United Kingdom, Aug. 10 -- Bella Thorne was "obsessed" with Lil Wayne during her school years.

The 27-year-old actress fell in love with hip-hop music while she was starring in Shake It Up, the Disney sitcom that also featured Zendaya, and Bella even wrote a school essay about her admiration for Lil Wayne.

Asked to recall the first single she ever downloaded, Bella told the Observer newspaper: "I was in Shake It Up when I started falling in love with hip-hop. I went on a binge and discovered BedRock by Young Money. I was so obsessed that I ended up writing an essay about why I admire Lil Wayne for school."

Bella also revealed that she knows every word of 6 Foot 7 Foot, Wayne's 2010 single.

She shared: "I became obsessed with 6 Foot 7 ...