Lil Wayne: Celebs Rumors

Drake is nearing the end of his run.Before the ‘It’s All a Blur, Big As the What? Tour’ officially wraps, Champagne Papi will hit Long Island.The Hip-Hop hitmaker is slated to play back-to-back shows with special guests Lil Wayne and Lil Durk at Elmont, NY’s UBS Arena on Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29.As of now, last-minute tickets are still available for the pair of concerts.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets for the two nights in L.I. was $152 before fees on Vivid Seats.Floor seats start at $425 before fees.While that may sound pricey, the trio pull out all the stops at their shows, based on our findings.Drake performed 38 (!) songs at a recent show while Lil Wayne and Lil Durk opened with 11 and seven respectively, according to Set List FM.Want to rock out with Drizzy, Weezy and Durkio?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the ‘Its All A Blur, Big As the What? Tour’ UBS Arena concerts below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown on all the best ticket prices by section at the UBS Arena can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Drake will conclude his ‘It’s All A Blur, Big As The What? Tour’ at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5.He’ll be joined by Hip-Hop icons Lil Wayne and Lil Durk at both gigs.And if you want to see Drizzy, Weezy, and Durkio one — or two — last times before the tour officially comes to a close, it isn’t too late to snatch up last-minute tickets.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on seats was $164 before fees on Vivid Seats.General admission floor tickets start at $467 before fees.If that sounds expensive, be aware that Champagne Papi and co. don’t short-shrift their audiences.

Lil Wayne is being accused of misleading the US government about his marijuana use in order to get a pandemic loan approved.Last week (March 11), Business Insider published a report in which it states that Wayne and his representatives sought a financial loan from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2021.Part of the conditions of the application by Young Money Touring Inc. included an assertion that they ran a drug-free workplace.

Notorious former NFL superstar Antonio Brown is giving the finger to a judge who threw the book at him for refusing to give a pair of $1 million finger “covers” back to a celebrity jeweler.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger recently ordered Brown, now a rising rap artist, to pay Shuki International $1,095,000 after the embattled ex-All Pro receiver failed to answer a lawsuit alleging he borrowed the jeweler’s diamond-encrusted finger covers and other pieces of jewelry in 2022 — but never returned or paid for them.Jean Louis Shukitold The Post that Brown blew off voice messages he’s left since last month’s ruling, and instead only fired back texts indicating the court order won’t sway him.“U caint [sic] get s–t cracker,” said Brown in the first text, fired off at 4:42 a.m. on Feb.

Drake is going out with a bang.The Hip-Hop superstar, currently on his ‘Big as the What? Tour’ with J. Cole, just announced he’s going to conclude the nationwide trek by co-headlining back-to-back concerts with Lil Wayne and Lil Durk at Newark’s Prudential Center on Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5.These shows will be Drake’s first in the Garden State since he performed at Holmdel’s PNC Bank Arts Center back in August 2014.Prior to the pair of Jersey shows, Champagne Papi, Lil Wayne and Lil Durk are slated to share the stage at Belmont Park, NY’s UBS Arena on Friday, March 29.As of now, tickets are available for all three spring concerts.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster for the Prudential Center concerts until Friday, March 8, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.At the time of publication, there’s no word on whether or not Weezy will join the Drake and Lil Durk for their Thursday, March 28 UBS Arena gig.J. Cole is not scheduled to join Drake for the NY and NJ shows.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues, scheduled co-headliners and links to buy tickets can be found below.On top of the mini run with Drizzy, Lil Wayne has a number of gigs lined up this year as well.If you want to catch the self-proclaimed “best rapper alive” live, click here to see where he’ll be from March through July.At most concerts on his summer 2023 tour, Drake performed a

The Roots have announced the acts for this year’s edition of their annual Roots Picnic festival in Philadelphia.The two-day music festival will return to its usual home of The Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA on June 1-2. Lil Wayne with The Roots, Jill Scott and Nas are set to headline the festival with André 3000 performing a special set in support of his recently released debut solo LP ‘New Blue Sun’.Other acts set to play include Gunna, Victoria Monét, Sexyy Red, Babyface, Wale, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Cam’ron, Funk Flex, and more.A post shared by The Roots (@theroots)The festival will also see various collaborations take place such as The Roots’ Black Thought performinf with Method Man and Redman, Fantasia and Muni Long teaming up with Adam Blackstone and Scarface and Amerie set to play with the Backyard Band.General ticket sale will commence on Friday, February 23 at 10am local time.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Lil Wayne, Jill Scott and André 3000 are just a few of the artists on deck for The Roots’ annual Roots Picnic 2024. The event, taking place on June 1-2 at Philadelphia’s The Mann in Fairmount Park, features a robust lineup of musicians including Nas, Gunna, Victoria Monét, Sexyy Red, Babyface, Cam’Ron, Smino, Wale, Tyla and Robert Glasper with Yebba.

Usher.The iconic R&B star — who is playing the Super Bowl halftime show, released a new album and announced a nationwide tour this week — just added new dates to his ‘Past Present Future Tour.’Due to overwhelming demand, the “My Boo” crooner added an additional 17 gigs to his calendar.That includes two more shows at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on top of the pair he already had scheduled.He’s now set to perform at the Nets’ home arena on Sept. 6-7 and 9-10.And if you want to see the eight-time Grammy winner bring the hits and his incomparable dance moves to the stage this year, you can pick up tickets as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Monday, Feb.

Lil Wayne has said he believes Drake is “hated on” the hip-hop community because he is “light-skinned.”The Louisiana-born rapper appeared on The Richard Sherman Podcast last week. Sherman praised Wayne’s talent-scouting skills, to which the latter credited his mentor and Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman for showing him how to pick great artists.This led the American footballer to ask about Drake – his protégé and one of the first signees on the Young Money/Cash Money label imprint – and why he receives so much criticism in the rap community.“He red,” Wayne replied, “he light-skinned.

Kid Cudi has found a novel way to promote his new album – by erecting giant statues of himself in cities around the world.The rapper’s new album ‘Insano’ came out last Friday (January 12), and it includes appearances from ASAP Rocky, Travis Scott, Pharrell Williams, Lil Yachty, Lil Wayne, Young Thug and a posthumous guest feature from XXXTentacion.Since its release, a giant, 33-foot statue of the rapper popped up in Long Beach, California, after a similar one had done so last week in Paris.A post shared by Willis (@kidcudi)The appearance of the statue prompted the City of Long Beach’s official X/Twitter account to post: “Earlier today, the City of Long Beach learned that a 33-foot statue of musical artist Kid Cudi arrived in Alamitos Bay.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer With less than a week to go until the release of his new album, Kid Cudi is giving fans a preview of what they can expect on his upcoming album “Insano.” The rapper, who has been teasing his ninth album as far back as 2021, took to Instagram to reveal the tracklist and guest features on the project. The 21-track standard edition will feature appearances by DJ Drama, ASAP Rocky, Lil Yachty, Pharrell Williams, XXXTentacion, Lil Wayne, Young Thug and Travis Scott, who cameos on two tracks including the already released single “At the Party.” Cudi previously stated on X (formerly Twitter) that between the standard and deluxe versions of “Insano,” there would be more than 40 tracks released to the public.

Kid Cudi has confirmed the tracklist for his forthcoming album ‘Insano’.The album is set to be released on Friday (January 12) and the rapper has now revealed that the 21-track LP features collaborations with ASAP Rocky, Travis Scott and Pharrell Williams, the latter two of whom appear on the previously released single ‘At The Party’.Also appearing on the album are Lil Yachty, Lil Wayne, Young Thug and a posthumous guest feature from XXXTentacion.Cudi also recently hinted that he was “nearing the end” of his music career, promising one final album of “all new music” before retiring. “Im doin 1 more album and then im done w my deal and not sure what ima do after that but yea, 1 more,” he wrote.

Lil Wayne is being sued by one of his former bodyguards after the rapper allegedly threatened him with an assault rifle and then punched him in the head at the musician’s Hidden Hills, Calif., residence two years ago. In legal documents obtained by The Blast, Carlos Christian accused the “Lollipop” singer of assault and inflicting emotional distress.

Nicki Minaj has pulled out from today’s (December 4) iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball tour date in Chicago, but will be replaced by Lil Wayne.The rapper announced her withdrawal yesterday (December 3) on X. “Hope it doesn’t make you sad,” she wrote. “I won’t be able to perform [tomorrow] in #Chicago for Jingle Ball.

Lil Wayne has said that hearing André 3000 say he had nothing to rap about in his 40s was “so depressing”. Last month, in an interview with GQ, the former OutKast rapper explained why his new album ‘New Blue Sun’ contains no bars. “Sometimes it feels inauthentic for me to rap because I don’t have anything to talk about in that way,” he said.

The first glimpse of the soundtrack to director Jeymes Samuel’s second feature film, The Book of Clarence, has arrived. Produced by Samuel himself (under his own name, rather than his musical alterego The Bullits), “Hallelujah Heaven” features a verse each from Lil Wayne, Buju Banton, and Shabba Ranks.

Callie Wilson just launched her new podcast Living With Ease and the first episode is all about situationships!

Lil Wayne will release a new mixtape, titled Tha Fix Before tha VI, on Friday (September 29). The ten-track project will feature the single "Kat Food," plus appearances from Fousheé, Euro, and Grammy winner Jon Batiste.

Kane Brown will be on the road and in the air all 2024 long.The popular country singer just announced his 31-concert ‘In The Air Tour’ that will send him all over North America from March through September.Along the way, the 29-year-old Chattanooga native is slated to stop into Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on March 30 and Buffalo, NY’s KeyBank Center on April 6.He won’t be going it alone either.On select dates, Brown will be joined by boot scootin’ stalwarts Tyler Hubbard, Jon Pardi, Chris Young, Bailey Zimmerman, Cole Swindell, Parmalee, Locash and Raelynn.Best of all, if you want to get your hands on tickets to hear chart topping hits like “Heaven,” “Thank God,” “Bury Me In Georgia” and so many more live ASAP, you can grab them as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Thursday, Sept. 28, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to tickets for the ‘In The Air’ tour can be found below.Brown has just one concert left this calendar year.It’s a doozy though.He’ll headline at Las Vegas’ 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival alongside Foo Fighters, Travis Scott, Fall Out Boy, Lil Wayne, Kelly Clarkson and more.You can grab last-minute tickets for the two-day extravaganza on Sept.

iHeartRadio Music Festival lineup is truly bonkers.Taking place at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Sept.

that’s how to make mo money.Lil Wayne has been around longer enough to now have elder-statesman status at 40. And in honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, it’s fitting that a rapper would open this year’s VMAs.But “Uproar” — a relatively minor hit from 2018’s “Tha Carter V” — and the new single “Kat Food” didn’t exactly take us back to the classic Weezy vibeology of “A Milli” (which he did return to perform in the hip-hop finale) and “Lollipop.”Thankfully, Olivia Rodrigo — who, 20 years younger than Wayne, would have made more sense as the opener in 2023 — swooped in to help save the opener in the end with “Vampire” and “Get Back.”Two years ago, Doja Cat hosted and performed at the VMAs back when she seemed a little green to be pulling double duty.

Nicki Minaj brought the tribute into more modern times with a medley of ‘Itty Bitty Piggy’ and ‘Red Ruby Da Sleaze’.She also rapped a line from her 2015 song ‘Truffle Butter’, in which she boasts: “I must have about a milli on me right now / And I ain’t talkin’ about that Lil Wayne record.” As the line came to a close, the beat segued into Lil Wayne’s ‘A Milli’ and the rapper took to the mic.

Lil Wayne has opened the 2023 MTV VMAs at New Jersey’s Prudential Center with the live premiere of his latest single ‘Kat Food’.The rapper kicked off the awards show by performing in front of a raised platform on the arena’s stage, flanked by female dancers dressed in white, as he aired the 2020 track ‘Uproar’.Midway through the song, he segued into ‘Kat Food’, walking through the crowd to the B-stage as he did so. The track was released on September 1 and was produced by Charlie Handsome, FNZ and Rogét Chahayed.Wayne is also due to perform as part of a special hip-hop performance celebrating the genre’s 50th anniversary later in the VMAs.

Lil Wayne, Common and more.The gig – dubbed ’50 Years Of Hip-Hop’ – was co-sponsored by the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Live Nation Urban.During an opening speech, Harris called the event the “first-ever hip-hop house party at the Office of the Vice President of the United States,” going on to heap praise on the genre.“Hip-hop is the ultimate American art form,” she said. “Hip-hop now shapes nearly every aspect of America’s popular culture, and it reflects the incredible diversity and ingenuity of the American people.

She’s a doll, but she still wants to party! Nicki Minaj is returning to the MTV Video Music Awards stage this year as both the evening’s emcee and for a performance of her new single, “Last Time I Saw You.”

Super Freaky again. Reassuming her role as head-Barb-in-charge at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Nicki Minaj is set to serve as the host of this year’s fab fête live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, September 12. “For the second consecutive year, Minaj will announce the show’s star-studded lineup of performers, presenters and winners,” raved MTV of the 40-year-old Queens native in a press release.

Ahead of his scheduled September 12 performance at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, Lil Wayne has shared a new song called “Kat Food” that’s about the exact thing you’d expect a Weezy track called “Kat Food” to be about. “Cat hanging out that cat suit, ooh, Serena / Woah, I eat her, like, hyena / Come here, girl, I got that cat food, ooh, Purina / Ooh, Purina, it’s wet, Katrina,” he rap-sings on the hook, following it up later with more raunchy puns and punchlines about felines, comestibles.

Nicki Minaj has revealed that she regrets having Kanye West feature on ‘Blazin’ instead of ‘Right Thru Me’ – saying it was the “dumbest fucking decision I ever made.”Earlier this year, the New York rapper announced that she will be dropping her fifth studio album ‘Pink Friday 2’, the follow-up to her 2010 debut album ‘Pink Friday’.The record featured many rap titans such as her then-mentor and label boss Lil Wayne, labelmate Drake, Rihanna and even Eminem. Another big name to rap alongside Minaj was Kanye West, who lent his talents to the synth-pop-inspired track ‘Blazin’.In a recent TikTok live broadcast, Nicki Minaj replied to a fan who said they loved the Kanye West-assisted track.

There was a brief moment during Hip Hop 50 Live — an epic celebration of the golden anniversary of hip-hop that stretched from Friday night into Saturday morning at New York’s Yankee Stadium— that provided a quick reality check.In between Kid Capri’s DJ set and a breakdancing segment featuring Rock Steady Crew legend Crazy Legs, Yankee legend Derek Jeter crashed what felt like the world’s biggest block party and reminded you that it was actually the home of the Bronx Bombers.But on this unforgettable night, the stadium belonged to hip-hop — the music and the game-changing culture that was fathered by DJ Kool Herc at a party in the South Bronx 50 years ago on Aug. 11, 1973.And with a loaded lineup that included golden-age groundbreakers (Run-DMC, Slick Rick), West Coast rap royalty (Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube) and new-millennium masters (Lil Wayne, T.I.), the marathon, seven-hour-plus concert felt like the Live Aid of hip-hop.

YouTube has announced that they will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year by launching the FIFTY DEEP campaign.This month marks 50 years since DJ Kool Herc performed at a party in the Bronx and showed off his DJing invention of scratching records to extend the instrumental breaks in the song. This revelation was the cornerstone for hip-hop as people could dance longer (evolving into breakdancing) and aspiring MCs could rap during song breaks.In honour of the musical milestone, YouTube has launched FIFTY DEEP, “a cultural campaign on YouTube that salutes how far [the genre] come.” Director of Black Music & Culture Tuma Basa wrote a blog post on the new campaign, saying that the mission “is for every generation to dig into the gems of YouTube’s archival treasury of Hip Hop.”They plan to fulfil their mission by collating a visual library of 2,000 videos that “have changed the game” for hip-hop music, having a custom Yoodle (YouTube’s version of the Google Doodle) to pay homage to the phenomenon of type beats, and creating a Google Arts & Culture Hip Hop Hub to collate “a wide range of cultural institutions’ collections and curated stories.”FIFTY DEEP will kick off this Friday (August 11) with a live stream of Hip-Hop 50 Live on Mass Appeal’s official YouTube channel.

Run-DMC, a 12-year-old Darryl McDaniels got his first education in hip-hop at St. Pascal Baylon Catholic school in Jamaica, Queens.“I was in seventh grade, and Billy Morris — who was in the eighth grade — walked into the schoolyard with a flat Panasonic tape recorder that all the kids would use [back when] there were no boomboxes,” DMC, 59, told The Post.“And he said, ‘Yo, come listen to this!’ He pushed play, I heard a beat … and it was about, like, a minute and 30 seconds of this guy rapping over this little drum beat.

Hip-Hop 50 with some of the biggest stars from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, ’10s and ’20s at Yankee Stadium on Friday, Aug. 11.The one-night-only event will feature mega stars like Run-DMC, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Lil Kim.They’ll be joined by icons Nas, Fat Joe, Common, Ghostface Killah and Lupe Fiasco.A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Slick Rick, Wiz Khalifa, Kurtis Blow and Cam’ron round out the lineup.Of course, the founding father of Hip-Hop DJ Kool Herc will be there too.And if you want to take part in the extravaganza, it isn’t too late — as of now, last-minute tickets are still available.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $57 before fees on Vivid Seats.Lower-level and floor tickets are a bit more pricier.How much are they going for now?Keep scrolling.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Hip-Hop 50 at Yankee Stadium below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best ticket prices by upper, lower and floor level sections for Hip-Hop 50 can be found right here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Lil Wayne has shared his thoughts on influencing rappers to get face tattoos.Speaking to Billboard to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop, Lil Wayne was asked what it’s like for him to see today’s rappers being directly influenced by his music and style. In short, the ‘A Milli’ rapper thinks “it feels amazing”.Lil Wayne said: “Sometimes people ask me how I feel about everybody looking like me, everybody getting tattoos, etc.

Drake has announced that he and Nicki Minaj have collaborated on a song that will be on his upcoming album, ‘For All The Dogs’.The Toronto 6God is currently on his ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour with 21 Savage, which sees the two rappers performing across North America. It kicked off this month in Chicago and is set to conclude in Columbus, Ohio in October.During the stop in Detroit last weekend (July 8), Drake told the crowd that he and his longtime friend Nicki Minaj would be releasing a song together on his eighth studio album ver soon.“I’m gonna give away one thing for you tonight because I got a lot of love for Detroit,” he said.

Jon Batiste has announced his new album ‘World Music Radio’, which will feature a host of musical guest stars including Lana Del Rey, Lil Wayne, NewJeans and more – pre-order/pre-save here.The US musician’s new album – the follow-up to 2021’s Grammy Award-winning ‘We Are’ – is out August 18, and will also feature Kenny G, Leigh-Anne, Native Soul and more across the 20-song tracklist.First single ‘Calling Your Name’ is out now, while ‘Drink Water’ featuring Jon Bellion and Fireboy DML is set to arrive this Wednesday (July 12).Listen to ‘Calling Your Name’ below.“World Music Radio is a concept album that takes place in the interstellar regions of the universe,” Batiste shared in a statement. “The listener is led through the album by an interstellar traveling griot named Billy Bob Bo Bob, who takes you sonically all around the world at the speed of light.“I created this album with a feeling of liberation in my life and a renewed sense of exploration of my personhood, my craft and of the world around me unlike anything I had ever felt before.”He elaborated on what listeners can expect from the record, sharing: “This new album will fill your soul, open your heart and stretch your mind while expanding your vision of popular art.

Lil Wayne is opening up about dealing with memory loss.