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Published on August 30th, 2020 | by Dr. Jerry Doby

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New album from Lil Wayne “No Ceilings”

Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning music icon Lil Wayne surprised fans and released the critically acclaimed No Ceilings mixtape on all digital streaming platforms via Young Money Records/Republic Records. In honor of the late Kobe Bryant, the project features the bonus track “Kobe Bryant,” which Wayne performed as a tribute to the NBA legend at this year’s BET Awards.

Earlier this summer, Wayne also celebrated the 5th anniversary of the Free Weezy Album(FWA) (stream HERE) by releasing the project on all digitalstreaming platforms. Fans canalso revisit the inaugural season of his highly successful show -Young Money Radio -onApple Music (revisit the first season HERE). The 12-episode season featured an all-starlineup of incredible guests, including Dr. Dre, Drake, Birdman, Eminem, Nicki Minaj, MikeTyson, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Kevin Hart, Chris Brown, Jamie Foxx, Shaq, Stephen Jackson, Kevin Durant, Mannie Fresh, DJ Khaled, Travis Scott, Deion Sanders,Babyface, Jessie Reyez, Lil Baby and more.

Wayne also dropped the deluxe version of his chart-topping album Funeral (listen HERE),which includes 8 new tracks featuring Lil Uzi Vert, Tory Lanez, Doja Cat, Jessie Reyez, BennyThe Butcher and Conway The Machine. Funeral marks Wayne’s 5th No. 1 album on the U.S.Billboard 200 Chart, joining Tha Carter V (2018), Tha Carter IV (2011), I AmNot a HumanBeing (2010) and Tha Carter III (2008).

The full tracklisting for No Ceilings can be found below:

1. Surf Swag

2. YM Wasted

3. Shoes

4. Broke Up (feat. Fre$h & Gudda Gudda)

5. Banned

6. Throw It In

7. That’s All I Have (feat. Shanell & Tyga)

8. Wayne On Me

9. I’m Good (feat. Lucci Lou)

10. Let Do It

11. I’m Single

12. Kobe Bryant (Bonus)

LIL WAYNELil Wayne rewrote the entire game in his image. The five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum rap icon, Young Money Entertainment founder, acclaimed author, skater, philanthropist, and history-making superstar left an indelible tattoo on the culture. By 2020, he cemented his legacy forever as “one of the best-selling artists of all time,” tallying sales in excess of 100 million records worldwide with 15 million albums and 37 million digital tracks sold in the United States alone. Not to mention, he garnered 11 BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two MTV VMAs, and eight NCAAP Image Awards. Among many milestones, he emerged as “the first male artist to surpass Elvis Presley with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100,” logging a staggering 109 entries.

With a discography highlighted by two consecutive #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with2008’s triple-platinum three-time GRAMMY®Award-winning opus Tha Carter III and its double-platinum 2011 successor Tha Carter IV, he completed the series with Tha Carter V in2018. Not only did it clinch #1 on the Billboard Top 200, but it also achieved “the second-largest streaming week for an album in history. ” Every song on the tracklisting charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as he became “the first artist to debut two songs in the top 5. ” It all bulldozed the way for his thirteenth full-length, Funeral, a year later. Simultaneously, Wayne owns and operates Young Money Entertainment as C.E.O. The company ignited the careers of two of the most successful artists ever—Drake and Nicki Minaj. The committed philanthropist founded The One Family Foundation too.


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