Tha Carter V debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking the rap icon’s fourth No.1 album. The album was delayed for an additional four years before its arrival in 2018, seven years after the release of Tha Carter IV. It was only days before the project’s expected December release date that it was announced that Tha Carter V was shelved. Following the release of Tha Carter IV in 2011, the fifth installment was expected to arrive in 2014. Thank you.Wayne’s Tha Carter series first began in 2004, with each album coming within one to three years of each other. He ended his message by saying: 'Again on my birthday ladies and gentlemen I will be releasing Tha Carter V. everytime you put it on I hope you enjoy it.' This is four, five, six years of work that you'll hopefully be listening to and I hope you enjoy it. 'You gotta always remember that this is years of work. 'I always give y'all all of me, but with this album, I'm giving you more than me,' he said. Wayne went on to explain the years of work he put into the long-awaited project. Honestly, my fans, my supporters, the world, you know, of course, it's God and family first I am nothing, absolutely nothing without my fans.' 'And every ounce of anything I have left in my heart it goes to y'all. Y'all hung in there with me so I can't do nothing but thank y'all for all the love and all the passion,' he added. 'Like I said, I mean y'all hung in there with me for the past thirty million years anyway. Wiki me bish.' (We'll save you the wiki trip, it's this Thursday, September 27) I will be releasing Tha Carter V on my birthday.' Wayne then joked, 'If you don't know when my birthday is, Wikipedia does. I actually have something special for y'all. 'I will be releasing Tha Carter V on my birthday.'Īfter smiling from ear to ear, he repeated the news, saying, 'Again, on my birthday. 'Well, I would like for you to know that since y'all stuck with me and hung in there any way for like the past four or five years through all of this -y'all got me feeling like Tiger Woods with this comeback - on my birthday, I actually have something special,' he teased. I heard y'all got a little mixed up and y'all thought it was being released like last week or somethin',' Wayne said, referencing the false rumor that spread earlier this month that claimed the album would drop on September 21. 'I heard there was a misunderstanding about the release date of Tha CV.

How y'all doin'? Message to the world, to my fans, to all my supporters,' the 'Love Me' rapper began the video. On Tuesday (September 25), Lil Wayne finally revealed that the release date of his highly-anticipated album, which has been over six years in the making, with a three-part Instagram video.

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