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Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled & Wiz Khalifa Sit Down Together For A Roundtable Discussion [Video]

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled & Wiz Khalifa Sit Down Together For A Roundtable Discussion

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, and Wiz Khalifa all recently sat down together for a new episode of “Self Made Tastes Better” that was set up by Luc Belaire, Bumbu rum, McQueen and the Violet Fog gin, and Villon.

During their 1-hour conversation, they all shared never-before-told stories about themselves and their careers, how to be successful, what they want their legacy to be, how they stay motivated, and how they all inspire each other.

In the convo, Tune also spoke on where it all began for himself, how he chases greatness every single day, and how he has not hit his peak yet as he wants to be the “ultimate artist”. Khaled even revealed he was there at Odyssey Records in New Orleans when Weezy got his deal at a young age!

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Lil Wayne Reveals His Top 5 Rappers, Why He Made “Best Rapper Alive”, Working On Old-School Hip-Hop Beats For His Next Project & More

Lil Wayne Reveals His Top 5 Rappers, Why He Made Best Rapper Alive, Working On Old School Hip-Hop Beats For His Next Project & More

Lil Wayne was the special guest on episode 1 of DJ Khaled‘s brand new podcast dubbed “The First One“, which premiered on Amazon Music.

During their 45-minute conversation, Weezy spoke on his very first rap group with B.G. called The B.G.z, going by the name Baby D, first meeting Birdman, his “Block Burner” song, being influenced by Missy Elliott in the Hot Boys days, and more.

Around the middle of the discussion, Tunechi revealed he has been sent 3 old-school hip-hop beats to spit over for his next project (presumably No Ceilings 3) and 2 of them are: “Ether” by Nas and “Takeover” by Jay Z. However, after a quick Google, Tune realized he already did a freestyle over “Ether” on SQ1.

Wayne also talked about his favorite verse, his top 5 rappers, his top 5 anthems, the “We Takin’ Over” verse, creating the “Best Rapper Alive” song off Tha Carter II album, his The Suffix mixtape that was hosted by Khaled, and confirmed there will be another album in Tha Carter series. You can check out the full episode after the jump below!

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DJ Khaled & Jadakiss Chat Together About Lil Wayne’s Insane Work Ethic [Video]

DJ Khaled & Jadakiss Chat Together About Lil Wayne Insane Work Ethic

DJ Khaled and Jadakiss recently had a conversation on #BeApp, which you can check out below.

During their discussion, the two of them reflect on Lil Wayne‘s work ethic and how if they sent him a song, Weezy would always send his verse back before the night is over.

Also in their convo, Khaled recalls Tunechi recording 10 big features in front of him before then going on to record 2 more classics in “We Takin’ Over” and “Brown Paper Bag” (Kiss also mentions he begged to get on this one)!

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Lil Wayne Chats With Stephen A. Smith, DJ Khaled, Jalen Hurts, Shaquille O’Neal & Drake On Episode 2 Of “Young Money Radio”

Lil Wayne Chats With Stephen A Smith, DJ Khaled, Jalen Hurts, Shaquille ONeal & Drake On Episode 2 Of Young Money Radio

If you missed episode 2 of “Young Money Radio” on Friday evening, you can now re-listen to it all in the video after the jump below.

Throughout the show, Lil Wayne chatted and shared stories with special guests that included Stephen A. Smith, DJ Khaled, Jalen Hurts, Shaquille O’Neal, and Drake.

We’ve already heard the full conversation with Drizzy, but there were some other cool points from the rest of the conversations, such as Shaq loves working out to “Cannon” off Dedication 2 and Khaled recalls Wayne recording at least 20-30 songs before doing his “We Takin’ Over” and “Brown Paper Bag” verses all in one night!

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ONHEL Talks Working With Lil Wayne, “Like A Man”, His Recording Process, “President Carter” & More

ONHEL Talks Working With Lil Wayne, Like A Man, His Recording Process, President Carter & More

Producer ONHEL recently participated in an interview with PigeonsandPlanes over the phone to talk all about his new collaboration with Lil Wayne called “Like A Man“, how it first leaked, and confirm it is a recent recording from this year.

ONHEL also discussed how he first started working with Tunechi back in 2004, what a studio session is like with Tune, making the transition of being an engineer to a record producer, and what Wayne‘s recording process is like.

The producer even revealed that he has around 50 songs with Weezy, but we have only heard a few of them like “Brown Paper Bag“, “Dinnertime“, “President Carter“, “Glory“, and “Like A Man“. He also mentioned that he believes “President Carter” is the only track on Tha Carter IV that was recorded before jail!

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