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Lil Twist Talks Calling Himself “Young Carter”, Lil Wayne Being A Father Figure, Justin Bieber & More

Lil Twist Talks Calling Himself Young Carter, Lil Wayne Being A Father Figure, Justin Bieber & More

Lil Twist was the special guest on episode 133 for Mina SayWhat‘s “Mina’s House Podcast”, which you can listen to below.

During their 20-minute conversation, Twist explained why Lil Wayne is a father figure to him, what he has learned from Tunechi, how he is paying homage by calling himself “Young Carter“, and how he did not know that it was Tune behind the robot mask on “The Masked Singer“.

The Young Money artist also discussed “Growing Up Hip-Hop”, his upcoming Young Carter 2 project, taking the fall for things to do with Justin Bieber that had nothing to do with him, how he helped Justin with his sound, how Young Mula is operating now it is no longer under Cash Money Records, and much more!

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Lil Twist Speaks On How He Got Signed To Young Money, Relationship With Lil Wayne, Going To Jail, “GUHH” & More [Video]

Lil Twist Speaks On How He Got Signed To Young Money, Relationship With Lil Wayne, Going To Jail, GUHH & More

We saw the Poppy H interview yesterday, and now here is Lil Twist‘s interview with DJ Demi Lobo for Dash Radio.

During their 20-minute conversation, Twizzy shares the story of how he got signed to Young Money after the second Lil Wayne concert in his hometown, as well reveals his Young Carter 2 project will be 14 songs long and include features from Wayne, Chris Brown, HoodyBaby, Jay Jones, and Poppy H.

Twist also spoke on quarantining in Dallas with his mother, going to jail, Young Mula helping him with money throughout his sentence, an upcoming fashion line, his relationship with Weezy, filming “Growing Up Hip-Hop”, and much more. Hit the jump to check out the full interview!

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Lil Twist Talks Being Around Lil Wayne When “Tha Carter III” Was Released, Witnessing Drake’s Come Up & More

Lil Twist Talks Being Around Lil Wayne When Tha Carter 3 Was Released & Witnessing Drake Come Up

The Knockturnal recently caught up with Lil Twist for an exclusive interview about his current role on “Growing Up Hip-Hop”, his relationship with Lil Wayne, upcoming projects, and more.

During their conversation, Twizzy revealed what it was like signing to Young Money at a young age, as well as witnessing Drake‘s come up and being there for when Tha Carter III was released.

Twist also discussed what it is like to have Tune as a mentor, why he calls him both a big brother and a father, and confirmed Weezy will be featured on Young Carter 2. Have a read of it all below!

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Lil Twist Chats About How Being Around Lil Wayne Changed His Life, The Early Ustream Days & More [Video]

Lil Twist Chats About How Being Around Lil Wayne Changed His Life, The Early Ustream Days & More

Lil Twist recently chopped it up with JayNewz and Turn Up for an interview over Skype on Dash Radio’s “Not Rated Radio” series.

During their conversation, which you can watch below, Twist revealed how he got signed to Young Money, how being around Lil Wayne changed his life, and that he has two Wayne features on his upcoming Young Carter 2 project along with a Chris Brown feature.

“The G.O.A.T. is on there for sure, I got two of them [features].”

The YM artist also discussed “Growing Up Hip Hop”, currently being in quarantine, the state of hip-hop music right now, waiting on his manager Cortez Bryant to do his job right with his forthcoming project, 6ix9ine getting released from prison, watching Young Chop on Instagram Live, Justin Bieber, the early Ustream days with Weezy, and much more!

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Lil Twist Reveals Why Lil Wayne Stopped The Release Of His Debut Album & Recalls The Early Days Of Young Money [Video]

Lil Twist Reveals Why Lil Wayne Stopped The Release Of His Debut Album & Recalls The Early Days Of Young Money

Lil Twist recently sat down with Real Lyfe Starz for a one on one 40-minute interview that you can check out below.

During their conversation, Twizzy recalled the early days of his career, how he got signed to Young Money, Gudda Gudda giving his artist Fooly Faime a bit of Molly (Ecstasy) before an awards show, and shared a story involving Drake and Degrassi headshots on set of Lil Wayne‘s “A Milli” video shoot.

The Young Money artist also talked about why Wayne stopped his debut album Don’t Get It Twisted from ever being released, how he became a part of the “Growing Up Hip Hop” cast, wanting to get Nicki Minaj on his upcoming Young Carter 2 project, having a Weezy feature on it, and much more!

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