Lil Wayne Covers XXL Magazine’s July/August 2011 Issue
Lil Wayne graces the front cover of XXL Magazine‘s July/August 2011 issue, which will hit newsstands on July 12th. You can view the front cover above, and after the jump you can read some excerpts from the issue were Wayne speaks on Tha Carter IV, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Justin Timberlake, why he won’t record with Justin Bieber, and planning to retire in a couple of years 
Writer Shaheem Reid, chopped it up with Weezy in Miami about how a rapper as prolific as himself, was able to actually select tracks for Tha Carter IV. Asked, when he knew that the album was ready, Wayne said: “You don’t. When they tell you. When manager Cortez Bryant call me and tell me and say, ‘You got such and such date is your deadline to stop,’ I be like, ‘Aight.’ ’Cause I never stop recording, obviously. So it’s just on him to say, “Okay, stop. We’re gonna pick these songs, and that’s the album.’ That’s how we do it.”
Fans might ask what fills the contents of such songs? Weezy explains: “What is good about me is that I’m an interesting muthafucka. I’m Dwayne Michael Carter period! Whether I’m a rapper or not, I’m interesting. And that’s what my album’s gonna be about: me and how interesting I am.”
The Young Money leader also revealed to XXL that he plans to retire soon and hints at C4 possibly being his last offering. “I’m bowing out still on top,” he says. “I’ma make y’all want me when I retire. I’ma make y’all be like, ‘Nooo!’ I ain’t leaving out this bitch when y’all be like, ‘Yeah, it’s about time, dawg.’ Carter IV might be my last one. I’ma make y’all be like, ‘Fuck!’ Yeah, nigga, I’m gone.”
Wayne saying being a good father to his children would be the cause for an retirement. “Honestly, this is the real truth,” he says. “I honestly think it’s unfair to my kids. I’m super dedicated into what I do. Like, it’s no questions—it’s hands down, I do this. I live this. I don’t have a day out my week that I do something else. I do this every day of my life, and I’m not about to stop, ’cause that’s the only way you can succeed in this business, is to do it the way I do it. I want to succeed the way I want to succeed. You can succeed. You can put out a hit… But to do it the way I want to do it, to be comfortable to do what the fuck I want to do, you’ve got to work like no other. Like I said, it’s unfair to my kids. So about 30, 31, 32, I gotta get ready.
Luckily for Wayne his superstar Young Money signees, Drake and Nicki Minaj, are sure to keep his pockets fat in his absence. In fact, Birdman, Jr. counts on it. “You already know what I expect,” Weezy says of Drizzy and Nick’s imminent success. “I expect to eat, and eat well. I expect Drake to be a lot more successful than he has ever been. I mean, this guy’s a superstar. He is the definition. That’s what I told y’all before he was: ‘That’s the definition of a superstar.’ And like Nicki, he’s only breaking ice. He has yet to be who he’s going to be. I’m banking on them.”
While fans can expect to hear both Heartbreak Drake and Ms. Minaj on Tha Carter IV, it’s the two Justin’s that Weezy F. also talks about. “That’s my little homie now,” Wayne says of The Biebs. “He texts me every night asking me to do his damn song. That’s my nigga, but I can’t do it. Like I said, I don’t want to fuck his shit up. But like I said, I want to work with Justin Timberlake. That boy got a voice; that boy can sing. He needs to come back right there on Tha Carter IV.”
Via XXL
first
first in this bitch
first in this hoe
First!!!
luv Weezy
wayne’s thinking about retiring ??? noooooooooooooo !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbmTj-u1LMg&feature=player_embedded
thought that was interesting, talib kweli speaking on all the lil wayne hate!
2nd…..damn he’s so cute <3
i gotta ADMIT him talking about retiring just ruined my day….. but much respect for him doing it for his kids, true class my nigga WEEZY!
rick ross 9 piece remix trailer is out
Lol at all the failed first attempts…..
I wish Weezy didn’t dress like such a twat….
I hope he doesnt retire soon. What will rap be without the best rapper??????????????????
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXvGYgk9M9Xs&h=8eb1c
wayne gets interviewed by scott pelley
swaggggg!!!!!!!
swag.. i got the first comment lol, but fuck lil wayne retiring, he needs to rap til hes 80! C4 is bout to be dope as shit, the wait isnt tho
he say 35 he retire lol?? c4 his last carter album ??!! wtf
No matter what he says, he’s not gonna retire. It would be like a heroin addict quitting cold turkey.
Its weird to think of Justin Bieber texting Lil Wayne.
And nice Talib video.
yea c4 def shouldn’t be his last album fuck that!
id be content with a c5 lol
What does he mean by fuckin justin biebers shit up ?
Im dwayne michael carter period! Lol tune is that nigga… Sorry 4 the wait & c4 in this mafucka
Lil Wayne retired = My iPod retired
I can stop listening to music when weezy retire
I can even shut my ears down
Fuck this
yes man weezy !! fuck justin bieber !!
32 pretty damn early to retire. But then again cashmoney always 5 steps ahead so my guess is that when he “retires” for maybe 5 to 7 years, he’l come back when the game misses the most so that the carter 5 can be something the world would bow down to. seriously that what i actually think they planning.
PS: Ps if old ass niggas like hov still rapping, then theres nothin wrong with 40 year old wayne spittin
Wat kind hat is that?
yup, if he retires its so he can make the comeback of the century. everymove cashmoney makes is to increase sales. plus in 7 years im pretty sure waynes kids can take care of there own damn selfs
damn i remember in the 3 years back when they asked him when he will retire, he said “who is this”, and now he be retiring, but isnt it weird that everything that is happening to T.I happens to weezy?
that nigga went to jail weezy went to jail
that nigga said he no mercy is his last album weezy says CIV is his last album
but i think that nigga wont be out for long, he is doing an eminem like be gone for 4 years then come back with an album and everybody will be on his dick lol
will while hes gone ill be banging drizzy, cole and lupe all day
wooooow i cant even imagine rap without wayne……it would be pretty much officially dead …..:(
@ johndoe…he means he’d kill jb in his own song (even tho he kills everyone elses) ppl would just laugh at jb after that shit
@vocker feels me
and no, he means he doesnt want to the justin song worse by adding his rapping. Justin beibers fanbase is totally different to us, half of the people who ride justin bebier would hate the song just because of wayne
I’m confused, first he says C4 might be his last album, then says he’ll retire after 30. Does it mean no new albums after C4? So what is he gonna do in the next few years then?
“I BEE GETTING HIGH THINKING ABOUT THE CARTER 5″ YOU SAID IT WEEZY!!!!!!! you cant retire in a couple of years its too soon for the FANS!!!!!!! this just makes me think how hip hop would be without you and it just wont be hip hop, without you! :’(
Lol wayne is smart he never want to record with justin bieber cuz he knows he has to stay a G, to not disappoint bieber he says i dont want to fuck his shit up ‘he means his shit/carrier
man what are yall complaining about? he’s been saying hes gonna retired around 30-35 since 05
the good news is he wont work with justin beiber.
the good thing is he wont work with justin beiber
Belee Dat..
LMAO Justin.B Begggin It 2 Weezy.. Hes Lying. .C4 Wont be his last… IT CANT BE!!!
his legacy must live on… IT MUST FFS.. DAMN.. UPSETTIN NEWS IF ITS TRUE.. END OF AN ERA.. AN ERA OF A RAP GOD AND MUSIC GENIUS.. (TEARS FLOW) LOL.
NO HOMO.. C4!!!
Tunechi!!!! #Dope
LOOOOL J BEIBER BEGGIN IT 2 WEEZY…
IM PRAYING WEEZYS LYING, HE CANT RETIRE… IT’LL BE AN END OF AN ERA.. AN END OF A LEGACY OF A RAP GOD, AND THE END OF A MUSIC GENIUS…
(TEARS FLOW) LOL.
NO HOMO..
C4 WILL BE THE DOPEST SHIT EVAR..
WAYNE TILL I DIE.
504!!!!!
OH SHIT .. SOZ FOR THE DOUBLE POST!! LOOL
like father like son 2 ?
Wayne please dont retire i want to meet you.
I think its a business move that he says C4 will be his last album.
I mean everybody will be like damn his last album i have to buy that shit.
The result? A millie or more in the first week.
Pretty genius Weezy!! Love
damn.. music is my life..and LIL WAYNE IS MUSIC to me !!!
no Weezy ,cant live without ur music …please dont retire
Music, rap w/o lil wayne = nothing.
maybe its a business move to retire, i would honestly like to see him throw out another album right before he retires then come back like 6 or some years later with tha carter 5.
yo anyone else think he should make a collab mixtape with big sean?
IT JUST RUINED ME AND I AM STILL CRYING LUV U BABY BUT HEY IT’S ABOUT YOUR FAMILY FIRST AND CARRER LAST SOO…WAT COULD I SAY SEE U AT AGE 30,31,OR 32. WE STILL WILL MENTIONED U AND LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC AND LUV U FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART…..MRS.CARTER
when weezy retires, ima start having nightmares of the bottom
C5 in 10 years would be cool……and what the fuck happened to T-Wayne Album?!?! I’ve been waiting for that shit to drop for years!!!!
he cant live without his music so that a bullshit!
“And like Nicki, he’s only breaking ice. He has yet to be who he’s going to be. I’m banking on them.””
lols ? bird called nicki a he hmmmm interesting
And like Nicki, he’s only breaking ice. He has yet to be who he’s going to be. I’m banking on them.” wtf
Lets all just demand a C5 so that Wayne can change his mind of retiring that early !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He said he would “retire out wen he die out” on D2 !
http://youtu.be/b_Qj69b8YyE
CAN SOME1 PLZ TELL ME HOW TO DOWNLOAD SONGS ON HULKSHARE?? THAT SHIT DONT WORK FOR ME IT WANTS ME TO DOWNLOAD ALL THIS OTHER SHIT. HELP A NIGGA OUT PLZ. IDK WHY DANNY SWICTED TO HULKSHARE ANYWAY
Why The Heck He’s Doin It?
some1 help me how the fuck you do this hulkshare shit
Dam he cant retire before birdman n jay z
Sure weezy has recorded alot more
than any other rapper
But one of the things that keeps me goin
as a fan is too see what he’ll say next
@the Bro King, thats a great video, thanks for sharin it… next time some starts dissin wayne sayin he aint shit, ima shove that video in there face and be like AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
he’s been garbage for a loooooooong time now, its best that he retires … i mean look at the cover … he’s lost his mind.
if he retire im not goin to be that interested in music period and this is why i respect the fuck out of 1 of my favorite MC’S talib kweli
http://youtu.be/NbmTj-u1LMg
i told my nigga toid c4 would be waynes last and there wont EVER be a c5. too bad i aint talk 2 him no more so i cant rub it in his face!
if jay and eminem are still rapping and even birdman! then wayne shud not retire. wht ever happened to “2 words you will never hear… Wayne quite, cause Wayne WIIIIIIN” fuck. if he does retire, a hope he still stays on the scene and doeant just disappear.
maybe hes just gonna take a long break like Jay-Z did……..or TUPAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol jk
dumazzs carter 4 isn’t gonna be his last album angie martinez interviewed him on hot 97 a while back and asked who’s gonna be the first to retire out of young money and he said he would when he about 35 then she said erbody say that and he responded erbody didn’t do as good as i did. yall acting like he retiring rite away he still got like 6 years before he even consider it look up lil wayne and angie interview so yall can stop trippin it ain’t that serious that’s how him and mack been lately trying keep niggaz guessin wus next
i respect wayne for the thought of his decision but real shyt you could still make music and have plenty of time 4 your kids. its my dream to be like weezy on top. i honestly think working with justin beiber would be a smart move.
cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD58v_PPPqM&feature=channel_video_title
@theBROking hell yeah homie thanks for sharing
someone correct me if i’m wrong. i think the only reason wayne considering this is because this is the first time he’s been clean in years… PLEASE GET BACK ON THE WEED WAYNE! He’ll never retire after he gets off of probation. anyone feel me? he’s gotta make atleast tha carter4.20 when he gets off probation! THA CARTER 4.20!
@Phantom- “he” is referring to drake…..
@C_MEEZY 3 you’re wrong, there you go my son i corrected you. may god be with you through thick and thin!
lol
and oh yea, i HOPE C4 wont be his last album….cuz what about the collab album with drake??? im still waitin 4 dat shit!!!! and im not really expecting a C5(even though anything is possible when he picks up the mic)….. but i do hope he makes hella mixtapes before he retires…..shit, hip hop really wont be the same w/o weezy!!!! oh well, i guess drake and cole are the only niggas i’ll be listenin to when weezy retires!!
P.S. Sorry 4 The Wait needs to hurry up and drop!!!!
fuck id rather wayne be killed than retire…. cuz at least then he wouldnt look like a fuckin pussy! “2 words you never hear…. wayne quit.” bull shit. nigga needs to smoke some weed.
J.Bieber Want’s more cash and fame so he wants to be CMB.
And n166az think they CMB they lucineidin
He shouldve just surprised everybody if he was gonna do that not fucking tell us
Any info on what brand of sweatshirt he’s got on? or those sick glasses?
waynes been saying hes gonna retire sometime from 30-35 for years. everyone calm down. even if he says hes retiring, hes not gonna drop straight off the earth. it just kinda sounds like he wont pursue a C5, but im sure he will put out mixtapes and finish those collab albums like T-Wayne and the drake collab. and yea, he will probly come back in 5+ years then maybe drop C5
@C_MEEZY 3 You Crazy Bro
This shit if fucked up – but if anyone deserves to retire at an early age it’s him! People seem to forget that he’s been rapping professionally for nearly 20yrs! He probably just want a chance to know what having an ordinary life, out of the lime lite, is all about before he gets to old enjoy it.
he really is
ohh so y’all ain’t gone talk no more y’all are some bitches
Oops I, meant to say that it is fucked up! hopefully he’ll change his mind and wait till he’s 40!!
WTF!! you shoulda been there for ur kids when they were really young not later, and now he leaves his second family? his fans… makes NO sense whatsoever.
If be would have did this in 2008 I would be devastated but now I feel like its okay. Hopefully he bows out on a classic.
Why won’t he work with jb? Ha your a lossseerrr
shit you gotta realize he never had a life now he got 3 young boyz nene is a pre-teen these years are vital afyer thinking about it still fuckin sucks but i understand i
Completely understandable but you said “And me , I’m on Tha Carter 6″ so I always expected at least a 6th album. Y’all act like he’s gonna never have songs out if he retires I’m sure he’s gonna have tons of mixtapes and features. I do see him coming back like eminem and jay z to make another #1 album. C3 he had a lot of anticipation and buzz. C4 just got out of jail so ppl wanna hear what he has to say, constantly pushed back and supposely his last album. C5 just return from a hiatis from the rap game when it needed him most, trust everythings planned out wit Wayne
so who will this site blow when he finally throws in the towel and retires?
damn poor @Danny M he needs to find another hobby or free time activity lol
damn!!!!!!!!!! man weezy always the best
what does wayne mean by ‘fucking justin bieber’s shit up?’ bieber already fucks his own shit up. wayne would make his shit sound 12e3w45678x better. but its all good cause i dont want wayne on a track with him
dis is outrageous! He 2 yung 2retire at no 30 31 32. Ok i understand da importance of your children n ur life but dam rap wit tunechi wat da fuck am i supose to fuckin lisen 2?? im gon b n college by da tym he retire dis nt fair cz im gon need hym da most…. I myt acty cry wen he leaves… Im sur 2 buy an issue bt i hope wen i read dis it doesnt sound all da way bad as it sounds now… :’(
I LISTEN TO MUSIC BECAUSE OF WAYNE
I LIVE THE WAY I LIVE BECAUSE OF WAYNE
NO WAYNE = NO MUSIC TO LISTEN TO (FUCK THE RADIO MUSIC IT’S NOT WAYNE)
NO WAYNE IN MY LIFE = THE DEATH OF AN IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE
the only way i can allow this is if he “features” with tyga a whole bunch. that can count as retiring. all my favorite songs are wayne, tyga, or wayne and tyga. drake sucks ha
i am going to die if Wayne retires ;(
how old is he .. like 28,29 omg if he’s going to retire at 30 i’m going to be .. 15?! wtf?! i might kill myself … ;( but it’s okay .. if he wants so .. he knows that he has millions, billions of fans but i guess he’s kids are more important! just to say – Eminem is 40 and still has more fans than Wayne .. Wayne should retire at 40! fuck that …. no wayne = no life
@Luiseezy F. Crazy – I pretty much belive he’s going to have marijuana plants
or he’s going to play bowling all day 
or he’s going to produce songs – i guess the best thing to do …:D
Weeezy F baby really Fly stealth !
@Teeeheee lol sounds like something Lil Wayne would do ahah but yeah you’re probably right. BUST OUT @Danny M
He not gon retire, he gon end of doing a MJ or maybe a Brett Farve LOL!!!.. http://www.isound.com/#/sorealmovement
“i graduated from hungry n made it to greedy…”. C5 iz only d begginin, it’z all on d cover n*ggaz.
c4 wont be his last album
thats all hype to buy c4
im sure we will get even a c6
shout out to talib kweli a lot of respect dawg.weezy best rapper alive
Best raper alive thinking about retire? Incredible… Than who create best songs if Weezy gone from hip hop world?
If Weezie was In Jail For A Few Months And Came Back Better Then Ever Imagine If He Rtires And Cumes Back Hell Explode..Well Im Not Happy About The Fact Hes Retiring But If Its For His Kids Then Its Ok…Hes Kids Ae At That Age Were They Need There Father In Theyre Presence….I Know CIV Gone B Legendafry But If CIV Gonna Be Your Last The Does Tnat Mean Youre Not Gonna Make The Colab Album With Drizzy……….
This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard. Good for him though, good times to dedicate to your kids, a lot of really fucked up shit is going to happen in the next couple years
weezy says after c4 is over?? i dont believe dat he says he maybe retire at 30,31,32,33,34 or 35 lol he lies to retire hes to young with 28.never
NOOO! HE CANT RETIRE!!! Lil Wayne is the best rapper!
nobodys is doing it like wayne ..
I AM GOING TO DIE!! WEEZY YOU CANT STOP, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MY OWN FUCKING MOTHER! YOU CANT!!!!!!!!!!!! RAP IS NOTHING WITHOUT YOU!!! :’-((
Going back to the bieber thing. I think what Wayne was trying to say was that he doesn’t want Justin fucking up his shit!
HE CAN’T QUIT MUTHERFUCKA!
He won’t retire after C4 and I heard C4 got pushed up to august 22
wow dwayne really retiring ? i remmeber when he was little as shit rapping in the 504 , i never would of thought he wud retire , he’s a ‘workaholic’ much respect to wayne , family is important tho but he shud push a little more years.
…….
Fuck Beaver, thinks he can just keep askn wezzy if he can get on one of his tracks, he said NO bitch just cuz u think everyone likes him, Beaver makes bitch ass music for lil girls
NO ONE DOES IT LIKE WAYNE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO OR LISTEN TO WHEN HE RETIRES, BUT WILL ALWAYS STICK WITH YMCMB…
wtf…….. no way… weezy is da best…….go on , dont retire……..rap will not b rap widout lil wayne….
Straight up.. A song with beiber is not whats hot in tha streets.. Im STILL pissed Lil B tweeted he was even in tha studio with wayne.. NOT KOO BLUH… Niggahs like that dont deserve to be in a studio PERIOD
He don’t call Nicki a he, he’s comparin’ Nicki with Drake
it will happen and i will cry for 7 years or so. then he will come back and i will blow a ad to make the oceloan my jizz
guys he will make “THA CARTER VI” nd retire…
as he said in his sond..
LIL WAYNE – SWEET DREAMS
he said
“SHE BE ON THE BARBIE SHIT, AND ME I AM ON THA CARTER 6″
what kind of hat ? ?
WTF? What ever happened to “Two words you’ll never hear…Wayne quit?”
rell shut up
Lil Wayne é de ++++
Yall dumb and dont know hiphop saying it wont be alive after he retired smh hes going out a legend tho maybe c4 could be his last he has so many unreleased songs 6000 wouldnt be surprising
Wayne’s been killin it his whole life, if he decides hes had ehough, its his choice, yeah of course we want more, who dosent, hes the king of hiphop , but hes hard a pretty rough life at times, and we should all realize his choice is his to decide, so dont be complaining sayin how pac and dre went longer, wayne is the king, and he will always be killlin it,
he want’s to step down from the ladder, please lil wayne don’t retire…
If he’s planning to quit im going to kill him, he is too good to quit. This nigga ill
he aint retiring at least i hope not!! he still has to do joint album with juelz santana and drake and like father like son 2 he already said they in the works. i predict a C5 doee. and even if he do retire he’ll miss the game tooooo much after he leaves and his fans will miss him as well as hip hop will miss him he come back in no time. hip hop will be f-ckd outta this world without wayne
Lol wayne not retiring atal he simply cannot,birdman wudnt let him
This is all for c4
@parprince i agree with you if the ppl think it will be lil waynes last album they all buying it. the lil wayne era is never over i think he need a break 1-2 years the same with eminem, lil jon and etc.
“And that’s what my album’s gonna be about: me and how interesting I am.” Tunechi is too funny!
And y’all need to stop trippin about him retiring. Y’all know he just say what is on the top of his head at the moment….
dope hat. Any one know what hat he is wearing?
@ieatpuss shut tha fuck up
you feel me
Where did he get that hat!? I want one like that
lmfaooo yall stans out here make me laugh….tha last good shit wayne put out was “no ceillings”….it was straight bullshit/features joints since then,i mean come on did u hear tha “welcome to my hood Remix” ?? Luda,Busta,Twista and even T-pain killeeed wayne’s verse……..Can’t you realise wayne hasn’t been tha same since he dropped out of jail ??? he dnt give a fuck bout rap anymore….anyway if he retires it’s a CURREN$Y world that awaits you….
JET LIFE TO THA NEXT LIFE !!!!! Curren$y,Young Roddy,Wiz,Mac Miller,Cory Gunz !! That’s the future !! Wayne can retire….
Wayne u said u would retire when u died u cant leave the rap game brah I grew up to ur music it’s the only music I like
Dam he wearing Fli Pelican…
what hat do he wear?
last
Mannnn how is WEEZY gonna retire I think hez just getting started
damn he is the greatest rapper ever he cant retire i will cry sooo bad i love weezy
whats that hat??!!!
@tunechii @liltunechi, he wears a Rebel8 hat.
ive been looking all over internet for his hat and i ve got it :[)
Noooo ! Hell No ! Wayne , Tell Us You Just Fuckin With Us ; Retirement ? Really ? & Fa Get Bieber ; His No Hit Puberty Ass .. I Refuse To Listen To A Damn Song You Make With Him . I Mean , I Do Listen To All Your Song & I Plan On Continue Doing So .. Dont Stop Making Greatness In Your Music !
Please don’t do anything with Justin Bieber Weezyn Bieber is a lil biatch
Omfg .. Weezy Please Don’t Retire .!
Like This Shit Just Messed Everything Up.
I’m Not Going To You Have A Good Reason For Your Retirment .. But Shit Man , Your Way To Young !!
I’m A Huge Fan Of Yours So .. I’m Might Not Accept It Now Or Ever !! .. But I’m Sticking To You !!
The hat Wayne is wearing is by REBEL8.
dis nigga bet not retire!! im gonna be sad then.
Now dats a Father who cares about his Kids. Retiring?!!!! Dats Sick!!!! C4 is just da beginning cuz dat shit gotta be wild nd sick!!! I say tune should wet til 40!!! Can’t wait for C4…
i congrates lil wayne, even tho he’s retiring hes been on top from beginning to end nd not all artists do that . very talented much respect. (;
FIRST MOTHERFUCKER ?