016 | No Filter 2
| — | 47 | — |
| 2017 | Drugs
| — | — | — |
Liquor
| — | — | — | |
| 2018 | Lil Wyte
| — | — | — |
- 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
- 2013: Wyte Out Pt. 2
- 2013: July 16
- 2013: Wyte Christmas 4
- 2014: Wyte Lytes
- 2016: Wyte Christmas 6
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Crash da Club" | 2002 | Project Pat | Layin Da Smackdown |
| "Ridin Spinners" | 2003 | Three 6 Mafia, La Chat | Da Unbreakables |
| " Mosh Pit " | Three 6 Mafia, Josey Scott | Da Unbreakables | |
| " Dangerous Posse " | Three 6 Mafia, Hypnotize Camp Posse | Da Unbreakables | |
| " Bay Area " | Frayser Boy | Gone On That Bay | |
| " H.C.P. " | Frayser Boy, Hypnotize Camp Posse | Gone On That Bay | |
| " Who Gives a Fuck Where You From " | 2004 | DJ KaySlay, Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | The Streetsweeper 2 |
| " Water " | 2005 | Frayser Boy | Me Being Me |
| " Body Parts 3 " | Three 6 Mafia, Hypnotize Camp Posse | Most Known Unknown | |
| " Posse Song " | Frayser Boy, Hypnotize Camp Posse | Me Being Me | |
| " Who Da Fuck You Playin' Wit? | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | Choices II: The Setup | |
| " Pass Dat Shit " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " P.I.M.P. " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " Squeeze It " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " Official Crunk Junt " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " Who I Iz " | Three 6 Mafia, Trillville | ||
| " Shoot Up Da Club " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " Stanky Stanky " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " One Hitta Quitta " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " I Sho Will (Remix) | Lil Flip | ||
| " Posse Song " | Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy | ||
| " Get They Ass Kick | Chrome (Rapper), Lil Scrappy | Straight To The Pros | |
| " H.C.P. | Chrome (Rapper), Hypnotize Camp Posse | Straight To The Pros | |
| " Squeeze It " | Three 6 Mafia | Most Known Hits | |
| " Yeeeeah " | Trillville | Trillville Reloaded | |
| " Hood Drug Warz | 2006 | DJ Kayslay, B.G., Three 6 Mafia | The Champions: North Meets South |
| " Big Problems " | DJ Kayslay, Lil Jon, Lil Flip, Lil Scrappy | ||
| " Rollin " | 2008 | Three 6 Mafia | Last 2 Walk |
| " Stupid High " | 2009 | Juicy J | |
| " I'm Gutta Bruh " | Juicy J V-Slash | ||
| " I'm Drunk (Remix) " | DJ Paul, Lord Infamous | Scale-A-Ton | |
| " Low Down Triple Six " | 2010 | Cuttroat, Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat | The Takeove |
| " Pop Another Pill " | JellyRoll | ||
| " Lose It " | DJ Paul | To Kill Again The Mixtape | |
| " What You Smoke " | 2011 | Bankrupt Records | Double Vision |
| " 5 To 10 " | $hamrock, Crime Mob | Tha Wyterapper Show | |
| " That's What I'm Cockin " | Juicy J, JellyRoll, BPZ | Rubba Band Business | |
| " My Blunt Smokes Better " | DJ Paul | Pray For Forgiveness | |
| " Warter On The Stove " | DJ Paul, JellyRoll, BPZ | Pray For Forgiveness | |
| " Mind Playin Trick On Me | 2012 | Insane Clown Posse, Anybody Killa | Smothered, Covered & Chunked |
| " In The Building" | MJG, Young Dolph | Bitches Money Guns | |
| " I'm Sprung" | DJ Paul | A Person of Interest | |
| " Lord Infamous Posse Song " | Lord Infamous, Miscellaneous, $hamrock, Partee, Thugtherapy | Back From Dead: Deadly Proverbs | |
| " Pill Popper " | Lord Infamous, Project Pat, Partee | Back From Dead: Deadly Proverbs | |
| " Put It In Yo Face " | Lord Infamous | Back From Dead: Deadly Proverbs | |
| " 400 A Zip " | Project Pat, Nasty Mane, BPZ | Belly On Full 2 | |
| " My Blunt Smokes Better " | DJ Paul | For I Have Sinned | |
| " Dope Fiend " | 2013 | Bizarre, St Luke | Laced Blunts |
| " Go White Boy " | Pastor Troy | The Streets Need You | |
| " Wasted " | Twiztid, Liquid Assassin, Buckshot, Johnny Richter, Jared Gomes, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, JellyRoll, Ajax | A New Nightmare | |
| " Hard Shit " | DJ Paul, Drumma Boy | Clash Of The Titans | |
| " Betta Pray " | (Koopsta Knicca, DJ Paul, Gangsta Boo, Lord Infamous, Crunchy Black) as Da Mafia 6ix, Outlawz | 6ix Commandments | |
| " Remember " | Da Mafia 6ix | ||
| " Body Parts " | Juicy J, DJ Paul, Gangsta Boo, Locodunit, J Green, Point Blank, Kokoe, Lord Infamous, Project Pat, Koopsta Knicca, Kingpin Skinny Pimp, Crunchy Black, La Chat | ||
| " On That " | Gangsta Boo, La Chat | Witch | |
| " Memphis 10 " | 2014 | MJG, DJ Paul, Frayser Boy | Too Pimpin 2.0 |
| " Where My Mind Go " | K.Kerr, Twisted Insane | ||
| " 1 Shot " | Colby Bright, Whitney Peyton | ||
| " Radioactive " | Sunset Black, Gent Jack | X-Rated Mafia Records | |
| " Radioactive 2016 prod by King Killumbia " | Sunset Black, Gent Jack | X-Rated Mafia Records | |
| " Smoke Sum " | Tori WhoDat | Krewedentials | |
| " Bad Bitches " | Tori WhoDat | Krewedentials | |
| " Too Petty " | Da Mafia 6ix, Fiend, La Chat | Hear Sum Evil | |
| " Loud Loud " | 2015 | DJ Paul | Da Light Up, Da Poe Up |
| " Loud Loud(Remix) " | DJ Paul | Da Light Up, Da Poe Up | |
| " Mosh Pit " | Da Mafia 6ix, The Killjoy Club | Watch What U Wish | |
| " Crazy " | 2016 | Bukshot, JellyRoll, Madchild | Assimilation |
| " Drugs " | 2017 | King Killumbia | Welcome to Killumbia |
| " IDGAF prod by Witeout " | King Killumbia, Pastor Troy, Kaotik | TBA | |
| " Reap What You Sow " | Jaliet Caprana | Beatz N The Beast | |
| " No High Enough " | DJ Paul | Underground Vol. 17 for da Summa | |
| " Poe Up Wetty " | |||
| " When I Die (album version) " | 2018 | One Man Kru, Mars | One Man Kru (self titled album) |
| " Lost Leaders " | 2019 | Mexiveli, KingPin Skinny Pimp, Koopsta Knicca of Three 6 Mafia | Da Devil's Playground 2 |
| " Jesus and Rock and Roll " | 2020 | JellyRoll | A Beautiful Disaster |
