Reginae Carter is opening up about how her father Lil Wayne’s lyrics shaped her early school experience, revealing that she was denied entry into several top private schools in Atlanta because of his music.
Speaking on an episode of her Heir Time podcast alongside Destiny Jones, the daughter of Nas, Reginae reflected on her upbringing and the challenges that came with growing up in the spotlight. She explained that although she attended Christian school for most of her life, gaining admission into other private institutions was not always straightforward.
“I went to Christian school almost my whole life,” Carter said. “A lot of the private schools I wanted to go to, I’m not going to say the names, were blocking me because of what my dad was doing a lot of the time, because of the music he was making.”
She noted that some of Atlanta’s most prominent schools turned her away, adding, “It was a lot of big schools in Atlanta, the biggest that rejected me. They rejected a lot of celebrity kids.”
Reginae acknowledged that, with time, she has come to understand the perspective of those institutions, even if she did not fully agree with it. “I get it, to a certain extent,” she said. “But it’s like, I’m a kid and that don’t got nothing to do with me. You shouldn’t judge me off of what my dad’s got going on.”
At the height of his career, Lil Wayne’s catalog included chart-topping hits such as A Milli, Lollipop, and Mrs. Officer. His Tha Carter series became a defining force in hip-hop, known for its explicit content and influence across a generation. For private Christian schools with conservative values, that reputation often stood in contrast to their expectations for students and families.
Reginae’s experience was not isolated within her family. On a previous episode of Heir Time, her brother Kameron Carter, Lil Wayne’s son with Lauren London, shared his own early memories of school. He recalled classmates whispering about his identity, saying, “Oh, that’s Wayne’s son,” a level of attention he admitted he did not enjoy.
