Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, YG And More Team With Spotify To Recreate Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ Album Cover
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III album” (released on the 10th of June 2008 and sold over 2.88million copies in the first month and produced four singles that achieved chart success, including the international hit “Lollipop” and Billboard hits “A Milli”, “Got Money”, and “Mrs. Officer”), Spotify has commissioned a bunch of rappers to recreate the epic album’s cover. Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, Offset, Wiz Khalifa, YG, Chance the Rapper, Young M.A., French Montana, and Tyga, are just some of the artist who replaced Tunechi’s adorable childhood photo with one of their own.
The images from the Spotify ads went up this week, along with a quote from each respective artist about how the album inspired them.
“When I heard Tha Carter III, I knew Wayne was the greatest rapper alive,” Uzi shared with Spotify, while Quavo shouted out the New Orleans rapper for inspiring the creation of Migos. “Lil Wayne is a hell of an artist,” Quavo said.“Him and Hot Boys inspired me in many ways. Hot Boys influenced us to be a group.”
Khalifa called Wayne one of the “most influential rappers” and explained how Tha Carter III “changed” the music game. “All the production and lyrics on here are on point and this was the soundtrack to life when it came out,” he said.
Chance the Rapper pointed out that Wayne “remade the whole Carter III after it got stolen and leaked.” The Chicago native said that both versions are his “favorite album.”
Tha Carter III was released on June 10, 2008, marking a career-defining era for the Young Money boss. The triple platinum Grammy-winning album sold a million copies in its first week, and spawned hit singles like “A Milli,” and “Lollipop.”
Weezy will celebrate he album’s 10-year anniversary at the Lil Weezyana Fest on August 25.