Marvin Sapp sat down with Vlad TV for an interview last month and in their conversation, he spoke about Lil Wayne sampling him on Tha Carter V.

At the 7:00 mark, the American Gospel music singer-songwriter went on to talk about what it was like to hear Wayne wanting to sample “Never Would Have Made It” on his “Dope New Gospel” record featuring Nivea.

Also in their convo, Marvin recalled first meeting Weezy while backstage at the 2007 BET Awards. He recalled their dressing rooms being on the same floor and Tunechi coming up to him to say “‘Never Would I Make It’ was my sh*t”. Sapp also added that as soon as Tune came out of his room, he got a huge whiff of weed!

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We have previously saw the start of this interview, and now we have another clip of 2 Chainz‘ sit-down conversation with Lil Wayne before their Amazon Music Live show on November 17th.

In this new video, Chainz recalls witnessing Wayne produce, engineer, rap, sing and play a live instrument all on one song, as well as going to sleep on the I Am Music tour while Weezy was working and waking up to him still recording.

When asking Tunechi where he gets his drive and motivation from, Tune answers his mother Jacida Carter. He also says that his mother taught him that when you love what you do, it will not seem like work at all and you will not know how to stop. Check it out below!

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While backstage at his Amazon Music Live show on November 17th, Lil Wayne chopped it up with his fashionista friend Taylen Biggs for a mini interview.

In their conversation, Weezy revealed his favorite NFL jersey of all time is the San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana version, the one fashion designer he would wear for the rest of his life is Ralph Lauren, and he thinks Russell Westbrook is the best dressed athlete.

You can check out Tunechi and Taylen‘s convo after the jump below. These two also have a clothing line on the way that is going to be called “Me“!

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2 weeks ago on October 29th, Lil Wayne made a Make-A-Wish kid’s dream come true during his 6th annual Lil Weezyana Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tunechi met Donavon Fitzpatrick, who is a child in the Make-A-Wish program, backstage at the music festival and took pictures with him, as well as gifted him plenty of Los Angeles Lakers and Kansas City Chiefs merchandise.

While on stage, Weezy also brought Donovan out and dedicated his “Go DJ” song to him. Fitzpatrick suffers from hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), which is a condition that affects blood flow. Check out some footage of it all after the jump below!

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For #ThrowbackThursday today, here is a rare Lil Wayne interview with DJ Felli Fel that took place backstage of Power 106 FM’s annual “Powerhouse” concert at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on June 21st, 2008.

In their conversation, Weezy talked about wanting to see The Game and Ice Cube perform live at Powerhouse, being surprised he sold 1.5 million records with Tha Carter III in less than a month of it being released, and more.

Tunechi also spoke on recording features for The Pussycat Dolls and Chris Brown earlier in the day, as well as already working on Tha Carter IV after the C3 release. You can check out their rare convo after the jump below!

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