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Michael Phelps Praises Lil Wayne & Recalls Wayne Giving Him An iPod Full Of Unreleased Music [Video]

Michael Phelps Praises Lil Wayne, Recalls Wayne Giving Him An iPod Full Of Unreleased Music

American swimmer Michael Phelps recently sat down with journalist Ari Melber for an interview on his “The Beat With Ari Melber” news show on American television network MSNBC.

At the 10:00 mark of their conversation, which you can check out below, Michael discussed what music he listened to before working out and before his big races to which he replied with “old Wayne“.

The most decorated Olympian of all time also talked about first meeting Tunechi when they hosted “Saturday Night Live (SNL)” together back in 2009, which he called “epic” and a “dream come true”. Phelps even recalled around this time Tune gifting him with an iPod full of unreleased music that has since come out, such as “Ice Cream” off No Ceilings!

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Ezri Explains How Lil Wayne Inspired His Style Of Rap [Video]

Ezri Explains How Lil Wayne Inspired His Style Of Rap

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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