How much does Lil Wayne charge for a verse?
Lil Wayne has released a huge number of his own albums and mixtapes, helping to secure his legacy as one of the best hip-hop artists of his generation. But his career as a featured artist is wildly successful in its own terms.
Wayne has guest-starred on a hell of a lot of tracks, but, as Ghostface Killah recently revealed, the privilege of securing Wayne for a verse doesn’t come remotely cheap. Weezy comes with a big price tag.
Ghostface Killah released Supreme Clientele 2 earlier this year, a quarter-century on from the release of his first Supreme Clientele album from 2000. It formed a part of Mass Appeal Records’ Legend Has It… series of records that dropped throughout 2025.
Featured on Supreme Clientele 2 is a track called ‘Candyland,’ the title of which is a reference to a song from the first Supreme Clientele record. That song, ‘Mighty Healthy,’ features the lyric, “Snap out of Candyland, kids.”
Ghostface raps alone on ‘Candyland,’ but he had initially imagined that a guest star would also appear on it. Sadly, the person he’d wanted to do it passed away before they ever got the chance. As Ghostface revealed on Disrespect Radio shortly after the album was released, Mac Miller had been his number one choice to feature on the song. Apparently Mac had even said yes to it.
That, sadly, never came to pass, and the Wu-Tang Clan member had to look elsewhere. And, given his spectacular form for guest verses, who better to turn to than Lil Wayne?
Wayne has done so many guest verses throughout his career that it is genuinely so difficult to keep up. Someone on Reddit tried to compile a list of all his feature verses about 12 years ago, noting 381 songs. But that was a long time ago now, so who knows what the number is now?
The appeal for artists getting Wayne on board for a track is obvious. He’s clearly good at it, for one thing, and his fame can lend a boost to smaller artists who secure him, while also adding to the glitz and glamour of artists who already are famous. It’s a winning formula.
But it isn’t cheap, as Ghostface Killah has made very clear. After reaching out to Wayne’s camp, he and his own crew were shocked by the quote that came back. “They asking for like $150,000,” he said. “I’m like you know what man, just knock it out yourself. That’s rap shit, n—s be talk talk talk. It’s the worst.” He just did it himself instead.