Lil Wayne confirms Irish date

US rapper Lil Wayne has announced his first Irish headliner - he plays Dublin's O2 on March 8, 2013.

The gig will showcase Wayne's forthcoming tenth studio album, I Am Not A Human Being 2, due out in early 2013. His last release Tha Carter IV (Cash Money Records) was the highest-selling hip hop album of 2011, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart.

Not exactly a shy, retiring wallflower, Wayne has declared; "You can’t compare any other artist out there to me. They are them, I am me. Nobody can do what I can. I am the best at what I do and that’s everything.”

Check out latest vid, 'No Worries', below.

Tickets €45 / €48 including booking fee go on sale this Friday 7th December at 8am