The embattled rap superstar broke his silence on his feud with Cash Money, the status of his new album(s), and learning what “On Fleek” means.
After stunning the hip-hop world with a series of tweets last December in which he called himself a "prisoner" of Cash Money records, Lil Wayne raised further eyebrows with a reported $51 million lawsuit aimed at extricating himself, and his YMCMB imprint, from his long-term label home. In a new interview published today in Rolling Stone, Wayne addressed the rift and what it means for his music career. Here's what we learned.
The suit against Birdman and Cash Money is very real and very personal.
While he didn't discuss the details of the bombshell lawsuit, calling it simply "a legal matter," Lil Wayne said he and Birdman — who has been his father figure and label boss since he was just 12 years old — are no longer on speaking terms. "I have no words," Wayne told Rolling Stone. "I'm super-numb to it, to tell you the truth."
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Tha Carter V still isn't scheduled to be released anytime soon.
Though Wayne says the long-awaited album is "super-done," Cash Money has shelved it indefinitely. "I would have released it yesterday if I could," he says. "But it's a dead subject right now. It's a jewel in the safe."
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