--- title: Lil Wayne's Miami Home Came With a Lagoon of Sharks description: The rapper's mansion sold this week for $10 million, at a loss from its original asking price of $18 million two years ago. canonical: https://time.com/4830041/lil-wayne-shark-pool/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-23T16:28:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:49.153Z og:title: Of Course Lil Wayne's Mansion Came With a Lagoon of Sharks og:description: Buyer beware. og:url: https://time.com/4830041/lil-wayne-shark-pool/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta97f730935907ba2/6988d3008fd2ee399f357ae0/lil-wayne-raps.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: Lil Wayne In Concert - Atlanta, Georgia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Of Course Lil Wayne's Mansion Came With a Lagoon of Sharks twitter:description: Buyer beware. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta97f730935907ba2/6988d3008fd2ee399f357ae0/lil-wayne-raps.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Of Course Lil Wayne's Mansion Came Ready to Party With a Lagoon Full of Sharks > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) Prince Williams—WireImage  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 23, 2017 4:28 PM UTC Every week was Shark Week for [rapper Lil Wayne](http://time.com/4698370/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-10/item/no-frauds-nicki-minaj-drake-and-lil-wayne/) — before he sold his stocked Miami pad this week, that is. Originally purchased in 2011 [for $11.6 million](http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-lil-wayne-miami-mansion-sold-20170621-story.html), Weezy offloaded the nine-bedroom contemporary mansion on Monday for $10 million, public records show. (He originally listed it for [$18 million in 2015](http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/lil-waynes-miami-beach-house-is-for-saleand-it-comes-with-a-shark-pool), but looks like luxury buyers are slim on the ground lately, even in the wealthy, sought-after enclave of Miami Beach.) [Listings note](https://www.trulia.com/blog/celebrity-homes/birdman-lil-wayne-list-in-miami-beach/) that the home has been intensively customized to keep up with [Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.’s](http://time.com/4607341/music-artists-2017-preview/item/lil-wayne/) eclectic tastes. There’s that shark lagoon, of course, which surrounds a glass elevator to the master suite. But there’s also a rooftop skate park where one could presumably practice some tricks while indulging in the oceanfront view, and a three-story wall of windows overlooking the private dock. And naturally there’s a recording studio within as well, plus multiple kitchens and a three-car garage. At 15,000 square feet, it’s likely there are plenty more amenities in store for the new owner. It’s hard to imagine where else he could find a house equipped with sharks as live-in guests. Good thing [Shark Week](http://time.com/4390479/michael-phelps-baby-instagram-olympics/item/tktk-8/) starts [next month](http://ew.com/tv/2017/06/15/shark-week-schedule-2017-18-programs-michael-phelps/) to tide him over. > [](https://twitter.com/ArchDigest/status/878118820224786432) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4830041/lil-wayne-shark-pool/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4830041/lil-wayne-shark-pool/"},"headline":"Of Course Lil Wayne's Mansion Came Ready to Party With a Lagoon Full of Sharks","datePublished":"2017-06-23T16:28:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:49.153Z","description":"The rapper's mansion sold this week for $10 million, at a loss from its original asking price of $18 million two years ago.","url":"https://time.com/4830041/lil-wayne-shark-pool/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","real estate","Lil Wayne"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta97f730935907ba2/6988d3008fd2ee399f357ae0/lil-wayne-raps.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta97f730935907ba2/6988d3008fd2ee399f357ae0/lil-wayne-raps.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lil Wayne In Concert - Atlanta, Georgia","caption":"Lil Wayne In Concert - Atlanta, Georgia","creditText":"Prince Williams—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4830041/lil-wayne-shark-pool/","name":"Of Course Lil Wayne's Mansion Came Ready to Party With a Lagoon Full of Sharks"}}]}] ```