Lil Wayne Announces "Tha Carter V" Release Date

Weezy dropped the news live on "SportsCenter."

via ESPN

Lil Wayne took a break from the "Drake Vs. Lil Wayne" tour this morning to stop by the SportsCenter set to announce that his upcoming album, Tha Carter V, is dropping on Oct. 28.  Leading up to the announcement this morning, Wayne dropped the latest single from the album, "Grindin," featuring Drake last week, and has been promoting the project through various athletes for the majority of the summer. Weezy capped off his day at ESPN with the release of the official artwork for the album featuring a picture of him and his mom, which can be seen above. As a bonus watch the video of Wayne doing the popular "Ice Bucket Challenge" below for the latest episode of "Weezy Wednesdays."

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Lil Wayne just dropped the album cover for “Tha Carter V” live on SportsCenter. #SCvsLilWayne pic.twitter.com/36LpxoAdsd

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 14, 2014

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