The rapper will celebrate Tha Carter VI release with his first-ever headlining performance at the iconic NYC venue
Lil Wayne has announced his first-ever headlining show at Madison Square Garden, set for Friday, June 6th. The special performance will coincide with the release of his highly anticipated album Tha Carter VI, giving fans an exclusive first listen to the new music live in New York City.
Tickets will be available starting with artist presales beginning tomorrow (Wed, Apr 23rd) ahead of the general sale on Friday, April 25th at 10 am local time.
Lil Wayne rewrote the entire game in his image. The five-time Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum rap icon, Young Money Entertainment founder, acclaimed author, pro skater, philanthropist, and history-making superstar left an indelible tattoo on the culture. By 2020, he cemented his legacy forever as “one of the best-selling artists of all time,” tallying sales in excess of 100 million records worldwide with 25 million albums and 90 million digital tracks sold in the United States alone. In 2022, Wayne earned his first diamond certification from the RIAA with his generational smash hit “Lollipop” featuring Static Major. Not to mention, he garnered 11 BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, two MTV VMAs, and eight NAACP Image Awards. Among many milestones, he emerged as “the first male artist to surpass Elvis Presley with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100,” logging a staggering 183 entries – the 3rd most of all time.
With a discography highlighted by five career spanning No. 1 debuts beginning with 2008’s 6x platinum, triple Grammy Award-winning opus Tha Carter III and its five-time platinum, 2011 successor Tha Carter IV, he released the latest version of the series – Tha Carter V – in 2018. Not only did it clinch No. 1 on the Billboard 200, but it also achieved “the second-largest streaming week for an album in history.” Every song on the project charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as he became “the first artist to debut two songs in the top five.” It all bulldozed the way for his thirteenth full-length, Funeral, a year later. Simultaneously, Wayne owns and operates Young Money Entertainment as C.E.O. The company ignited the careers of two of the most successful artists ever—Drake and Nicki Minaj. The committed philanthropist founded The One Family Foundation too.
