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Throwback Thursday: Lil Wayne, Birdman & Mannie Fresh Appear On “Teen Summit” To Talk Success, Money Management, Loyalty & More

Lil Wayne, Birdman & Mannie Fresh Appear On Teen Summit To Talk Success, Money Management, Loyalty & More

For #ThrowbackThursday, here is a video of the Cash Money Millionaires making an appearance on the youth show Teen Summit back in May, 2000, which you can watch below.

While on the American talk show that aired on BET, Lil Wayne, Birdman and Mannie Fresh discussed how you can be successful without going to college and how they all got started with their music careers.

The Cash Money artists also talked about if they think they would be even more successful than they are if they had gone to school, what is more important out of looks and personality, investing in stocks, loyalty, and more!

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Lil Wayne Cuts The Ribbon To Open His Skate Park In New Orleans [Videos]

Yesterday, Lil Wayne cut the ribbon to open his Trukstop skate park that he helped build along with Mountain Dew in the Lower 9th Ward Village of New Orleans, Louisiana, which was the worst place Hurricane Katrina hit back in 2005. You can watch a video above and two clips after the jump of Weezy having fun at the skate park grand opening, as well as delivering a speech to the people who attended!

Tune talked about why he started skateboarding and explained the reason behind wanting to build a skate park in his city New Orleans. After giving his speech, Wayne had a little skating session himself at the Trukstop skate park with professional skaters Paul Rodriguez and Theotis Beasley.

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Lil Wayne Interview With The Skateboard Mag

Lil Wayne Interview With The Skateboard Mag

On the night of the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards at 4AM, The Skateboard Mag caught up with Lil Wayne for an interview that appears in the latest issue of their magazine. The interview took place at Paul Rodriguez’ skatepark in California where Weezy was having a skateboarding session.

They talked about when Wayne first started skating, when he first noticed skaters listening to his music, who the first skateboarders he met where, the comparisons between skating and creating music, who his favorite skaters are, and more.

Hit the jump to view a scan from the magazine and read Tune‘s full interview.

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