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Lil Wayne's 'Carter III' set for May release


March 25, 2008 Lil Wayne's oft-delayed "Tha Carter III" album will at last be released on May 13 via Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown. The album's first single, "Lollipop," produced by Jim Jonsin and featuring Static Major, was the top debut last week at No. 56 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Tha Carter III," the final set in the "Carter" trilogy, is the New Orleans rapper's first solo album since the release of 2005's "Tha Carter II," which has sold 1.3 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen Soundscan.

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