Reginae Carter Looks Exactly Like Her Father Lil Wayne In Recent Throwback Pics

Reginae Carter clearly inherited her dear old dad’s good looks.

The 21-year-old star took to Instagram on Sunday, June 21, and shared a Father’s Day post dedicated to her father, rapper Lil Wayne. She uploaded a series of childhood photos of herself and the Cash Money rapper.

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Reginae Carter and her father Lil Wayne. @colormenae/Instagram

One of the images showed Lil Wayne and Carter posing for a quick picture together and another showed the young actress giving her father a kiss on the cheek. Carter gushed over the post and wrote, “‘I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.’ —Sigmund Freud.”

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Reginae Carter and her father Lil Wayne pose for a picture together. @colormenae/Instagram

“I love you so much dad,” she continued. “Thanks for being my personal hero ❤️ most don’t know all of your powers and how strong they really are… the most powerful one is being my Father ☺️ Happy Father’s Day 😘.”

Those following Carter also wished her father a happy Father’s Day. “I thought I was Lil Wayne back in the late 90’s an 2000’s rawest guy in the world Craig happy Father’s Day killa,” one person wrote. Another user added, “Weezy F baby & The F Is for .. FATHER 🐐 aw happy father’s day.”

Other folks were blown away by the television personality’s striking resemblance to her father. A user commented, “Your real real twin.” Another person remarked, “You two are Twins 😍 fo sho. You look just like Wayne in that second picture.”

It’s no secret Carter and her father have a strong bond.

The “Sucker for Pain” rapper even put his eldest child on his last album “The Carter V” which was released in September 2018. Carter told Page Six that year it was the best gift her dad had ever given her.

“That was really big because I’ve been wanting to do a song with my father for so long,” she said. “I’ve always said that to him, so for him to put ‘Famous’ on the album and it get such a good outlook like everybody loved it on the Billboard charts, that really just made my whole entire life.”

Carter is Wayne’s only daughter out of his four children. He has three sons from two other relationships.

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