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Lil Wayne Says Tha Carter IV Is Done & Announces Release Date!

Thu, Mar 17, 2011 by Danny M

Some great news Young Moneyians/Wayniacs! Lil Wayne tells us in the video above that he is finished with Tha Carter IV and the official release date will be May 16th (not May 24th).

“Tha Carter IV is done,” Wayne told MTV News. “All they need to do is tell Tez (manager Cortez Bryant) to stop sitting on it. Tez, stop sitting on Tha Carter IV and put the album out.”

Bryant, Weezy’s longtime manager, was in attendance and provided the specific release date. “May 16, believe that,” Wayne said. “It can come out tomorrow ’cause I’m so finished … Tha Carter IV will be dropping May 16. If you’re not doing anything, do me,” he added. – MTV

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101 Comments

  1. On March 17, 2011 at 9:44 pm JP Weezy Fan responded with...

    First faggots

  2. On March 17, 2011 at 9:47 pm SuitlandRams60 responded with...

    YeSS!!Now All We Need Is Tracklist & Cover

  3. On March 17, 2011 at 9:47 pm Jordan responded with...

    CANT WAIT C4 BITCHHHHH

  4. On March 17, 2011 at 9:48 pm wayniac responded with...

    o.O

  5. On March 17, 2011 at 9:48 pm Ooohhh responded with...

    Less than 2 months !!!

  6. On March 17, 2011 at 9:48 pm tune777 responded with...

    Thank God!!!!! Ready for that!!!!!!!

  7. On March 17, 2011 at 9:50 pm WEEZY F BITCH OM TIRED OF YALL HATIN responded with...

    STOP SITTING ON IT TEZZ AND DROP THA BITCH

  8. On March 17, 2011 at 9:51 pm green&yellow responded with...

    Awwwwwwwwwwww shit

  9. On March 17, 2011 at 9:53 pm vocker responded with...

    this album is gonna explode like a……C4 BIATCH!

  10. On March 17, 2011 at 9:54 pm WEEZYF.YADIG responded with...

    FUCKKK YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  11. On March 17, 2011 at 9:54 pm Lil Wayne's NUMBA 1 FAN responded with...

    Finaly!!! May 16 im goin down to buy it :D

  12. On March 17, 2011 at 9:54 pm gary responded with...

    Yo danny u on ur grind today bro with these updates

  13. On March 17, 2011 at 9:56 pm tune777 responded with...

    Can we get a tracklist? :)

  14. On March 17, 2011 at 9:56 pm ray responded with...

    datt nigga stupid ymcmb

  15. On March 17, 2011 at 9:56 pm youngtuna responded with...

    dammmn i wanna fuck weezy and i wanna rape wayne! lol
    Ill do you baby hahaha

    carter IV- BITCH ITS COMIN SOON! watch out all other artists. he’s gonna sh!t on u all!

  16. On March 17, 2011 at 9:57 pm Medardo responded with...

    FUCK YES! FINALLY!

  17. On March 17, 2011 at 10:03 pm Felicia responded with...

    OMG! YEEEEAAAAAH!!!!!

  18. On March 17, 2011 at 10:05 pm Nak Nak responded with...

    hell to the yeahh!!!!!!!!! wayne has soooo much more personality when he isnt high… not saying i dont like the high weezy but this interview was funny shit!!

  19. On March 17, 2011 at 10:06 pm Wayne-Train responded with...

    YESS!

  20. On March 17, 2011 at 10:17 pm sdvsdv responded with...

    2 days before bday!!!

  21. On March 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm Nino Brown responded with...

    im gonna go wait in line for it starting…

    RIGHT NOW!!!!

  22. On March 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm Sandzz responded with...

    Now, we all know that the album is going to be pushed back and back. Soo don’t put high hopes on that may 16.

  23. On March 17, 2011 at 10:42 pm lilwayne>allrappers responded with...

    cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  24. On March 17, 2011 at 10:42 pm Jaime responded with...

    The album will be leaked near the end of April.

  25. On March 17, 2011 at 10:46 pm Stach14 responded with...

    whyyy soooo lonnnggg???? :( oh well guess il have to wait. it better be amazing

  26. On March 17, 2011 at 10:52 pm Belize responded with...

    THEY WANT THAT CARTER IV BITCH IT COMING REAL SOON! MY MAN *DENZEL WASHINGTON VOICE*

  27. On March 17, 2011 at 10:52 pm drizzyNweezyFB responded with...

    “tez like to sit on stuff. no homo ” hahahahhaha

  28. On March 17, 2011 at 10:52 pm dat nigga responded with...

    haaa tez do love to sit on some dick

  29. On March 17, 2011 at 10:54 pm stunna responded with...

    yees and tez need to drop that bitch rightnow

  30. On March 17, 2011 at 10:59 pm Hardwork22 responded with...

    Now whens the Dedication 4 comin out cause we all know hes gonna drop a mixtape before then?!?!?!?

  31. On March 17, 2011 at 10:59 pm 757 responded with...

    Tez stop sittin on dat shit and drop it! Since its done why dey just cant put another single out and release it in April??? But anyway I see the C4 is gonna be the album of the year cnt wait for it.

    “if you’re not doing anything, do me” LMAO Wayne is a fool

  32. On March 17, 2011 at 11:00 pm Weezy 6'7" responded with...

    haha, “a.k.a lil tunechi, a.k.a fuck ya’ll” weezy funny as hell.

  33. On March 17, 2011 at 11:16 pm Dmac responded with...

    released on a monday?

  34. On March 17, 2011 at 11:23 pm Rio904 responded with...

    lol weezy a fool

  35. On March 17, 2011 at 11:29 pm Kieran_Ymcmb_Canada responded with...

    BOOM! YES! finnaly!
    but yeah, why on a Monday??

  36. On March 17, 2011 at 11:37 pm C.Carter responded with...

    Dedication 4 while we wait please

  37. On March 17, 2011 at 11:49 pm ¤Mazin Carter¤ responded with...

    This Is a Best Shit :D
    (After 47 Days) !!!

  38. On March 18, 2011 at 12:00 am tunechi#1girl responded with...

    OMFG I CAN NOT BELEIVE C4 IS CUMMIN 16 DAYZ AFTA MY BDAY OMG IM GETTIN DAT SHIT DA FIRST MOTHER FUCKIN DAY AND DEM BITCHES DAT BE SAYIN FIRST IZ DCK RIDAZ CUZ ITS LIK DA FUQ AND DAT SHIT IS LIK SSOO LAME SO HOP OFF (MY WAYNE BABY) !!!!!!!!!!!!

  39. On March 18, 2011 at 12:16 am Wayne-Train responded with...

    shout out to danny, coming thru with some quality posts today man

  40. On March 18, 2011 at 12:25 am 'Tony responded with...

    i bet it gonn get pushed back,
    but shit lets hope he drops dedication 4.. u kno so he has better sales.. i think he gonn do over a mill the first week..

  41. On March 18, 2011 at 12:33 am j-verse responded with...

    being at the arena last night really let me know how much star power this guy has …

    im sorry but he is the only artist living besides Eminem that can fill a concert hall like that. Jay-Z comes close.

  42. On March 18, 2011 at 12:34 am Loyalty responded with...

    Hmmmm…..we shall see!!!

  43. On March 18, 2011 at 12:34 am NyshaLovesWayne responded with...

    So excited <3
    Weezy i Love U So Much <3
    –Twitter: @NyshaLovesWayne
    Follow Me &' i'll Follow You back <3

  44. On March 18, 2011 at 12:46 am Tim The Toolman Taylor responded with...

    im so happyyyyy

  45. On March 18, 2011 at 12:51 am Adam responded with...

    “Taz likes to sit on things….No homo” Made me laugh hard

  46. On March 18, 2011 at 12:52 am Hardwork22 responded with...

    Does anyone know when Dedication 4 should come out?!?!?!?!

  47. On March 18, 2011 at 12:54 am Weezy123 responded with...

    if its done why not release it earlier????

  48. On March 18, 2011 at 1:04 am yaheardme23 responded with...

    wayne look sober as shittttt

  49. On March 18, 2011 at 1:10 am President responded with...

    Oh may you say? Basically this means April next year

  50. On March 18, 2011 at 1:34 am THEBESTRAPPERALIVE responded with...

    C4 BITCH

  51. On March 18, 2011 at 1:55 am Leaker responded with...

    goku ft on lil wayne c4 song

  52. On March 18, 2011 at 2:09 am c2 responded with...

    has anyone else noticed waynes acting like the old wayne?

    “beleedat” he hasnt said that since like 07..

    idk if its just me but it seems like in interviews his posture his sound all that resembles tha carter 2 era..which is really good

  53. On March 18, 2011 at 2:09 am c2 responded with...

    i think the syrup changed wayne a bit..but now hes in the right state of mind

  54. On March 18, 2011 at 2:46 am lilweezyfan1 responded with...

    Yes Finally i can’t wait :) C4 here i come :) and lets get the album cover and the track list for the c4 :)

  55. On March 18, 2011 at 2:52 am HatersEveryWhere responded with...

    That’s what He said about C3 smh…

  56. On March 18, 2011 at 2:59 am ymkid responded with...

    WTF ? he talm bout C4 being done and so far only one single has been released lol since January.

  57. On March 18, 2011 at 3:11 am ricardo laguna responded with...

    aka lil tunechi aka fuck yall just kidding hahahahahaha weezy the best. damn this black finally gives his date of your damn damn album finally thank my god lord god finally we know the date now to wait for the complexion you desire to stop kidding jajja Hahahahahah YMCMB the best weezy tha best Carter 4 will be the best album sales in history will be something very grand and exorbitant Venezuela weezy the best since I can not wait for c4 and d4 YMCMB dwayne the best

  58. On March 18, 2011 at 3:11 am daknite responded with...

    i want that second single wayne please man come on.

  59. On March 18, 2011 at 3:36 am -_- responded with...

    dude I hope that may 16 shit is official, and it probably is because this the first time wayne just put a date out there for the shit. But still, I wouldn’t be surprised if it got pushed back, he pretty bold releasing this shit without a second single, but idk, there’s enough time between now and may put another song out there, probably that tpain that we heard about. Yall notice how this nigga is re-doing everything he did for c3 prior to releasing it?! EVERYTHING. 1st single was made with the same dudes, song with tpain is probably going to be another single, and that was the same team from got money. This nigga know what he doing lol He ain’t necessarily got to make a lollipop song (and most of us would prefer that he didn’t), but honestly, that was probably the song that got him across the mil line in 1 week.

  60. On March 18, 2011 at 4:22 am Tunechi's Bakk responded with...

    Boom! Guess Who Checked In The Game.! Release Another Single.!

  61. On March 18, 2011 at 4:56 am Winning!!!!! responded with...

    no pushbacks please plaese we need some reconrds to be broken so all the fans go buy the album

  62. On March 18, 2011 at 5:23 am Sandzz responded with...

    lol weezy seem like a funny dude when he sober

    Caaant wait for c4

  63. On March 18, 2011 at 6:01 am LittleWeezy responded with...

    Nice man, it drops on my 18th birtday! :D

  64. On March 18, 2011 at 8:22 am zackeryyy responded with...

    damnnnn this may 16th is gonna get pushed back like 5 times before it actually drops! ive got my hopes up high for this release date though! hopefully itll drop that day, i say itll drop around like september or somethin maybe november.

  65. On March 18, 2011 at 8:48 am YM all day responded with...

    May 16 will be one of the best days in my lyf. C4 C4 C4 lets go!!! OMG am i dreaming??? I can nt believe this shit. Lil Wayne is back on top right where he belong.YMCMB nigga. i’m happy lyk a mother fucker.

  66. On March 18, 2011 at 9:46 am weezy forever responded with...

    u r the best everrrrrrr we love u weezyyyyyyy C4 C4 C4 C4 C4

  67. On March 18, 2011 at 9:49 am keyzf93 responded with...

    maaannnn i hope dat nigga stay true 2 his word and he need 2 start promotin dis album more and droppin a dedication 4 i really wanna hear him rappin on other niggaz beats bcuz he always kills dem

  68. On March 18, 2011 at 12:45 pm mohammed responded with...

    lil wayne performing mrs officer at am still music 2 www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=DKliKiblMNg

  69. On March 18, 2011 at 1:10 pm Argun Chelist responded with...

    Ipi i just can’t wait, i want to listen to more creative verses of Lil tunechi

  70. On March 18, 2011 at 2:17 pm Grizzy Grind responded with...

    3 days after my birthday thats swag

  71. On March 18, 2011 at 2:57 pm Lil wayne responded with...

    Bitch it’s coming soon

  72. On March 18, 2011 at 3:13 pm Jacob4u54 responded with...

    @leaker what does that mean

  73. On March 18, 2011 at 3:18 pm Lil wayne responded with...

    Soowoo

  74. On March 18, 2011 at 3:21 pm Lil wayne responded with...

    ^ it mean I’m the best

  75. On March 18, 2011 at 4:22 pm tune responded with...

    THE DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY!!!! C4 BITCH

  76. On March 18, 2011 at 4:27 pm Wrizy3000 responded with...

    Nov.8th z da best man

  77. On March 18, 2011 at 5:48 pm 322 responded with...

    OMG I WAS LIKE.. WHEN I SAW THIS.
    YES! C4

  78. On March 18, 2011 at 6:03 pm Doesnt responded with...

    It won’t come out on that date.. it’s always like that with Cash Money

  79. On March 18, 2011 at 6:57 pm mohammed responded with...

    every 1 support weezy 6 foot 7 foot video it only have 2 million 8 hundred something views and chris brown look at me now have 3 millon 4 hundred something even thou 6 foot 7 foot dropped before look at me now.support weezy
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tOAGY59uQ

  80. On March 18, 2011 at 7:32 pm green&yellow responded with...

    Lol its funny cuz 98% of yaw dnt know wtf yaw talking bout….. Yaw talking azz…………. Its plenty time for another single. …. And her aintt nothing like he was in 07 stfu…… C IV D IV

  81. On March 18, 2011 at 7:39 pm GoldnBoi responded with...

    C4 Bitch, better be worth the wait

  82. On March 18, 2011 at 8:01 pm Peeps responded with...

    No way we see C4 before 2012. I’ve played this game many times before with YM

  83. On March 18, 2011 at 8:56 pm Kris responded with...

    Wayne, put it out now, my spring break starts in a week, its perfect timing dawg!

  84. On March 18, 2011 at 11:27 pm fern responded with...

    it will NOT drop the 16th, because the 16th is a monday and we all know that cd’s always come out on tuesdays! wtf???

  85. On March 18, 2011 at 11:45 pm Young Base Gawd responded with...

    they made up the date right on the spot without thinking it through.

    It HAS to be released on Tuesday or else Soundscan can’t properly track the sales.

  86. On March 19, 2011 at 4:56 pm bill613 responded with...

    @peeps wtf u mean WE’VE ALL played the guessing game NOT JUST YOU.

  87. On March 19, 2011 at 5:48 pm SpencerHawes responded with...

    C4 will not be out before the end of 2011…they prob meant may 16, 2012

  88. On March 19, 2011 at 6:49 pm -_- responded with...

    LOL he aint foolin’ too many this time..

  89. On March 19, 2011 at 7:34 pm SetGecko responded with...

    Solider niggas have a reason to fight assemble all the pieces maintain my puzzled expression this world contains no such definition we lived are life in a minute sought that love would be in it but my dreams are full of memories but I hope that it would had been

  90. On March 19, 2011 at 10:59 pm 30 Minutes to N.O. responded with...

    Okay, don’t get me wrong… Im totally all for Tha Carter IV coming out as soon as possible but why doesnt he just wait to release it on June 14 or whatever (IDK i cant remember exact date) that will be the 3 year aniversery of Tha Carter III. It makes more sense in my opinion.

  91. On March 20, 2011 at 2:55 am lilwayne>allrappers responded with...

    theyre trying to push waynes album out first before all the others so wayne can get the sales hope this date is correct! wheres dedication 4 at?????????? lets start a riot!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  92. On March 20, 2011 at 6:14 am GetRoKK responded with...

    Damn this is gonna be that shit … the shit that yhu can’t flothc Weezy THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE … that’s why I can fallow 2pac his dead wayne still alive n + his wait better so I fallow him .…I don’t even have to rhyme I just make 100 million dollar …that shit been on my head seen I heard it … keep it up Weezy yhu the Best 1 na 2 or 3 yhu 1

    Nice jod ace hood on hastle hard …

    Can’t wait to put Dedication 4 on my collection

    Fuck Jay-bitch sorry I mean Jey-Z n 50cent

  93. On March 20, 2011 at 7:43 am ERLE MURPHY responded with...

    YOUNG MULLA BAAAAABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  94. On March 20, 2011 at 8:06 pm Stiænj responded with...

    Finally!

  95. On March 21, 2011 at 12:39 am LUGIYYA F CRAZY responded with...

    About time!!!! YMCMB!!!

  96. On March 21, 2011 at 7:21 pm zTunechi- responded with...

    Genesis 2 : After Jesus Dies, God Will Send Someone Of The Same Substance:September 27, 1982….(D)Wayne Carter Is Born. Now I Believe In God!
    CarterIV
    Whens Wayne Cumin 2 London!!

  97. On March 22, 2011 at 4:45 pm #1weezyfan responded with...

    damn tez really need to hurry the hell up and get ther C4 out

  98. On March 22, 2011 at 11:44 pm YoungMoney/Tyga#1 responded with...

    lol weezy jus be crunching on some chips ( second video ) XD !!

  99. On March 29, 2011 at 10:58 am TheOneNOnly420 responded with...

    The Carter IV

    01 – The Carter IV Intro
    02 – Lil Waynester
    03 – Anne One (feat. Swizz Beatz)
    04 – The Last One (feat. Play n Skillz)
    05 – Sometimes Shit Happens
    06 – The Most Vile
    07 – Guess the Flavor (feat. Nicki Manaj)
    08 – Anne One Skit
    09 – Arbitrate
    10 – Life As It Was
    11 – That Time of Month
    12 – Face Book Groupies
    13 – Dressed to Impress
    14 – It Smells Like Snow (feat. Juelz Santana & Young Jeezy)
    15 – Life is Hard Skit
    16 – The Carter IV Outro

  100. On April 9, 2011 at 2:15 pm Sean Izzle responded with...

    Whooo Kemosabe! Big Ballin is my hobby! :D

    cant wait to see the tracklist…

    R.I.P. to Static Major too bad he gone now and couldnt be on this one, he wouldve made it better.

    hope Robin Thicke is on this one, keep the tradition alive

  101. On April 9, 2011 at 4:15 pm Joel responded with...

    The Carter IV is going to change hip hop.

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