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Throwback Thursday: Lil Wayne Puts On A Dope Live Performance At BET’s “Spring Bling” In 2006 [Video]

Lil Wayne Performs Live At BET Spring Bling In 2006

As it is #ThrowbackThursday today, here is a rare dope live performance from Lil Wayne at BET’s “Spring Bling” show in Florida back in 2006.

During the song medley, Weezy performed his “Go DJ“, “Tha Block Is Hot“, “Hustler Musik“, and “Fireman” songs live for everyone in attendance.

You can check out the great performance from Tunechi to promote his Tha Carter II album in the video after the jump below. Enjoy!

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Throwback Thursday: Lil Wayne Makes An Appearance On BET’s “106 & Park” In 2006 [Video]

Lil Wayne Makes An Appearance On BET 106 & Park In 2006

As it is #ThrowbackThursday today, here is some footage of Lil Wayne‘s appearance on BET’s “106 & Park” show over 15 years ago on January 10th, 2006.

While on the show, Weezy explained how he injured his wrist while playing basketball, as well as wanting to shoot his “Hustler Musik / Money On My Mind” music video inside The Carter building in New York City from the movie “New Jack City” before he then premiered the visual.

You can check out a clip of Tunechi, who was rocking clothing from A Bathing Ape, chatting to Big Tigger and Julissa Bermudez on “106 & Park” back in 2006 for #TBT below. Enjoy!

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Throwback Thursday: Lil Wayne Talks To SMACK DVD About Nearly Signing To JAY-Z, Juvenile Beef, Birdman Loyalty & More [Video]

Lil Wayne Talks To SMACK DVD About Nearly Signing To JAY-Z, Juvenile Beef, Birdman Loyalty & More

Just like last week, I have decided to do another #ThrowbackThursday post here on LilWayneHQ.com, so if you would like to see me make this a weekly thing on this website, please let me know in the comments section below.

In today’s throwback clip, which you can check out below, Lil Wayne can be seen giving an interview to SMACK on his tour bus for their iconic street DVD series. This part appeared in SMACK DVD Volume 13 and it was filmed in 2006 after the release of Wayne‘s Tha Carter II album.

During their conversation, Weezy (who was rocking a purple BAPE zip-up hoodie) spoke on T-Streets thriving on smacking people, Trina, speaking to JAY-Z about signing to his record label after Birdman gave him the go-ahead, his beef with Juvenile, signing deals with Reebok and Billionaire Boys Club, his loyalty for Baby, and more!

“Dude may of dissed me or whatever, but I get paid. So when you gettin’ paid, you can’t really look at it. Now if I was hurtin’ it might be a murder or somethin’, but I’m gettin’ paid”

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Lil Wayne Discusses A Bathing Ape Fashion Brand & Calls Lil Baby His Favorite Artist [Video]

Lil Wayne Talks About A Bathing Ape Fashion Brand & Calls Lil Baby His Favorite Artist

Yesterday, we saw Lil Wayne appear on the Season 10 finale episode of “Sneaker Shopping” with Joe La Puma at Neiman Marcus in Bal Harbour, Florida.

An excerpt from this interview that didn’t make the final episode has now been released (watch below), which includes Weezy talking all about his classic Vibe magazine cover from back in 2006 where he was wearing the cotton candy A Bathing Ape zip-up hoodie.

After Joe told Tunechi how that cover inspired Damian Dillard‘s latest BAPE collaboration with Adidas and how that magazine issue is currently on eBay for $1,000.00, Tune revealed what exactly he loves about the iconic clothing brand, as well as also named Lil Baby his favorite artist at this moment in time!

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Behind The Scenes Of Lil Wayne’s Photo Shoot With BAPE & UGG [Video]

Behind The Scenes Of Lil Wayne Photo Shoot With BAPE & UGG

Here is a behind the scenes look at Lil Wayne‘s photo shoot with Neil Favila for A Bathing Ape and UGG.

In the clip, Weezy can be seen showing off both of BAPE and UGG‘s spring/summer 2019 campaigns, as well as the outtakes that we saw last week.

You can check out the behind the scenes footage, which was shot by Dusty Kessler at Tunechi‘s crib in Miami, Florida after the jump below. Enjoy!

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