Don't Cry (Lil Wayne song)

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"Don't Cry"
Single by Lil Wayne featuring XXXTentacion
from the album Tha Carter V
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2018
RecordedFebruary 2018 and August 2018
Genre Conscious hip hop
Length4:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Music video
"Don't Cry" on YouTube

"Don't Cry" is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne featuring fellow American rapper XXXTentacion. "Don't Cry" was released as the second single from Lil Wayne's twelfth album Tha Carter V . [1] [2] The song uses vocals recorded by XXXTentacion prior to his death on June 18, 2018. [3] It debuted and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it became the second-highest charting song from the album and in XXXTentacion's discography. [4] [5]

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Background and release

The vocals used in "Don't Cry" by XXXTentacion were recorded prior to his death on June 18, 2018. Before the collaboration, Wayne did not know who XXXTentacion was. The collaboration between the two artists happened as a result of Young Money Entertainment's president Mack Maine acquiring the rights to use the verse while sequencing and putting together the track list of the album. [6]

Lil Wayne performed the song live for the first time on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 12, 2018. [7] [8]

The music video was released on January 23, 2019, on what would have been XXXTentacion's 21st birthday. [9] [10]

After being taken down, it was reuploaded on October 2, 2024.

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from the liner notes of Tha Carter V. [11]

Recording

Management

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [12] 50
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [13] 19
Ireland (IRMA) [14] 29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 78
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 64
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 28
US Billboard Hot 100 [18] 5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [19] 4

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [20] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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