Lil Wayne to release new single in ESPN advert

RAPPER Lil Wayne recently teased that his new single will appear in an upcoming commercial for American sports channel ESPN.

Wayne shared on his social media a behind-the-scenes video from the set of the commercial, in which he is seen performing the never-beforereleased song with a live band.

“Get down or lay down/ Lay down or stay down/ Get to the Playoffs/ Can’t take a day off,” he is heard rapping.

Details about this new song are still scarce to this date, as Wayne still has to announce an official release date for both the single and the ESPN commercial.

As NME.com pointed out, the chart-topper has previously collaborated with the American cable network on multiple occasions in the past.

In 2017, Wayne notably teamed with DC rapper Wale for the football-inspired Running Back, which the pair debuted on ESPN’s First Take.

In addition to working on a new commercial for ESPN, Wayne is currently prepping his 13th studio album.

The full-length record, which is rumoured to be titled Funeral, will follow his 2018 album Tha Carter V.

The critically-acclaimed album marked the fifth installment of Wayne’s Tha Carter series, which he debuted in 2004.

Last August, the New Orleans MC teased that Funeral would arrive before the end of 2019, without announcing an official release date for the project.

The rapper told New Orleans radio at the time: “My album is always done, it just takes Mack [Maine] to come in there and rack up a couple of songs and name them. I work every day.

“It just takes them to come in and say: ‘Let me get these 20 songs. Can I have these?’ And they name them and we go from there.”

Wayne also revealed that fans could expect collaborations with Lil

Baby and production collective The Loopholes, which previously worked with fellow hitmakers Young Thug, Future, Wiz Khalifa and Tory Lanez.

To this date, it is still unclear when Funeral is slated to arrive.