Lil Wayne refuses to be a recording artist.
Lil Wayne . Lil Wayne 's solo debut album Tha Block Is Hot ( 1999 ) , was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . His subsequent albums , Lights Out ( 2000 ) and 500 Degreez ( 2002 ) , went on to be certified gold . Wayne gained more prominence with his sixth album Tha Carter III ( 2008 ) , which became his most successful album to date , with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States . Wayne 's eighth album I Am Not a Human Being ( 2010 ) , was released during his incarceration . Lil Wayne 's thirteenth studio album , Tha Carter V , has been delayed multiple times and has no scheduled release date .