{"id":2333665,"date":"2026-03-17T19:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2333665"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:38:24","slug":"rapper-lil-wayne-to-bring-tha-carter-vi-tour-to-columbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rapper-lil-wayne-to-bring-tha-carter-vi-tour-to-columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Lil Wayne to bring &#8220;Tha Carter VI&#8221; tour to Columbus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"74684655007\" title=\"Lil Wayne Lyric Notebook To Be Auctioned Off For $5 Million\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/74684655007.jpg\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Lil Wayne Lyric Notebook To Be Auctioned Off For $5 Million<\/p>\n<p>A notebook rapper Lil Wayne owned in 1999 that is filled with handwritten lyrics is being sold at auction for $5 million.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><story-highlights class=\"spacer-small column ten-column no-gutter\" util-module-path=\"elements\/story\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lil Wayne is extending his North American tour into 2026 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of &#8220;Tha Carter&#8221; album series.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Tha Carter VI&#8221; tour, featuring special guest 2 Chainz, will play at Nationwide Arena on July 23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/story-highlights><partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Snoop Dogg popularized the phrase &#8220;drop it like it&#8217;s hot,&#8221; but the credit for making it a staple in the cultural lexicon should go to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/06\/06\/lil-wayne-carter-vi-release-album\/84066557007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/06\/06\/lil-wayne-carter-vi-release-album\/84066557007\/\">Lil Wayne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>A 16-year-old Lil Wayne drops the phrase in &#8220;Tha Block is Hot,&#8221; from his 1999 debut release \u2013 the same album on which the slang term &#8220;bling-bling&#8221; makes an appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Now a five-time Grammy Award winner, the artist also known as &#8220;Weezy&#8221; is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his seminal &#8220;Tha Carter&#8221; album series by extending his North American tour into 2026.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/04\/06\/SUNC\/82963978007-usatsi-25578734.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/04\/06\/SUNC\/82963978007-usatsi-25578734.jpg?crop=6430,4823,x0,y95 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/04\/06\/SUNC\/82963978007-usatsi-25578734.jpg?crop=3761,5013,x321,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/04\/06\/SUNC\/82963978007-usatsi-25578734.jpg?crop=6430,3617,x0,y698 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Zach Boyden-Holmes, Zach Boyden-Holmes \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images\" caption=\"Lil Wayne will bring his &quot;Tha Carter VI&quot; tour to Nationwide Arena on July 23.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tha Carter VI&#8221; tour featuring Lil Wayne with special guest <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2025\/05\/23\/2-chainz-tesla-ev-cybertruck-controversial\/83815610007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2025\/05\/23\/2-chainz-tesla-ev-cybertruck-controversial\/83815610007\/\">2 Chainz<\/a> will come to Nationwide Arena on July 23.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. March 20 at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/lil-wayne-tickets\/artist\/712214\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/lil-wayne-tickets\/artist\/712214\">ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An honors student and drama club kid in his native New Orleans, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. left school his sophomore year for a GED and his already blossoming music career.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"85907732007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Known for his wit, creative wordplay and raspy, autotuned flow, Lil Wayne broke through with his 2004 album, &#8220;Tha Carter,&#8221; the first in a numerical series of six chart-topping, critically applauded albums.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He was the first male artist to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/entertainment-us-lilwayne-billboard\/rapper-lil-wayne-breaks-elvis-presleys-billboard-record-idUSBRE88Q1XP20120927\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/entertainment-us-lilwayne-billboard\/rapper-lil-wayne-breaks-elvis-presleys-billboard-record-idUSBRE88Q1XP20120927\/\">surpass Elvis Presley<\/a> with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, amassing 186 entries to The King&#8217;s 108.<\/p>\n<p>Lil Wayne also set a Guinness World Record for most Hot 100 entries by a hip-hop artist in 2011, a title that has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/records\/icons\/drake-most-streamed-act-on-spotify\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/records\/icons\/drake-most-streamed-act-on-spotify\">since been claimed by Drake<\/a>, whose career was launched by Young Money Entertainment \u2013 founded by none other than Lil Wayne.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p><em>Contact features and entertainment reporter Belinda M. Paschal at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:bpaschal@dispatch.com\">bpaschal@dispatch.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-03-17 16:23:07.546714863 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-03-17 16:23:07.546714863 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dispatch.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Wayne Lyric Notebook To Be Auctioned Off For $5 Million A notebook rapper Lil Wayne owned in 1999 that is filled with handwritten lyrics is being sold at auction for $5 million. unbranded &#8211; Entertainment Lil Wayne is extending his North American tour into 2026 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of &#8220;Tha Carter&#8221; album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2333666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[368859,305609,39915,30218,22220,21751,239390,452140,22005,239661,6297,25617,25615,284334,21741,22783,51971,21944,21739,298114,21800,21738,239343,239347,23759,41985,23152,284335,239344,100640,239391],"class_list":["post-2333665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-368859","tag-2-chainz","tag-affiliate","tag-ai","tag-arts","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-chainz","tag-concerts","tag-concerts-u0026-music-festivals","tag-eamotion","tag-elvis","tag-elvis-presley","tag-enabled","tag-entertainment","tag-festivals","tag-highlights","tag-hip-hop","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-music","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-presley","tag-story","tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","tag-u0026","tag-urban","tag-urban-u0026-hip-hop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Rapper-Lil-Wayne-to-bring-Tha-Carter-VI-tour-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2333667,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333665\/revisions\/2333667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}