Yesterday, Lil Wayne cut the ribbon to open his Trukstop skate park that he helped build along with Mountain Dew in the Lower 9th Ward Village of New Orleans, Louisiana, which was the worst place Hurricane Katrina hit back in 2005. You can watch a video above and two clips after the jump of Weezy having fun at the skate park grand opening, as well as delivering a speech to the people who attended!

Tune talked about why he started skateboarding and explained the reason behind wanting to build a skate park in his city New Orleans. After giving his speech, Wayne had a little skating session himself at the Trukstop skate park with professional skaters Paul Rodriguez and Theotis Beasley.

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On the night of the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards at 4AM, The Skateboard Mag caught up with Lil Wayne for an interview that appears in the latest issue of their magazine. The interview took place at Paul Rodriguez’ skatepark in California where Weezy was having a skateboarding session.

They talked about when Wayne first started skating, when he first noticed skaters listening to his music, who the first skateboarders he met where, the comparisons between skating and creating music, who his favorite skaters are, and more.

Hit the jump to view a scan from the magazine and read Tune‘s full interview.

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