Lil Wayne Announces 'Tha Carter VI' Release Date After Super Bowl 59 Halftime Snub

Lil Wayne will not be performing at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday in his hometown of New Orleans.

But he will be releasing new music soon.

The rapper revealed his new album, Tha Carter VI, will be released on June 6, per Chart Data. The Thursday update from Chart Data also noted that the last three installments of the album series all debuted in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.

This comes after Lil Wayne took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday and revealed he will not be in attendance at the Super Bowl.

"Y'all know I'm not going to be there this week, which means I guess there's a seat to fill," he said (h/t Ilana Kaplan of PEOPLE). "Shout out to New Orleans, but I've been working on something very special. I got something exciting coming for you Thursday, the 6th. Until then... I'm chillin'."

Seeing how the rapper is from New Orleans, where the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will play on Sunday, there was some thought he could be the halftime performer.

However, the NFL instead went with Kendrick Lamar.

Lil Wayne previously spoke about his perceived snub on The Skip Bayless Show last month:

While the 42-year-old surely wasn't thrilled that the NFL didn't choose him for the halftime show, Lamar has been on top of the music world this year. He has made no shortage of headlines due to his beef with Drake and will now be on one of the biggest stages music has to offer shortly after his triumph at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

He won five Grammys during the show, including both record of the year and song of the year for Not Like Us, which was a diss track directed at Drake.

As for Lil Wayne, there will surely be a number of new hits on his upcoming album given his overall track record.