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Birdman Talks About Discovering Lil Wayne & Raising Him Since He Was A Kid [Video]

Birdman Talks About Discovering Lil Wayne & Raising Him Since He Was A Kid

On May 26th, attorney and journalist Ari Melber interviewed Birdman on Instagram Live, which you can check out after the jump below.

During their 30-minute conversation, Baby talked about when he first had the idea to create a record label, having no name at first, discovering Lil Wayne at 8-9 years old, and living with and raising Wayne since he was a kid.

The #1 Stunna also discussed both Drake and Nicki Minaj witnessing how Tunechi became the best, one of his favorite artists being Tune, and before confirming that him and Weezy are now “good”, he says it was very important for them to air out their problems and they now speak to each other all the time!

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Michael Phelps Praises Lil Wayne & Recalls Wayne Giving Him An iPod Full Of Unreleased Music [Video]

Michael Phelps Praises Lil Wayne, Recalls Wayne Giving Him An iPod Full Of Unreleased Music

American swimmer Michael Phelps recently sat down with journalist Ari Melber for an interview on his “The Beat With Ari Melber” news show on American television network MSNBC.

At the 10:00 mark of their conversation, which you can check out below, Michael discussed what music he listened to before working out and before his big races to which he replied with “old Wayne“.

The most decorated Olympian of all time also talked about first meeting Tunechi when they hosted “Saturday Night Live (SNL)” together back in 2009, which he called “epic” and a “dream come true”. Phelps even recalled around this time Tune gifting him with an iPod full of unreleased music that has since come out, such as “Ice Cream” off No Ceilings!

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Swizz Beatz Calls Lil Wayne The Most Dedicated Person In The Studio, Says Wayne Has Type A Personality [Video]

Swizz Beatz Calls Lil Wayne The Most Dedicated Person In The Studio, Says Wayne Has Type A Personality

Swizz Beatz recently sat down with Ari Melber for an interview on NBC News‘ “Mavericks With Ari Melber” show.

During their conversation, Swizz revealed that he has never seen Lil Wayne or JAY-Z write in the studio, as well as call Wayne the most dedicated person he has ever been in the studio with after witnessing him wake up at 4AM to go to the studio until 4AM the following day.

The New York music artist, DJ and producer was also asked if Tunechi has Type A personality to which he answered: “he’s serious yes”. You can check out the full Beatz interview with Ari in a video after the jump below (the part about Tune and JAY starts from around 11:45)!

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Ezri Explains How Lil Wayne Inspired His Style Of Rap [Video]

Ezri Explains How Lil Wayne Inspired His Style Of Rap

Ezri was a recent guest on journalist Ari Melber‘s news show on American television network MSNBC, “The Beat With Ari Melber“.

During his appearance on the show, the rapper formerly known as Ezzy who is also signed to Nas spoke on various subjects that included him saying Lil Wayne is the person that inspired him the most to put thought and effort into writing his raps.

While being asked how he learned to flow like he does, the Cleveland rapper revealed that listening and seeing Wayne‘s authenticity, grittiness, crazy wordplay, and metaphors definitely inspired his style of rap. You can check out everything that Ezri told Ari in the video below!

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MSNBC Recite Lil Wayne Lyrics In Their “This Is Who We Are” Ad [Video]

MSNBC Recite Lil Wayne Lyrics In Their This Is Who We Are Ad

MSNBC have released a new “This Is Who We Are.” ad and it includes journalists Ali Velshi and Ari Melber reciting Lil Wayne lyrics.

The commercial for the American television network, which you can check out below, includes the journalists citing Weezy‘s “Krazy” and “Mrs. Officer” tracks.

This is not the first time that Ari has referenced Tunechi lyrics on TV as 2 years ago, he also quoted Tune to attack the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and his greed!

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