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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Chief Keef recently chopped it up Beats 1 radio station for an interview that has not yet been aired.

During his conversation, Keef revealed that Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter album is what made him want to be exactly like Wayne.

Sosa also mentioned in the interview (see below) that he thinks Tha Carter II is a better album than Tha Carter III! Do you agree with his opinion?

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Kid Ink recently sat down with Joey Franchize at Soleciety Sneaker Boutique in Tampa, Florida for a one on one interview with WiLD 94.1 radio station.

While discussing his Missed Calls project, Ink talked about how good it was to get a Lil Wayne feature on his “YUSO” single, how the collaboration came about, being hype when he received the Weezy verse, and more.

The Los Angeles rapper also confirmed that we will be getting a music video for “YUSO“, so hopefully that will be shot soon! You can check out what Kid Ink had to say about being “blessed” by Tunechi from the 2:45 mark in the video after the jump below!

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During 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend, professional basketball player LaMarcus Aldridge participated in a little Q&A session.

For one of the questions, the San Antonio Spurs athlete was asked who would his All-Star rap roster be if he had to make a top 5 to which he responded with:

“My starting five on my rap roster? That’s tough. You all ask me questions that take time to figure out. Jay-Z, for sure. Wayne, J. Cole. I’m missing people I listen to all the time. Rick Ross. A little bit of everybody.”

Even though it was more of a top 4, what are your thoughts on Aldridge‘s list?

YFL Kelvin recently sat down with 247HH for an interview that you can check out below.

During their conversation, Kelvin revealed that the rappers who inspired him the most are Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, 50 Cent and Dipset.

The Cleveland rapper then went into more detail about why Weezy is one of his biggest inspirations and that is because he came into the music industry hungry at a very young age.

Kelvin also recalled when Tunechi dropped his Da Drought mixtape around the same time that PSP (PlayStation Portable) came out and he used to play NBA 2K while listening to every Tune song. He even mentioned that watching Wayne‘s VH1 documentary about his life made him want to become a rapper!

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Before premiering “I Don’t Even Know You Anymore“, Netsky spoke to Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Apple Music’s radio show all about his new collaboration with Lil Wayne and Bazzi.

The Belgium music producer discussed why he got Tunechi and Bazzi on his new single, revealed it had been in the works for a while, and added that it was a “childhood dream” for both himself and the Michigan singer-songwriter to work with Tune.

You can check out everything that Netsky had to say, including calling Weezy “an icon and legend”, in a video after the jump below!

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