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Antonia "Toya" Carter(born July 14,1983) is an American reality television personality. She is best known as the ex-wife of Lil Wayne. Since their break up she has been raising their daughter Reginae and Stared on BET in a reality show called Tiny and Toya. Now Carter is coming out with a book called Priceless Inspirations, has her own boutiqe called G.A.R.B. , and is staring in her own reality show on BET called Toya A family Affair.

Early Life
Antonia "Toya" Cater was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the child of Anita Johnson and Walter Andrews. Her mother was on drugs so as a child she was moved from relative to relative. That made her feel she had no since of belonging until she met her childhood sweetheart Lil Wayne.

Relationship with Lil Wayne
Toya and Lil Wayne met when they were young in New Orleans, Louisiana. She became pregnant with their daughter at the age of fourteen. It was very hard for them, because neither one of them had a job. At this point Lil Wayne had to really pursue his rap career with Cash Money Records. At the age of fifteen Toya gave birth to their daughter Reginae November 29,1998. Years later after Lil Wayne became famous, he decided to marry Toya Valentines day 2004. After a couple of years of marriage they got a divorce in 2006, because she couldn’t deal with his life style of him being gone for long amounts of time.As of right now they still remain good friends because they have a child to take care of.

Tiny and Toya
In 2009, Toya and one of her best friends Tiny from the R&B group Escape starred on a reality show on BET called Tiny and Toya. They both have kids with celebrities, they’re rich, and they stay in Atlanta. So B.E.T. felt that was the perfect concoction for a reality show, and they were right. There has been two seasons already showing all the ups and downs they have been going through.Tiny shows her raising her three kids, two of them are by the rapper T.I.. Toya shows her raising her daughter Reginae. They were also both dealing with family issues. Tiny father was suffering the affects of Alzheimer disease,and Toya was dealing with her mothers drug addiction. The show was very successful, it attracted three million viewers.

Personal Career
After the last season of Tiny and Toya Toya pursued writing a book, opening her own boutique, and staring in her own reality show,Toya A Family Affair.The book is entitled Priceless Inspiration, and is suppose to be in stores April 16, 2011.It's about all the struggles she has been through in her life, and how she wants to inspire other teens girls not to take some of the paths she has taken. Toya boutique is G.A.R.B.The store opened October 23rd ,2010, and only sells women’s clothing. Toya mentioned that the clothes are high quality at an affordable price. She also shares the business with R&B Singer Kandi Burruss and rapper Rasheeda. There is a section in the store called Toya's Closet. So if people like what she wear they will be able find it in that section of the boutique. On April 12, 2011 her own reality show on BET called ''Toya A Family Affair premieres.