Young Money’s Nicki Minaj announced the nominations earlier today for the 39th Annual American Music Awards! Weezy picked up 3 nods including: “Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Music Artist“, “Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Music Album” and “Artist Of The Year“. The 2011 AMAs will air live from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on November 20th at 8PM on ABC. You can view the full list of nominations over on Rap-Up.
Lil Wayne graces the front cover of VIBE Magazine‘s October/November issue, which will hit newsstands soon. You can read some excerpts from Weezy‘s interview in the magazine here (talks about maybe doing a collabo project with Rick Ross) and here (speaks on dissing Jay-Z). Below, you can read a couple more parts from his interview were he talks about looking at Drake as competition and if hip hop influenced the riots in England back in August.
VIBE: You mentioned how humbled you were at the success of “She Will.” Drake, who wrote and performs the song’s chorus, has now become a platinum star in his own right. Do you look at the guy and say, “Wow, I helped create a monster, I have to stay on my toes”?
LIL WAYNE: I don’t look at it like that. Drake is my artist. If he wasn’t my artist, then yeah maybe. But that’s my artist. He’s not just a friend. We’re more than friends. It’s business. It would be impossible for it to be a competition. I mean, I’m the guy’s boss.
“He’s entering uncharted territory, I think, for a lot of people in our generation in hip-hop history,” Lloyd told Mixtape Daily. “When Wayne walks into the building, it’s electric. It’s almost like witnessing, I would imagine, what rock and roll stars would experience earlier on in history. You don’t get to experience a lot of that in hip-hop, usually there’s a lot of hatred or a crabs-in-the-bucket mentality going on. But I think with Wayne, he’s overcome so much that the people are really embracing him across the board.” – MTV
Lloyd is also trying to get Lil Wayne on his upcoming King Of Hearts album! Hit the jump to watch a video of Bruno Mars speaking about Tunechi Li‘s “Grenade Remix“:
Above, Ne-Yo speaks to Amaru about the essence of hip hop and why he thinks Lil Wayne is living the essence of hip hop right now. Do you agree with Ne-Yo? And you can watch Ne-Yo speak on his respect for Tunechi here.
If you haven’t ordered an “I Am Not A Human Being” t-shirt, then don’t forget to order one here to support Weezy‘s latest album!
As we posted earlier, Lil Wayne‘s new album I Am Not A Human Being was released on iTunes. Now, we’re glad to say that it has reached number one, already! Less than twelve hours after it’s release it has already surpassed Eminem’s Recovery, taking over the Hip-Hop/Rap charts and Zac Brown Band’s You Get What You Give to become the number one overall album on iTunes. This is a huge accomplishment for Weezy, and now we must wait until Saturday to see where it places on the Billboard 200 chart.
BONUS: After the jump you can view a funny clip from The Cleveland Show where Kenny (played by Kanye West) mentions Wayne.
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