Lil Wayne: ‘Why Give Them Shine When I’ve Got Baby Mothers?’

It was known that Lil Wayne and his camp were againgst QD3 releasing his Carter documentary, as it contained footage of Wayne in his daily life and a day in the life of Weezy. The film dropped anyway and despite the fact Wayne didn’t support the film, it was very popular & successful. In a interview with Ozone Magazine before he went to jail, he spoke on the documentary and why he was really against it.

There was some controversy over the release of The Carter documentary. Did you feel like they emphasized the drug addiction aspect too much? Is that the reason you didn’t want it released?
The fact that we didn’t want it released was business; paperwork. I feel like, if I agreed to have that camera around me, then I can’t tell that person what to edit when they go to the editing room, unless I am in the editing room and editing with them. If I’m not then I shouldn’t complain, but I was supposed to have a say-so because I had to approve it. And that was the whole [problem]. I didn’t approve it and they still put it out.

So you weren’t happy with the creative aspect or the business or both?
It was some of both. There were females on there with me and sh*t, you know? Why give them some shine when I’ve got baby mothers? I believe as an editor or whatever, as a person associated with me, if you want to become a real business partner with me I believe you should consider things like that. I shouldn’t have to be the one to consider it.

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