Got Money
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| Single by Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Tha Carter III | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | May 27, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD, digital download | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:04 (Album version) 2:38 (UK radio edit) |
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| Label | Cash Money, Universal Motown | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Dwayne Carter, Faheem Najm, Oscar Salinas, Juan Salinas | |||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Play-N-Skillz, T-Pain | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Got Money" is the third single by American rapper Lil Wayne from his album Tha Carter III (2008). The single features American rapper T-Pain. Both Lil Wayne and T-Pain use the Auto-Tune effect in the song. The single was released as a digital download on iTunes on May 27, 2008. Lil Wayne and T-Pain performed the song at the BET 2008 awards and the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards. MTV also ranked the song as the #19 Hip-Hop song of 2008.
The UK radio edit version, released by Universal Ireland, removes the intros and the outros of the song. Its duration is 2:38.
The official remix, featuring Young Money Entertainment artist Mack Maine, was used to make the music video. The video was shot and released on June 23, 2008, the same day the video for "A Milli" was shot, in Los Angeles and is a follow up to the cliffhanger of "A Milli." The video is directed by Gil Green. Lil Wayne has claimed on his video blog that this video is based on the film Inside Man 2.Ray J, Shorty Mack, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Birdman, Tyga, Brisco, Lil Twist, Lil Chuckee, Jay Rock, 2 Chainz, Kidd Kidd, and the producers of the song, Play-n-Skillz, make cameos in the video. The bank lobby shots are the same bank used in the film Set It Off. The music video premiered on multiple MTV channels on June 23, 2008. In the end, Lil Wayne is the only one arrested while the crew escapes with the money, including Mack Maine and Birdman.
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