Lil Wayne to Retire From Rap and Concentrate on Sports

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November 23, 2012 17:35:48 GMT

He will be making a transition from rapper to sports analyst after the release of his eleventh studio album 'Tha Carter V'.

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Lil Wayne is making retirement plans from the music industry, saying upcoming album "Tha Carter V" will be his last effort. He opened up to MTV News on Wednesday, November 21 of his dream of being a sports analyst after years of rapping.

"I know y'all want me around for a little bit, [but] Carter V is my last album," Wayne revealed. "Man, I've been rappin' since I was 8 years old. I'm 30 now, man. That's a long time, man." He added, "When I love to do something, I'm fully focused on it and it only. And music sometimes is not that 'it'."

Of what he thinks the future may hold for him, he said, "I'd be a skater/sports analyst. My day job will probably be sports analyst and I'll skate all night instead of being in the studio all night." Wayne has made his interest in skating no secret with his skate-inspire clothing line TRUKFIT and his supports of the skating communities.

"Skating is a world, it's a world... it's a life, it's a world, it's, it's own and I didn't know that," he said. "I thought it was four wheels and piece of wood. I didn't know that. Now I know it's a world and I just wanna be vital in that world."

His plans include a business venture with fellow rapper Nelly. "My big brother Nelly and I... him and I we got a sports show coming out. We don't have a station, we're just doin' it ourselves right now," Wayne gushed.

"Tha Carter V", his eleventh studio album, is expected to be released in 2013. Another album, "I Am Not a Human Being II" will be put in stores February 19 that year.

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Yeah, right.

Remember when Jay-Z "retired" in '03, went on a large world tour and guest appeared on several tracks thereafter?

Timmy84 said:

You know weezy is full of shit.

These rappers especially like to do this i'm going away shit....

Then 2 years later is the comeback tour.

he's lying. he renewed his contract last year for a few more albums. he's definitely gonna do the Jay-Z move and come back.

DakutiusMaximus said:

"I know y'all want me around for a little bit, [but] Carter V is my last album," Wayne revealed. "Man, I've been rappin' since I was 8 years old. I'm 30 now, man. That's a long time, man." He added, "When I love to do something, I'm fully focused on it and it only. And music sometimes is not that 'it'."

That bold part right there is very interesting.

I've said it many times before, I liked the older (or younger Lil' Wayne how ever you wanna call it ) HE was much more focused in the art of rapping, putting together decent songs and not just yapping about non sense.

Before the Young Money era, I was down with Lil' Wayne but something happened around 2005-ish were he started to change. He wasn't reppin' his hood like he used to. BG, Juvenile, Turk, Mannie Fresh, all of the OG Cash Money who he came in with were now gone. It just wasn't the same and once Nikki and Drake and Tyga came aboard, the real Lil' Wayne was gone. OF course, this Lil Wayne has made more money now then he could have ever dreamed of when he was just reppin that Uptown in the NO.