Lil Wayne graces the front cover of Billboard‘s Fall issue, which will be available on newsstands September 15th.

For his cover story, Weezy spoke on a lot of things including Tha Carter V, his children, tweeting, 2 Chainz’ wedding, seizures, features, Nicki Minaj, suicide, retirement, greatness, Drake, and more.

One interesting part from the story is that they reveal the outro on Tunechi‘s C5 album will be about attempting suicide and it will sample British R&B singer Sampha’s “Indecision” song:

“When he was 12, Wayne came across a gun in his mother’s house and shot himself in the chest, just missing his heart. In the past, he has called this an accident. But on the new verse he plays, Wayne admits this was a suicide attempt, undertaken after his mother told him he would no longer be allowed to rap. The track, which samples British R&B singer Sampha’s brooding but hopeful 2013 song ‘Indecision’ and will be the album’s outro, was on the original album tracklist, but Wayne added new lyrics this summer, following the suicides of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.’

Also during their conversation, we get confirmation that Young Money Entertainment now solely belongs to Tune, but their distribution deal with Republic Records remains in place. You can check out some excerpts from the interview and pics from the photo shoot below!

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Later this month, Lil Wayne will release his “Gone ‘Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island” memoir, and today, the first few pages from Wayne‘s book have surfaced online via Vulture.

In the pages, we can read what the first few days were like in prison for Weezy, what exactly he got up to, what he ate, who the inmates he got along with were, getting a suicidal-protection aide job, becoming friends with C.O.’s, getting into a fight on the yard, finding out the news Drake had slept with his girl, rapping for inmates, being visited by Diddy, Kanye West, Chris Paul, and more.

Tunechi also revealed he cried when he first heard his cell door lock behind him, he heard his son Dwayne Michael Carter III say “da-da” for the very first time over the phone while locked up, he never ever wants to go back to jail, and being told Drizzy wants him on his “Light Up” remix and to record his verse over the phone. Hit the jump or click here to read excerpts from the first few pages of Tune‘s “Gone ‘Til November” book!

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In just over 2 weeks on October 11th, Lil Wayne will have released his “Gone ‘Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island” book through Plume (a division of Penguin Group).

A few excerpts (check them out below) from the memoir have surfaced online, courtesy of Page Six, that include Tunechi explaining some of the things he got up to while being locked up in the New York prison for 8 months back in 2010 for gun charges.

Weezy revealed he officiated a gay wedding for two of his fellow inmates, helped decorate the service with toilet paper, and toasted the happy couple with Gatorade. He also mentioned Drake came to see him to let him know he had slept with his girlfriend Tammy Torres, there were 2 female officers suspended for coming to see him, requested one of his girlfriends to visit him wearing no underwear, he watched “American Idol” to pass time, wrote a new album, and more!

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Lil Wayne graces the front cover of NYLON Guys magazine’s December 2014/January 2015 issue, which will be available on newsstands on the same day as Tha Carter V, December 9th, unless the album gets pushed back of course.

Below, you can read excerpts from Weezy‘s cover story with the magazine. He spoke on his love for music, his writing process, needing weed for his creativity, his seizures last year, being one of the last of a dying breed in music along with Kanye West and Beyonce, and more.

You can also view six pictures from Tunechi‘s photo shoot with Ben Rayner of NYLON Guys below!

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As we know, Lil Wayne was featured on the front cover of VIBE magazine’s October/November issue that is currently on newsstands now. If you haven’t already picked up the magazine, then here are a few more excerpts from Weezy‘s interview that you can read, courtesy of Complex.

On Watch The Throne:
“I haven’t heard the album. I’ll probably never hear the album.”

On Nicki Minaj:
“I’m not satisfied with anything she’s done. I believe she can do a whole lot more, and I believe she will do a whole lot more. It’s not shocking, and it’s not surprising. It’s quite fitting. But other than that, it’s nowhere near the end.”

On dealing with the tabloids:
“You don’t deal with it. You deal with life. You deal with what’s really going on and what’s really real—that’s your four kids, that’s your mother, that’s your family, that’s the people around you. You don’t deal with what people are saying.”

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