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Lil Wayne has lastly shared the quilt for his long-awaited album, Tha Carter VI, on Tuesday (April 22), together with the information that he’ll be headlining Madison Sq. Backyard — a primary in his over 30-years-long profession.

“Captain Carter C6,” Lil Wayne captioned the paintings, which, like earlier albums within the sequence, incorporates a youthful, tattoo-covered model of himself. Among the many standout tats are “I AM MUSIC,” the continent of Africa, sun shades and some scattered stars. It’s a practice that Weezy followers have come to count on ever since 2008’s Tha Carter III, which famously options the rapper as a tattooed child in a swimsuit.

Lil Wayne has been teasing Tha Carter VI for a scorching minute now. So lengthy, in truth, that he launched Tha Repair Earlier than Tha VI in 2023, the follow-up to 2018’s Tha Carter V. Curiously, forward of February’s Tremendous Bowl — which the New Orleans legend lately revealed he is not thinking about acting at, by the way in which — the Younger Cash Leisure founder shared the album’s official launch date by way of, of all things, a Cetaphil ad.

Then, throughout his April cowl story with Rolling Stone, Lil Wayne shared some much-needed perception into the LP. “If there’s one factor about this album that’s completely different, it’s me approaching it like, ‘Man, what would I sound like on one thing with such and such?’” he defined. In line with the publication, there’s positively going to be loads of options, certainly one of which is the “Lollipop” artist’s son, Kameron.

Different confirmed options embody Miley Cyrus, U2 frontman Bono and Wyclef Jean, who apparently cooked up a powerful 30 tracks with Weezy. If we’re fortunate, possibly he’ll even usher in a few of Young Money’s heavy hitters too (fingers crossed for Nicki Minaj and Drake).

Till then, followers can pre-order tickets for Lil Wayne’s Madison Sq. Backyard debut beginning Wednesday (April 23). Common ticket gross sales formally kick off on Friday (April 26).