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Free Weezy Album is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne. It was released on July 4, 2015, by Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records, exclusively on TIDAL. It was released on Spotify and Apple Music on July 3, 2020, to commemorate its five-year anniversary, though some samples were changed due to clearance issues, and some tracks are absent completely.
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- ↑ "The B.G.'z – True Story [Album Review]". Newtral Groundz. February 6, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ↑ Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn; Fonseca, Anthony J. (2018). Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. Encyclopedia. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-313-35758-9.
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- ↑ https://theboombox.com/cash-money-records-the-birth-of-a-dynasty-part-1/
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