Mr. Carter

"Mr. Carter"
Promotional single by Lil Wayne featuring Jay-Z
from the album Tha Carter III
Released	July 1, 2008
Genre	Hip hop
Length	5:16
Label	Cash Money Universal Motown
Songwriter(s)	Dwayne Carter, Jr. Shawn Carter Drew Correa Marco Rodriguez Sha Ron Prescott
Producer(s)	DJ Infamous Andrews "Drew" Correa
Lil Wayne chronology
"Got Money" (2008) "Mr. Carter" (2008) "Ya Heard Me" (2008)
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Roc-A-Fella Billionaires" (2007) "Mr.Carter" (2008) "Swagga Like Us" (2008)

"Mr. Carter" is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne featuring fellow American rapper Jay-Z, released on July 1, 2008, as a promotional single from the former's sixth album Tha Carter III (2008). Produced by DJ Infamous and Drew Correa, the title refers to the two artists' shared surname (Dwayne Carter and Shawn Carter, respectively), although the two are not related. In the song, Wayne borrows lyrics from Jay-Z's song "Lucky Me", from his 1997 album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1.^{[citation needed]} Lil Wayne had said that this track is his favorite from Tha Carter III.^{[citation needed]}