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Lil Wayne Talks The Lakers’ Recent Win, Recording A New Feature For DMX, Why Every Artist Tries To Sound Like Drake & More [Video]

Lil Wayne Talks The Lakers Recent Win, Recording A New Feature For DMX, Why Every Artist Tries To Sound Like Drake & More

After the Los Angeles Lakers won the recent NBA Finals championship, Lil Wayne appeared on the “ALL BALL with Doug Gottlieb” podcast, which you can check out below.

During their 50-minute conversation, Wayne spoke on being a Lakers fan, first meeting the late Kobe Bryant, having some stuff in the works with Kobe before he passed away, his thoughts on LeBron James moving to the Lakers, and how he will be celebrating their latest win by going to the studio.

Weezy also discussed growing up in New Orleans, how his stepfather Rabbit convinced his mother Cita to be a rapper, recording a recent feature for DMX, the recording process for his very first album, his favorite meal that his mom cooks, his favorite sneakers, his half-brother Semaj, buying a Nissan Pathfinder with his very first paycheck, the success of his first solo album Tha Block Is Hot, why so many artists in the music industry try and sound like Drake, the last time he was on stage, and the “colossal” change in how music is downloaded now compared to how it was at the start of his career.

Before his interview with Doug Gottlieb wrapped up, Tunechi recalled his trip to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia at the end of last year and told the story of how he nearly didn’t get into the country, as well as how “Your Excellency” helped him out!

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Lil Wayne Brings In The New Year With His Kids & Fiancé, Previews New Music [Videos]

Lil Wayne Brings In The New Year With His Kids & Fiance, Previews New Music

On December 31st, Lil Wayne celebrated and brought in 2020 with his family at his mansion in Miami, Florida.

Joining Wayne for the New Year was his rumored fiancé La’Tecia Thomas, his stepbrother Semaj and his kids Reginae, Neal, Cameron, and Dwayne Michael Carter III.

During their celebration, which you can watch below, Tunechi put on a firework show in his backyard while an unreleased song of his (possibly off Funeral) can be heard playing in the background.

Tune also revealed his favorite memory of 2019 was visiting Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and getting held up at the airport, confirmed what Skip Bayless recently said about the Lamborghini was true, and shared his New Year Resolution!

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Lil Wayne Performs Live At The Diriyah Music Festival In Saudi Arabia, Calls Out Riyadh After Issues Of Getting In The Country [Videos]

Lil Wayne Performs Live At The Diriyah Music Festival In Saudi Arabia, Calls Out Riyadh After Issues Of Getting In The Country

On November 30th, Lil Wayne headlined the 2019 Diriyah Music Festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. You can view plenty of footage of Wayne‘s set that included an auto-tune microphone below.

Throughout the concert, Weezy performed “6 Foot 7 Foot“, “No Worries“, “John“, “Bitches Love Me“, “Rich As Fuck“, “Mrs. Officer“, “Can’t Be Broken“, “Go DJ“, “Got Money“, “Old Town Road (Remix)“, “No Problem“, “Pop That“, “The Motto“, “Steady Mobbin’“, “Uproar“, “Lollipop“, and more songs live for the crowd.

Also during the show, Tunechi told everyone in attendance that he “had some problems getting in the country”, which is also the reason why he went on Twitter afterwards to say: “Never going to Riyadh again!!!” The issue comes from Tune wanting to smoke weed in Saudi Arabia and that is completely illegal in the country!

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