By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Rahman Dukes
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Lil Wayne has kept a low profile since emerging from prison last month, quietly recording again and showing up at a handful of sporting events. But the Cash Money superstar has been very productive: He's "93 percent done" with his next project, Tha Carter IV, according to Lil Wayne insider DJ Scoob Doo.
Scoob has been with Wayne every step of the way since his release — from New York to Las Vegas and Miami — capturing the moments for "The Nino Brown Story, Pt. 3," the ongoing DVD series that documents life behind the scenes for the martian MC.
The DVD was scheduled for release earlier this year, but Scoob decided to pull back and wait until Wayne was free. The project is expected to see the light of day once Wayne's LP is finished.
"I was planning to put that out while Wayne was away, that was the traditional outlook of it," Scoob told MTV News. "But Wayne didn't see the 'I'm Single' video. That's like my partner in crime with this, so to [have] put it out without him seeing [the video], it proves everything — he knows that was a good product. But it's kinda like putting an album out without him listening to it."
The rapper and his videographer recently sat down and watched all of the clips Scoob shot, which subsequently made their way onto the Net while Weezy served out his sentence. The batch included "I'm Single," "We Be Steady Mobbin' " and the "Pop Dat" videos.
The last one, "Pop Dat," brought home the importance of the project for Wayne. The clip features footage of the Birdman going to visit him on Rikers Island, fans holding up "Free Weezy" signs and more. As a result, "The Nino Brown Story, Pt. 3" has swelled to a larger production, set to encompass material that follows Wayne in the period leading up to his imprisonment right through his post-prison return to the stage during a surprise performance with Drake.
"It's telling a story, and the story is so much greater now," Scoob explained. "It's kinda like you're trying to make a TV show episode off of a major motion picture. You can't do it, you can't do it. You can do it, but it's gonna have to be continued. So, right now, it's like we on 'Nino Brown, 17,' if you will, just to put in perspective of how much video footage we have. How much content we have, how much on a different space we are professional-wise, working together-wise."
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