We already know that Lil Wayne went platinum with Tha Carter IV in the first week worldwide, but it has took Weezy 2 weeks to officially go platinum with C4 in the US. The album sold 219,000 copies this past week, bringing the total album sales in the US at: 1,183,000! Tunechi‘s Tha Carter IV album is currently still at the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart too.

In other news, Lil Wayne has had his own personal skate ramp built in to the back of his Cadillac Escalade. The ramp is portable and will pull in and out of his Escalade, which will let Wayne practice his skateboarding skills while he is on the road touring. You can read what TMZ reported below:

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Rolling Stone just recently announced that Lil Wayne has extended his “I Am Still Music” tour through the summer. Weezy keeps Rick Ross as an opening act, but swaps Travis Barker, Porcelain Black and Nicki Minaj for Lloyd, Keri Hilson and Far East Movement. The tour will hit 40 cities in the US starting in Hartford, Connecticut on July 13 and ending in Woodlands, Texas on September 11. You can view a full list of all the dates and locations after the jump, and you will be able to purchase tickets on LiveNation starting from May 20!

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“Right here, you got my man Jay Sean, the new edition of Cash Money Records!” Lil Wayne proclaims as he and Sean stride across an enormous green-screen on the set of the video for “Down.” The song — which features Wayne — is the British pop/R&B artist’s debut U.S. single, and it’s also an important stylistic step forward for the Cash Money label.

“Everybody is used to what Cash Money is, and that’s why he has a new sound,” Wayne said. “It’s for the ladies. We’re used to getting in your face … and now we are getting more mature here.”

Whatever the case, it’s working: The song is already making strong inroads at U.S. radio and the video is set to premiere any day. Cash Money already stepped outside of the hip-hop realm with rocker Kevin Rudolf (who also appears on Sean‘s forthcoming album), and Jay Sean brings a whole new dimension to its roster.

Indeed, the British-Indian singer — who hails from the London borough of Hounslow — is an unlikely match for the label, but his accomplishments speak for themselves. With two albums under his belt, he is a hot-selling artist in Europe and India. In his seven-year career, Sean has blended his R&B style with Punjabi singers and even reggaetón (courtesy of producers Luney Tunez) before going independent with his 2008 album release, the fittingly titled My Own Way.

And so Jay Sean begins his American campaign: “Down” has hit radio, as has Birdman’s “Written on Her,” which features Sean. The video for “Down” drops this week, and Sean begins a West Coast promotional tour toward the end of July. His U.S. release, expected in October of this year, will also be titled My Own Way, but will have a whole new set of songs and of course, a couple of Cash Money family features. But even an artist who plays to crowds of more than 50,000 people in Europe and Asia is a surprise signing for Cash Money.

“A producer friend told me that Cash Money Co-CEO Ronald ‘Slim’ Williams is really into your project, loves the fact that you did it independently,” Sean told MTV News. “They understand all about that because that’s how they started. They just really want to take you to the next level and bring you to America.”

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