Lil Wayne's daughter, Reginae Carter, just gave fans the kind of spirited defense that only a ride-or-die daughter can pull off, and it's undefeated. The 25-year-old actress and influencer would broadcast her fire to Instagram with her father's legacy on her tongue. A horde of online haters did not take kindly to Tha Carter VI and had been calling it "trash," but Reginae wasn't hearing it. It was never without unapologetic power that she told the truth and more than the truth.
"You say 'Carter VI' is trash. That's what you want to say," she began. "But I'm a tell you this: my father and Carter VI, I wanted to kill you mothafuckers." This is what I hate about you children. Just because y'all can't get on TikTok and do a f###### dance to it, that doesn't mean it's trash, babes."
And there she was, just cutting through the din. Reginae wasn't just defending a project; she was defending an art form. In the age of public consumption by virality, she served notice that not all music is meant to be a trending hashtag.
"My dad was talking some real s###," she added. "There's stuff on that album that you can hear in 2K, or in games, or at f###### malls, at all kind of stuff. It's universal, my love."
In the kind of clarity that only a person brought up on barz would bring, Reginae addressed the surface way music can be consumed nowadays. Her argument: Lil Wayne isn't chasing clout but solidifying legacy.
"Y'all need to get your minds out of the TikTok world and get to the real bag where it is. My dad is a lyricist, babe. My dad really talks s###."
" Quoting one of her father's most famous lines from 6 Foot 7 Foot, Reginae flipped it into her very own verbal corner bailout:
"So if y'all can't decipher it, y'all move more than just the 'G'/ And y'all can get the D— kiss my a—, or get the f### out; I don't know how to say this." Thanks."
In the meantime, Tha Carter VI is doing just fine without us. Dropping on June 6, it's the triumphant return of one of hip-hop's most storied series. The 19-track album sports a stacked feature list: Big Sean, Jelly Roll, Andrea Bocelli, Wyclef Jean, and even his son Kameron Carter. It's set to enter at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with perhaps 120,000–140,000 equivalent album units.
Reginae isn't playing that: If you want throwaway TikTok jingles, move along. But if you're in the mood for shellfired bars that have stood the test of time, Tha Carter VI is the place to be.
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