Mannie Fresh recently took part in an interview with The FADER to share a lot of cool stories about Lil Wayne in the early days of his music career, which you can read in full below.

In the conversation, Mannie spoke on what it was like first meeting Wayne before he signed to Cash Money Records, the first time hearing him rap, his parents Cita and Rabbit, and the B.G.’z group consisting of Weezy and B.G.

Fresh also discussed witnessing Tunechi recording his “Fuck Tha World” track, recalled seeing him drinking, having no childhood, the Hot Boys studio sessions, Tune always trying to out-rap anyone on a song, and plenty more!

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In an interview with Revolt, which you can see below, Master P shared his thoughts on the current Lil Wayne/Young Money vs. Birdman/Cash Money feud.

The No Limit Records founder compared the situation to going through a divorce, as well as when he signed Snoop Dogg back in 1998 while Death Row was falling apart.

P also explained that he thinks Wayne “is worth so much money with the right coach”, but with the wrong coach he thinks “his career might be over”. He even mentioned that if he was starting a record label over from scratch, he would sign Weezy to it!

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We saw a preview of this interview 2 days ago, and now here is the full conversation between Lil Wayne and Matt Schick for ESPNU‘s new “POWER HOUR” show that took place in Bristol, Connecticut on August 24th.

During the interview, which you can watch below, Weezy spoke on who he supports in college football, Jim Harbaugh sending him an autographed jersey, what position he would play in the sport, his favorite memory from playing back in the days, and more.

Tune also discussed the first moment that he realized he could pursue a career in music, what he did with his very first check and how much it was for, his top 3 rappers of all time, and how “Yo Gabba Gabba!” gives him hope!

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XXL recently asked Tech N9ne what was the highest point of his career and he answered Lil Wayne hitting him up to work on Tha Carter IV. Pretty cool!

I couldn’t believe that Wayne hit me up for Tha Carter IV. And never met me. Couldn’t believe that. I’ve always been the outcast. The dude with the facepaint. Everybody thought I was a devil worshipper. The weird guy who rapped backwards. Nobody does that shit. I’ve always been the weirdo dude. When somebody of that stature—I’m independent. I use my own money, me and Travis [O’Guin, co-founder of Strange Music], you know. These motherfuckers are filthy rich. He was in jail at the time, this nigga is sitting on a lot. He can work with anybody he want to and Funkmaster Flex asked him, “Who do you want to work with?” He said, “Andre 3000 and my man Tech N9ne.” Wow.

Via XXL

According to Chart News, Lil Wayne surpassed the 15 million mark in album sales this week. This means that since Tunechi started his music career, altogether all of the albums that he has released have sold over a total of 15 million copies.

US album sales: @LilTunechi tops the 15 million mark in career album sales this week.

Other artists in hip-hop that have sold more than Wayne include Eminem with over 42 million album sales, Jay-Z with over 29.5 million album sales, and 2Pac with over 29 million album sales. Of course like you would guess, Tune‘s highest selling album is Tha Carter III.

Congratulations to Weezy F Baby on another great achievement ❗