"Don't Cry" was released as the second single from Lil Wayne's twelfth album Tha Carter V.[1][2] The song uses vocals recorded by XXXTentacion prior to his death on June 18, 2018.
[4][5] The vocals used in "Don't Cry" by XXXTentacion were recorded prior to his death on June 18, 2018.
The collaboration between the two artists happened as a result of Young Money Entertainment's president Mack Maine acquiring the rights to use the verse while sequencing and putting together the track list of the album.
[6] Lil Wayne performed the song live for the first time on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 12, 2018.
[7][8] The music video was released on January 23, 2019, on what would have been XXXTentacion's 21st birthday.