Less than a year after dropping Tha Carter VI, Lil Wayne is already teasing what could come next. During a recent conversation with Wake Up Barstool, the rap icon revealed that more music is already in motion, with the possibility that his next full-length release could carry the storied Carter title once again.
“Tha Carter VII is coming soon. I’m not sure if we going to just name my next album Tha Carter VII, but I got albums coming as well. But I don’t know when, if they going to just name it Tha Carter VII or they’re going to wait for another album and name it that, you know. But I got music for days,” Wayne said, hinting that while the title remains undecided, his vault is far from empty.
The statement arrives nearly one year after Tha Carter VI landed on June 6, 2025, via Young Money and Republic Records. The project marked Wayne’s fourteenth solo studio album and served as the long-awaited sixth chapter in his flagship series, arriving seven years after Tha Carter V and five years after Funeral. Released following his collaborative effort Welcome 2 Collegrove with 2 Chainz in 2023, the album signaled another major milestone in one of hip-hop’s most influential catalogs.
Commercially, Tha Carter VI opened at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 108,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, including 35,000 pure album sales. Its expansive tracklist reflected Wayne’s genre-crossing ambitions, featuring appearances from BigXthaPlug, Big Sean, Jelly Roll, Bono, Andrea Bocelli, Kodak Black, MGK, Wyclef Jean, and 2 Chainz, while bonus and physical editions added Nicki Minaj, Future, Lil Baby, and Trippie Redd into the fold. Production credits stretched across an equally eclectic lineup, including Boi-1da, Wheezy, Mannie Fresh, DVLP, Bobby Raps, and even Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Support for the record extended beyond streaming numbers. The Tha Carter VI Tour launched the same day as the album’s release, kicking off June 6, 2025, in New York City before wrapping October 2 in West Palm Beach after 36 dates. Its follow-up extension, subtitled 20 Years of Carter Classics, is scheduled to begin June 30, 2026, in Bangor, Maine, and conclude October 23 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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