Mack Maine Reveals New Lil Wayne Album, ‘Velvet,’ Coming This Year

On Jan. 3, Lil Wayne revealed he was working on three new projects, but now it appears the Cash Money Records artist has a few more on the way.

During an interview with Revolt, Young Money Records president, Mack Maine, confirmed that Weezy is working on two other projects. One is a solo album from Lil Wayne called “Velvet,” while the other is a collaborative effort with Gutta Gutta and Hoodbybaby.

“We wanna get that ‘Carter V’ out,” Mack Maine told Revolt. “Wayne also has a dope project called ‘Velvet.’ We want to get that out.”

As for the collaborative project, Weezy and the two other rappers are forming group called L.A.T. (Loyalty Amongst Thieves). “We also have L.A.T. which is Wayne, Gutta and HoodyBaby. They going Bananas… We gonna be all over your radio, all over your TV screen. If you got any problems with us, you not gonna be able to avoid us.”

With the two new projects revealed, that means Lil Wayne is working on five albums: “Tha Carter V,” “The Funeral,” “Velvet,” “Dedication 6” and the L.A.T. album. While no release dates for any of the projects have been revealed, Birdman did say “Tha Carter V” was “definitely coming out.”

“‘Carter V’ coming out. It’s definitely coming out. The situation with me and my son, bruh — I’m a put all of that behind us and just let it move forward,” he said while speaking with Travis Scott on the his Beats 1 radio show. The Cash Money Records co-founder also praised Lil Wayne, calling him “one of the best artists ever to do the game.”

For fans of Cash Money and Young Money, projects from Lil Wayne aren’t the only thing to look forward to. Mack Maine also confirmed new material from Drake and Nicki Minaj is on the way. “Drake dropping top of the year. Nicki got some features that — I've been in the studio with her lately — that she's just killing. She also gonna be working on her solo project and she's dropping.”