Which rapper released the 2011 song 'Mirror' featuring Bruno Mars?

Lil Wayne released the 2011 song “Mirror,” featuring Bruno Mars.

The track appeared on the deluxe edition of Lil Wayne’s album Tha Carter IV and was released as a single in 2011. Mars supplies the prominent sung hook, while Lil Wayne delivers the rap verses, making the song a collaboration rather than a Bruno Mars solo recording.

“Mirror” was written by Dwayne Carter, Peter Hernandez, Philip Lawrence and Ramon Owen. Owen created the instrumental several years before its release, and the track circulated among several rappers before Lil Wayne embraced it. The song’s lyrics focus on self-examination, personal history and the consequences of past choices.

It became a major crossover success, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 and later earning multi-platinum certification in the United States. A common mistake is to identify Mars as the lead artist because his chorus is so prominent. Another is to confuse it with “Lighters,” a different 2011 collaboration involving Mars and the rap duo Bad Meets Evil.