Lil’ Wayne dropped some MAJOR shade in a Rolling Stone interview. The rapper, who graces the quilt of the most recent situation, says the NFL fumbled the bag by passing him up for the Super Bowl halftime present in his hometown of New Orleans.
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Wayne Didn’t Watch Kendrick’s Performance
Wayne advised the magazine he’s finished chasing that Super Bowl dream. “They stole that feeling,” he stated, making it crystal clear he’s over it at this level. “I don’t want to do it. It was perfect.” And y’all, he didn’t even hassle watching Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency on the Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9. Instead, he was busy enjoying pool with Lil’ Twist.
The Young Money founder expressed:
“Every time I looked, it was nothing that made me want to go inside and see what was going on.”
Weezy Shares Why He Thinks He Wasn’t Picked
Spilling extra tea, Wayne admitted he went all out to attempt to safe the halftime spot. He even says he was doing issues that will often be out of his character, reminiscent of rubbing elbows at Michael Rubin’s all-white events and kicking it with Tom Brady.
“To perform, it’s a bunch of things they’re going to tell you to do and not do, a**** to kiss and not kiss,” he shared. “You ain’t never seen me in them types of venues. I ain’t Drake. I ain’t out there smiling like that everywhere. I’m in the stu’, smokin’ and recording.”
The journal additionally famous that Wayne advised their publication in a 2023 interview that he was hopeful of acting at SB in NOLA.
Wayne Didn’t Take NFL’s Decision Well
When Kendrick was introduced because the headliner in September, Wayne hopped on IG Live and stated he blamed himself for not being “mentally prepared for a letdown.” At Lil Weezyana Fest, he stated the efficiency was “ripped away” from him. Meanwhile, there was an intense uproar from followers and his trade pals, together with Nicki Minaj, who had been very vocal concerning the NFL’s resolution. Nicki, specifically, stood DOWN for Wayne and pushed a few of that blame onto Jay-Z. Hov, by means of Live Nation, serves because the NFL’s reside music leisure strategist and co-producer of the NFL halftime present, which selects performers.
Needless to say, Kendrick and Wayne’s followers had been divided. Some had been blissful for Okay-Dot whereas others thought of it a slap within the face for Weezy. The ‘Be Humble’ rapper tried to easy issues over, name-dropping Wayne on his ‘GNX’ album with the road, “I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down.” Wayne, being the category act he’s, stated on ‘The Skip Bayless Show’ that he and Okay-Dot talked it by means of and he wished him nicely.
Despite working issues out with Kendrick, nevertheless, Wayne nonetheless wasn’t exhibiting as much as the Super Bowl in New Orleans. He made that clear on IG, saying, “Y’all know I’m not going to be there this week.” Just per week after dodging the sports activities occasion totally, he made a shock look on the ‘Saturday Night Live’ fiftieth anniversary particular as an alternative. IKTR.
Wayne Addresses Viral Trump Photo
Elsewhere, the ‘A Milli’ lyricist additionally touched on that notorious 2020 photograph he took with Donald Trump that had the web in a chokehold. Back in October of that yr, Wayne had social media GAGGING when he dropped the pic on his social media and talked about having had a “great meeting” to debate legal justice reform. The publish sparked controversy and drew appreciable criticism. But Wayne didn’t sweat it, recalling how he loved his lil’ kiki with the President.
“My mama woulda been mad if I ain’t smile. That might have been the only backlash I would have worried about,” he stated. Wayne described Trump as an “a**hole of a wisecracker,” whose antics had the rapper laughing continuous. “Ain’t take nothing serious. Literally in there saying s**t like, ‘What do we have to do again?’ S**t, I forgot.’”
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