Christopher Lynn Moore (born January 11, 1993), better known by his stage name Lil Twist, is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas.Hopkins, Daniel. (February 22, 2011) XXL Magazine Names Oak Cliff Rapper Lil Twist To Its 2011 Freshman Class . Blogs.dallasobserver.com. Retrieved on March 2, 2014. He signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, an imprint of Republic Records in 2010.. Ballerstatus.com. March 22, 2010.The Glimmering Future of Lil Twist – Page 1 – Music – Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach – New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Browardpalmbeach.com (March 31, 2011). Retrieved on March 2, 2014.Justin Bieber Kicks Lil Za, Lil Twist Out After Jewelry Heist. TMZ.com (September 24, 2013). Retrieved on March 2, 2014.Lil Twist Won't Let The 'Bullsh-' Justin Bieber Stories 'Crumble' Him. MTV.com (September 9, 2013). Retrieved on March 2, 2014.Who is Justin Bieber's friend Lil Twist? | canada.com . O.canada.com. Retrieved on March 2, 2014.Justin Bieber's BFF Being Blamed for Pot Controversy: Who Is Lil Twist? – Us Weekly. Usmagazine.com (January 8, 2013). Retrieved on March 2, 2014.
Career Lil Twist is from Dallas, Texas. He dropped out of high school after completing one year.
When he was 12 years old, Lil Twist went to a Lil Wayne concert in Tyler, Texas and opened for Lil Wayne. Impressed, Wayne flew Lil Twist to Atlanta to see how he was in a recording studio.History in the Making: Lil Twist . Play.converse.com. June 29, 2011.
He released his first single, "The Texas Twist", when he was 10 years old, which was #1 locally in Dallas for 6 straight weeks.XXL Freshmen: Lil Twist. Xxlmag.com. 2011.
He released mixtapes such as The Golden Child, and a single, "Love Affair" to build anticipation for his planned but never released 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.
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.
Personal life 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.
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. On December 1, 2016, Lil Twist pleaded no contest to six charges and received a one-year sentence. He was released from prison in March 2017 after serving seven and one-half weeks of his sentence.
Discography Albums + List of albums, showing year released Title Album detailsI Don't Wanna Grow Up Released: 2004 Format: CD, Digital downloadDon't Get It Twisted Released: 2012Anger Management Released: August 26, 2016 Format: CD, Digital download
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US USR&B USRap We Are Young Money Released: December 21, 2009 (US) Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic Formats: CD, digital download 9 3 1 Young Money: Rise of an Empire Released: March 11, 2014 (US) Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Formats: CD, digital download 7 4 2
Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, showing year released Title Album detailsThowed Young Kids(with Lil Za) Released: 2007 Format: Digital downloadYear Book Released: August 21, 2009 Format: Digital downloadClass President Released: November 21, 2009 Format: Digital downloadThe Takeover Released: October 29, 2010 Format: Digital downloadThe Golden Child Released: December 20, 2011 Format: Digital download3 Weeks in Miami(with Khalil) Released: February 14, 2012 Format: Digital downloadThe Golden Child 2 Released: January 20, 2016 Format: Digital downloadYoung Carter Released: November 12, 2017 Format: Digital downloadThe Pregame Tape Released: November 15, 2018 Format: Digital download
Singles As lead artist + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US R&B "The Leak"(featuring Lil Wayne) 2009 77 Year Book "Little Secret"(featuring Bow Wow) 2010 — "Love Affair"(featuring Lil Wayne) 2011 87 Class President "New Money"(featuring Mishon) — Don't Get It Twisted "Turn't Up"(featuring Busta Rhymes) 2012 88Don't Get It Twisted "Pyrex"(featuring Cory Gunz)2014 — The Golden Child 2 "Good Credit"(featuring Foolie Faime) — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other charted songs + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US Bub US R&B/HH "Popular"(Lil Wayne featuring Lil Twist)2010 13 — I Am Not a Human Being "Hey Lil Mama"(Khalil featuring Lil Twist) 2011 — 111 rowspan="2" "Go"(Chrystian featuring Lil Twist) 2013 — 110 "Ball Hard"202021—Funeral "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
A. Charted only on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles or Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. B. "YM Salute" did not chart on the Hot Rap Songs chart but reached #41 on the Rap Digital Songs chart.
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