In some of the latest episodes of “The Skip Bayless Show“, the American sports columnist and commentator talked about first meeting Lil Wayne, wanting Wayne to write the foreword of his autobiography, and visiting the Young Money CEO’s San Fernando Valley mansion.

With the first video, Skip spoke on how he would be “honored” if the “greatest lyricist ever” Lil Wayne wrote the foreword of his future autobiography. In the next clip, Bayless revealed the first time he ever met Weezy by discussing golf and their Masters experience at the ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut back in 2008.

For the final video (watch them all below), Skip Bayless explained why he did all of his sports debating with Tunechi rather than his wife Ernestine when UNDISPUTED was off air for a week. Skip also chatted about himself and Ernestine paying a visit to Tune‘s crib in L.A. before the Rolling Loud festival!

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Joey Badass recently chopped it up with Angie B from Baller Alert while on the red carpet at the 2023 Recording Academy Honors’ Pre-GRAMMY event that was presented by the Black Music Collective on February 2nd.

During their interview, which you can check out below, Joey was asked about one of the evening’s honorees, Lil Wayne, and what his impact on music has been throughout his career.

The Brooklyn rapper was also asked to pick who he prefers out of “Young Money era Wayne” or “Cash Money era Wayne” to which he picked “YM Wayne“. He then revealed a fun fact of that he wanted to sign to the record label back in the day!

“Because that YMCMB one is crazy. I wanted to be signed to Young Money, fun fact. When I was a kid, word…”

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For his 40th birthday on September 27th, Lil Wayne was honored by the National Museum of African American Music with his own exhibit in Nashville, Tennessee.

Students could attend the NMAAM event, which had live music and virtual voice notes playing from Tunechi, and record themselves singing and rapping along to Tune‘s lyrics in the Rap Booth.

Wayne provided the exhibit with a few of his personal items, such as his “I Am Hip-Hop” award that he received from the BET Awards, a handwritten letter he wrote while in Rikers Island, his “Rap Album Of The Year” award from the GRAMMYs, one of his original Tha Block Is Hot physical albums, and more.

In a statement to VIBE, you can see what both Weezy and H. Beecher Hicks III, who is the President and CEO of NMAAM, had to say about this event below:

Lil Wayne: “I’m very grateful to work with NMAAM and show students how Hip-Hop has been so influential on the culture. Shout out to NMAAM for all the birthday love.”

H. Beecher Hicks III: “We are thrilled to honor and feature Lil Wayne and start our relationship with such a generous donation. On the heels of Mr. Carter expressing his interest in partnering with us, we found out that ten years ago, he became the first male artist to surpass Elvis Presley with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100, with 109 songs. What better way to celebrate his 40th than by commemorating his accomplished career with an exhibit to honor over 25 years of impacting the music we listen to and the multiple genres he has shaped, along with the story we tell here at NMAAM.”

You can check out a personal video from Lil Wayne and some photos from this exhibit, courtesy of a longtime visitor of this website, Zak Robertson, after the jump below. Mr. Carter is also the first hip-hop artist to support the museum and donate his personal items for educational use!

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In episode 4 of UNDISPUTED‘s “#SkipRidesTheTrollerCoaster” series, which lets Skip Bayless answer questions that he could never answer on the sports show, the American sports columnist explains where his nickname “Drip Bayless” came from.

Skip reveals the background of his nickname first started in July of this year when his “close friend” Lil Wayne gifted him, Shannon Sharpe and Jenny Taft each with a necklace that had their names on, which left him “shocked” and “honored”.

“He [Lil Wayne] simply has the biggest, greatest heart of any human I have ever encountered. I do trust him and count on him as a very close friend. My wife Ernestine has gotten to know him and is actually becoming friends with Wayne’s lady. The bond is pretty deep.”

You can watch Bayless explain the story of where “Drip Bayless” came from, praise Wayne as a person, and call “No Mercy” the greatest theme song in the history of television at the start of the video after the jump below!

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While on the green carpet during the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards at The Fillmore Miami Beach in Florida on October 6th, Blac Youngsta chopped it up with AllHipHop for a quick interview.

During their conversation, the Memphis rapper spoke on Lil Wayne being honored with the “I Am Hip-Hop” award at this year’s Hip Hop Awards show by saying he is “the G.O.A.T”, he “deserves it”, and “he should get it every year”.

You can watch Youngsta compliment Wayne in the video after the jump below!

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