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I'm a little disappointed to discover that Lil Wayne was not, as a child, what the cover to Tha Carter III suggested he was.

A six-year-old named Ethan has been making the rounds on the internet for his lively, expressive performance of Billy Joel's "Piano Man." The original video also mentions that he's "on the autism spectrum," which has probably fueled people's interest it.

An eight-year-old can play along with "Stratosphere" by Swedish Finnish power metal band Stratovarius and you can't? What are you doing with your life?

Time for your Adorable Singing/Playing Youngster of the Day! This one gamely sings Tom Lehrer's song about the Periodic Table of the Elements. She misses a few, but damn if this isn't a chemist in the making.

Today's installment of Children Playing Singing or Dancing Like Fun-Sized Adults™ features a two-year-old getting down to Elvis. Maybe by the time he's in high school the music industry will have gone full circle and '50s rock-and-roll will be in again.

Good lord, he can play the banjo like a demon AND he's got a sick model of the Millennium Falcon in the background. BRB, need to go home and re-evaluate my life.

This is Jaxon Smith. He is six years old! He's already committed a significant amount of his young life to the drums, and can already accompany the Foo Fighters track "Pretender."

All you need to make a beat is bang two sticks together. A child could do it (confidential to percussionists: we're not really serious. Please don't sue for libel). YouTube performers Wax and Herbal T took this idea to its logical conclusion and made a rap song using sounds from Herbal T's toddler son's playground session.

"No dear, I'll tell you what 'Jiggy' means when you're older."