Article By: Ashia Henry

After years of delays & label disputes, Lil Wayne has finally announced an official release date for Tha Carter V.The album will drop September 27th, on the rapper’s 36th birthday.

In a video posted to all of his social media, Weezy announced the great news. First he addressed the confusion about the release date. The Young Money label social media originally reported the release  date as September 21st. Then he kindly corrected everyone who said he was late with the release.

“I heard there was a misunderstanding about the release date of the C5,” he said. “I heard y’all got mixed up and thought it was gonna get release like last week or something.

“Well, I would like for you to know that since y’all stuck with me and hung in there anyway for like the past four or five years through all of this but uh on my birthday, I actually have something special. I will be releasing Tha Carter V on my birthday.”

Check out the full video of Lil Wayne’s announcement below. Will you be streaming Tha Carter V?