For the anniversaries of “Bling Bling” and Tha Block Is Hot, which both turn 20-years-old this year, Mannie Fresh chopped it up with XXL for an interview.

While discussing the classic single and classic album, Mannie revealed what advice he gave to Lil Wayne, explained the Fresh Files project will be full of songs which didn’t make Tha Carter V, and disclosed what we can expect from that project, and more.

“Shit, I got about two albums worth of songs on Wayne.”

You can check out everything that Fresh said after the jump below! Are you looking forward to hearing his and Wayne‘s upcoming album?

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Polo G recently sat down with XXL for the latest edition of their “Who Am I?” video series.

Around the 0:47 mark of the clip, which you can check out below, Polo was asked which music artists he listened to while growing up to which he answered Lil Wayne.

The Chicago rapper then revealed Wayne was one of his musical influences: “Growing up I listened to Lil Wayne, that was one of my main influences, music-wise, because of his wordplay and metaphors!”

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Over 30 hip-hop artists (33 to be exact) have revealed to XXL what their favorite project in Lil Wayne‘s discography is.

Included in the list of 33 rappers are: Ace Hood, Asian Doll, Curren$y, Dave East, DJ Khaled, G-Herbo, G-Eazy, Juicy J, King Los, Lil Durk, Problem, Royce Da 5’9″, Swizz Beatz, T.I., Trippie Redd, Tyga, Vic Mensa, and more.

The answers that some of them chose, which you can see below, vary from the Sqad Up mixtapes to the Hot Boys albums, to the Dedication mixtapes, to the Da Drought mixtapes, to the No Ceilings mixtapes, to the Sorry 4 The Wait mixtapes, to The Suffix, to Tha Block Is Hot, to Tha Carter albums, and to Like Father Like Son!

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Wifisfuneral recently participated in an interview with XXL for their 2018 Freshman cover, which you can check out below.

At the 1:00 mark of their conversation, the 22-year-old Florida rapper revealed Lil Wayne inspired everything about him including his face tattoos.

“There’s no other artist that spoke to me like Lil Wayne, you know what I mean, as far as like on some rap shit”

Click here to also see Wifisfuneral give an interview earlier this year about Weezy‘s influence on him!

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Trippie Redd recently sat down with XXL for the latest edition of their “Who Am I?” video series.

Around the 1:00 mark of the clip, which you can check out below, Trippie revealed he listened to a lot of Lil Wayne while growing up.

At the 4:30 mark, Redd recalled the time when he first met his “idol” Tunechi, as well as confirmed Tune jumped on 2 of his songs, but he doesn’t know exactly when they will drop!

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American professional basketball player Lonzo Ball recently spoke to XXL about who he grew up listening to and who his favorite rapper is.

The Los Angeles Lakers player revealed Lil Wayne has always been his favorite rapper and explained the reasons why.

You can read exactly what Lonzo said below. Earlier this year, Ball also called Wayne an influence!

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