A controversial new documentary about superstar rapper Lil Wayne has shot to the top of the iTunes movie charts.

QD3 Entertainment’s film The Carter is currently the No. 1 selling documentary on iTunes in the U.S.

In addition to landing the top slot on Apple’s iTunes U.S.’ music store, The Carter is also in the Top 10 on the Canadian iTunes music store alongside such blockbusters as Bruno and GI Joe.

“Having our Lil Wayne The Carter documentary place in the Top 10 on both U.S. and Canadian iTunes store within the first 48 hours, competing neck and neck with multi-million dollar studio films such as Bruno and GI Joe during Christmas season is quite a feat for a self distributed indie doc and beyond our expectations,” QD3 Entertainment CEO Quincy Jones III told AllHipHop.com. “We are very excited about continuing to innovate within the digital space.”

Via AllHipHop, and don’t forget that if you have ordered your copy from TheCarterDoc.com, your order will be shipped on the first week of December.

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Here are some preview videos of Lil Wayne‘s upcoming “The Carter Documentary” which is being released on November 17. In the first video, Weezy records his “Swagger Like Us” verse, but it turns out different than the one that made the final cut. In the second video, Weezy shows his Vitamin Water Syrup and a stash of money, and in the third video, Weezy tells the interviewer what would happen if he was President. You can pre-order the Doc from TheCarterDoc.com, and watch the other two videos after the jump below:

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Lil Wayne‘s “The Carter Documentary” is set to drop on November 17 2009, and you can already pre-order the DVD from Amazon.

The DVD is 90 minutes long, and you can check out the documentary’s description below:

An in-depth look at the artist Dwayne LIL WAYNE Carter Jr, proclaimed by many as the ‘greatest rapper alive.’ With comprehensive and personal interviews with Lil Wayne, this film also features insight from those that know him best. The world will finally get to know the history surrounding one of the most prolific artists of this generation.

Shouts to DatShyt for the heads up!

You can now officially buy a copy of the Young Money and Lil Wayne “America’s Most Wanted: Music Festival” on DVD.

Knotti has captured a whole night of the tour which features Lil Wayne, Drake, Mack Maine, Nicki Minaj and the Young Money/Cash Money family.

The runtime is 55 minutes, and the price is $25 + $2.50 for shipping and handling (including International). You can order a copy here:

You can view some videos below to see examples of the quality:

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Lil Wayne‘s upcoming film Hurricane Season, which co-stars Forest Whitaker and Bow Wow, has reportedly run out of money and has been pushed back indefinitely.

Despite an all-star cast of actors, the movie’s budget is reportedly in the red.

Our sources here in Hollywood are telling us that the studio that owns the marketing and distribution rights to Hurricane Season literally has run out of money and will not be able to release it anytime soon. The studio is the Weinstein Company, and it all makes sense since it’s very public knowledge that they are going through big-time financial issues. Hurricane Season finished filming in mid 2008 and was set for a late 2008/early 2009 release date. Instead, it has been pushed back indefinitely. So what does this all mean? Well you won’t be seeing Wayne playing a high school kid or Bow Wow playing a basketball player anytime soon. Either that or the producers try and buy back the rights so they can sell them to another studio — or it ends up going straight-to-DVD 50 Cent style.

Weezy recently reflected upon his on-screen time alongside Forest Whitaker in the film.

“I just finished shooting a movie with Forest too,” he said in an interview. “He’s a very serious guy. I just spoke to him before he went out there, and he was like, ‘You did good in the movie.’ Then he goes out there and sings that. I’m like, ‘Wow.’ Everything was wonderful and just doing it in New Orleans, it being a true story and just contributing in any kind of way, it was great for me.”

Shout outs to SOHH