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Press / 2025Rolling Stone
2025 / Cover story
Chasing Lil Wayne
May 2025
A Rolling Stone cover profile published ahead of Tha Carter VI, spanning Wayne’s music, family and public expectations.
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Magazine covers, contemporary reviews, radio features and retrospectives catalogued from original publishers. Selected publisher images link to their original pages; this index preserves the trail.
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Press / 2025Pitchfork
2025 / Review
Pitchfork review: Tha Carter VI
Paul A. Thompson’s critical assessment of the sixth Carter album and its large roster of collaborators.
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Press / 2025GRAMMY.com
2025 / Retrospective
A guide to all six Carter albums
The Recording Academy surveys the six Carter albums and Wayne’s changing musical approach across the series.
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Press / 2020Pitchfork
2020 / Review
Pitchfork review: Funeral
A review that situates Funeral after the high-stakes release of Tha Carter V.
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Press / 2018GRAMMY.com
June 7, 2018 / Retrospective
‘Lollipop’ To ‘A Milli’: Tha Carter III 10 Years After
A Recording Academy retrospective marking ten years since Tha Carter III.
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Press / 2018Pitchfork
2018 / Review
Pitchfork review: Tha Carter V
A review of the delayed fifth Carter album, considering its personal material and long recording history.
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Press / 2018Billboard
2018 / Timeline
The long road to Tha Carter V: release timeline
A chronological report on the delays and announcements preceding Tha Carter V.
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Press / 2017The FADER
2017 / Retrospective
Rap's First Millennial Grows Up
Nick Barat revisits Wayne's career a decade after interviewing him for The FADER's 2007 cover.
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Press / 2017The FADER
2017 / Retrospective
How Lil Wayne Went From Neighborhood Fame to International Stardom
New Orleans radio presenter Wild Wayne recalls Cash Money's early years and Wayne's rise beyond the city.
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Press / 2016The FADER
2016 / Retrospective
The Guys Behind Dedication 2 Remember Making the Mixtape
A tenth-anniversary oral history with DJ Drama and cover designer Rob Petrozzo about the making of Dedication 2.
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Press / 2016The FADER
2016 / Retrospective
The mixtape so good it killed mixtapes
A FADER essay on Dedication 2 and the changing economics and distribution of rap mixtapes.
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Press / 2014XXL
2014 / Cover story
2014 XXL cover story
The 2014 XXL cover conversation covered Tha Carter V, the Carter series and Wayne’s role in signing Drake and Nicki Minaj.
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Press / 2013XXL
2013 / Cover story
Lil Wayne on Top
July / August 2013
Vanessa Satten's XXL issue 149 cover story follows Wayne ahead of the 2013 America's Most Wanted tour with T.I. and 2 Chainz.
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Press / 2012XXL
2012 / Magazine cover
May 2012 cover appearance
May 2012
XXL’s May 2012 issue placed Wayne on a live-performance cover and discussed touring, stage rituals and Young Money.
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Press / 2011XXL
2011 / Cover story
Time is Money
July / August 2011
An excerpt from XXL’s July/August 2011 cover story, published as Wayne was preparing Tha Carter IV.
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Press / 2011Interview
2011 / Cover story
Lil Wayne: April 2011 Interview cover
April 2011
Interview's April 2011 issue featured a Paris Hilton and Dimitri Ehrlich conversation with Wayne after his release from prison.
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Press / 2011Pitchfork
2011 / Review
Pitchfork review: Tha Carter IV
A contemporary assessment of the fourth Carter album after Wayne’s 2010 prison term.
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Press / 2010NPR / All Things Considered
February 9, 2010 / Radio feature
Lil Wayne’s Jail Time: All Part Of The Plan
An All Things Considered report from February 2010.
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Press / 2010Pitchfork
2010 / Review
Pitchfork review: Rebirth
Pitchfork’s assessment of Wayne’s move toward rock on Rebirth.
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Press / 2009Pitchfork
2009 / Review
Pitchfork review: No Ceilings
A review of the first No Ceilings tape as Wayne returned to freestyle-heavy mixtape form.
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Press / 2008NPR
June 18, 2008 / Radio feature
Lil Wayne: Best Rapper Alive?
A Soundcheck discussion published in the wake of Tha Carter III.
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Press / 2008XXL
11 June 2008 / Retrospective
Wayne’s Words & Wisdom
XXL looked back at its Wayne interviews and cover appearances as Tha Carter III reached stores in June 2008.
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Press / 2008Pitchfork
2008 / Review
Pitchfork review: The Leak EP
A contemporary look at the short EP that appeared between Tha Carter II and Tha Carter III.
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Press / 2008Pitchfork
2008 / Review
Pitchfork review: Tha Carter III
Ryan Dombal’s review places Tha Carter III after Wayne’s mixtape and guest-verse run.
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Press / 2008Pitchfork
2008 / Review
Pitchfork review: Dedication 3
Pitchfork assessed the third Dedication tape in the wake of Tha Carter III’s success.
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Press / 2007Complex
2007 / Magazine cover
Complex December 2007/January 2008 solo cover
December 2007 / January 2008
Complex's retrospective cover gallery documents a second Lil Wayne cover for December 2007/January 2008, photographed by Piotr Sikora.
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Press / 2007XXL
2007 / Cover story
Baby and Lil Wayne: Nobody Does It Better
September 2007, issue 95
The September 2007 tenth-anniversary cover paired Lil Wayne and Birdman to revisit their Cash Money beginnings.
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Press / 2007The FADER
2007 / Cover story
Lil Wayne: Eats Tapes
Issue 47, July / August 2007
Nick Barat's FADER issue 47 cover story visits Wayne at Miami's Hit Factory during his prolific pre-Carter III recording period.
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Press / 2007Pitchfork
2007 / Review
Pitchfork review: Da Drought 3
Ryan Dombal’s contemporary review of Wayne’s long 2007 mixtape and its place after Dedication 2.
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Press / 2006Complex
2006 / Cover story
2006 cover interview, uncut transcript
December 2006 / January 2007
Toshitaka Kondo’s extended conversation captures Wayne during the mixtape run before Tha Carter III, discussing recording, New Orleans and his ambitions.
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Press / 2006Pitchfork
2006 / Review
Pitchfork review: Tha Carter II
A contemporary review considering Wayne’s work after Mannie Fresh and the development of his flow.
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Press / 2005XXL
2005 / Cover story
Love My Style
November 2005
A Miami-set XXL profile from the November 2005 issue, written after Hurricane Katrina and during Wayne’s rise as a solo artist.
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Press / 1999XXL
1999 / Magazine cover
Cash Money: Money Changes Everything
April 1999
Lil Wayne appeared with Cash Money's wider New Orleans roster in XXL's April 1999 issue, before his first solo album arrived.
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