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May 21, 2012
Lil Wayne Alert: Another Skateboard Assault, Another Four Billboard Awards
Lil Wayne is willing to pick up the world and drop it on your fucking head. But in a pinch, a skateboard will apparently do the job. According to TMZ, Weezy and his entourage are being investigated for their second skateboard-related assault in two months. A fan who'd been denied a photo of our boy ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Lil Wayne Skateboards Outside Miami Beach Community Church, Threatens Photographer
Lil Wayne loves skateboarding. But when a photographer's flashbulb ruins his ollie, that's just fucked up. Last week, according to a TMZ video, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was skateboarding 'round Miami Beach Community Church -- a United Church of Christ congregation at 1620 Drexel Avenue with a str ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Eight Late '90s Acts (and One Whole Genre) We Beg Cash Money Records Not To Revive
In one of the last week's less predictable music developments, Lil Wayne announced that Cash Money Records had signed Fred Durst-led late '90s relics Limp Bizkit. Does this mean we could be in store for a late '90s nu-metal revival? The four year period right before the end of the millennium wa ... More >>
Music
February 16, 2012
Young Money Cash Money Billionaires at Mekka February 17
In one of the last week's less predictable music developments, Lil Wayne announced that Cash Money Records had signed Fred Durst-led late '90s relics Limp Bizkit. Does this mean we could be in store for a late '90s nu-metal revival? The four year period right before the end of the millennium wa ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Dez Bryant Denies He Has a Problem with Lil Wayne, Sort Of
So we know that Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant was in some sort of altercation outside LIV nightclub at the Fontainebleau on Saturday, and that's, well, about it. Rumors, aided by a Miami Herald reporter, suggested that the altercation somehow involved Lil Wayne. Though, this morning Bry ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Lil Wayne Pays Miami Strippers $1000 to Fight: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown
Oh, King of Diamonds, the adult entertainment megaplex complete with barbershop, basketball court, and, of course, mountains upon mountains of b-b-booty .... We here at Crossfade love KOD more than anyone else in America. Except, of course, acclaimed international pop-rap superstar Lil Wayne, whose ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Lil Wayne and DMX's Best Quotes From New Year's Day 2012 at LIV (Video)
Via DJ Irie TVWayne and DMX at LIV New Year's Day 2012DMX may be the Marion Barry of the rap game. Like the former Washington D.C. mayor, Earl "DMX" Simmons has overcome drug charges and prison time to remain a fan favorite in the world of urban entertainment. He proved it on New Year's Day at ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Lil Wayne, Birdman, and DJ Khaled Performing at MTV's Sucker Free Awards in Miami
Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Crazy Lil Wayne Fans Trespass at His Miami Mansion, Get Cursed Out, Put Everything on YouTube
Lil Wayne's block may be hot, but he'd appreciate it if his crazy fans would chill out and stay away from his Miami Beach crib.But two goofy looking Weezy fans recently got ahold of Wayne's Miami address and did what any unreasonable person would do: grabbed their video camera and decided to ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Five Reasons Lil Wayne's Rebirth 2 Will Be the Worst Album of the Year
What? Was the first Rebirth not embarrassing enough, Weezy? Remember Lil Wayne's rock album, Rebirth? Well, it was the only idea worse than Hulk Hogan's rap album. Nevertheless, Weezy is gearing up for a sequel. And we imagine it's going to be two times the shitfest. Dude just released Tha Car ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Lil Wayne Talks All About His Sizzurp Addiction In New Homemade Video
Weezy told TMZ all about his love affair with Purple DrankPost-Tha Carter II and right up until the year or so after Tha Carter III, you couldn't get Lil Wayne to shut the fuck up about slugging back big Styrofoam cups of Purple Drank, an unholy brew of soda, jolly ranchers, and cough syrup ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
Lil Wayne Disses the Tea Party: "Republicans Are Never Going to Like Us"
In a weird way, Lil Wayne is the ideal of Republican manhood. He's a self-made businessman worth millions. He loves capitalistic excess. He hates taxes so much sometimes he forget to pay them. He clearly believes in the right to bear arms. Yet President Carter has little love for th ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2011
Weezy's Portable Skate Park and Five Extravagant Ideas for Cash Money's Tour Bus
Newsflash: Lil Wayne is stupid rich. Lil Wayne is so rich that anyone crazy enough to try and estimate the jillions of zillions in his checking account would surely fall prey to a mental breakdown. That's because there isn't even a number that can quantify, in human language, just how much dough ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Lil Wayne Earns 18 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations, Tweets About "Wakk" Skate Park
Earlier this morning, Lil Wayne shot off a sour-ass tweet about a "wakk" Nebraskan "Sk8 park." Evidently, the Cash Money Millionaire was too busy skating shitty ramps and rails to address the news of his 18 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. Naturally, Mr. Carter received nods for his personal sty ... More >>
Music
September 1, 2011
Lil Wayne releases Tha Carter IV
Earlier this morning, Lil Wayne shot off a sour-ass tweet about a "wakk" Nebraskan "Sk8 park." Evidently, the Cash Money Millionaire was too busy skating shitty ramps and rails to address the news of his 18 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. Naturally, Mr. Carter received nods for his personal sty ... More >>
Music
July 28, 2011
Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson at Cruzan Amphitheatre August 2
Earlier this morning, Lil Wayne shot off a sour-ass tweet about a "wakk" Nebraskan "Sk8 park." Evidently, the Cash Money Millionaire was too busy skating shitty ramps and rails to address the news of his 18 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. Naturally, Mr. Carter received nods for his personal sty ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Five Signs Lil Wayne's Gone Soft
Prior to serving 11 months on Riker's Island, the world knew (and loved) Lil Wayne for being a delightfully schizoid celeb, hypercompetitive workaholic, and the Best Rapper Alive. He dictated the game, ate candy by the pound, sold a gazillion albums, guzzled promethazine-and-codeine cocktails li ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Five Weezy Slow Jams Better Than "How To Love"
There was a period of time -- from, let's say, Tha Carter II to the first few mixtapes after Tha Carter III -- when Lil Wayne was maybe actually for serious The Best Rapper Alive. The second Carter LP is the capstone of the early 2000s tinny, minimal, and dumb Cash Money bling-bling era. ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Video: Lil' Wayne is Hot, New Miami Beach Wedding Accessory
If you've gotten married on Miami Beach, and you haven't had Lil' Wayne drop by your ceremony to pose in your wedding pictures, well its almost like you haven't gotten married at all. A promo for an upcoming MTV2 series follows Wayne as he walks through the streets of Miami Beach and causes mass ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
Birdman Lost His $2 Million Heat Bet but Still Parties With Mavericks
Last night was brutal for Miamians, but considering rapper Birdman had boasted he made a $2 million bet on the Heat in the NBA Finals, we figured he'd be a bit more despondent than the rest of us. Apparently watching his team and bank account lose didn't stop Baby from having a good time las ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2011
Lil Wayne Hangs With the Miami Heat, Preps MTV Unplugged, and Plans Massive Party at Cameo Tomorrow
We obsessed with Weezy!If you follow Lil Wayne's every word, whisper, tweet, or bowel movement with the same kind of psycho obsession as Crossfade, then we suggest you get a life, a little professional help, and maybe even some medication. It's ruined our life. And it can ruin yours too. But if ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Three Acoustic Lil Wayne Covers to Celebrate Weezy's MTV Unplugged Episode
Did you see last week's episode of 16 and Pregnant? It was about a vulnerable teen girl and her decision to keep the baby growing in her junior-year belly. It's OK if you missed it, though. MTV will probably air that episode again. But don't expect it to be on June 12 at 9 p.m. 'cause that's wh ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
Lil Wayne Owes the IRS $5.6 Million
It seemed Lil Wayne's big legal problems were over when he got out of the clink late last year, but the federal government still has beef with President Carter. The rapper owes about $5.6 million to the Internal Revenue Service, and a lien in that amount was filed against his Miami mansion in Mia ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
Lil Wayne Detained by DEA Agents at Opa-Locka Airport
Part-time Miami resident Lil Wayne didn't exactly get the warmest homecoming when he flew into Opa-Locka Airport earlier this week. According to MTV, the rapper was detained by Drug Enforcement Agency agents as his plane was searched.
Blogs
February 9, 2011
Lil' Wayne and LeBron James are Apparently Back on Good Terms Again
Lil' Wayne may be the rap world's biggest bandwagon fan (how is a guy who grew up in New Orleans and spends his downtime in Miami Beach such a Packers fan anyway?), but apparently he's now back on good terms with the Heat. All it took was a nod from King James himself.
Blogs
January 24, 2011
Lil Wayne Announces I Am Music II North American Tour With Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross
Photo by DJ Scoob Doo via weezythanxyou.comLil Wayne's hitting the highways with Nicky Minaj and Rick Ross.Ever since he made the break from Rikers back in November, we've been so hyped about Lil Wayne's inevitable trip across these United States that we could barely sleep. Or shit. Our goggles ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Lil Wayne Has Beef with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade
It wasn't that long ago when you could spot Lil Wayne sitting front row at AAA rooting on Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat (one instance of which was immortalized in cake format), but apparently Wayne is a Heat fan no more. No, he's not pissed about "The Decision" like everyone else, he's just irke ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Our Rundown of Miami's Best Albums, EPs, and Mixtapes of 2010
The 305 in 2010 was so awesome that our heads totally exploded!The swamps and warehouse squats, Carol City and Coco's Nightclub, South Beach and the megaclubs -- our city's music scene is the product of so many split-up, spliced, and remixed sources that any attempted overview of its output will ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2010
Lil Wayne Spent Christmas in a Beat Up Ol' Camry Doing God Knows What
Men looking to keep warm over the holidays with some quality tail they picked up on South Beach know their car game better be on point. Ho, ho, hoes only ride in those luxury import sleds. Women, well their trunk can be junky as long as they have junk in the preferred trunk. Take Lil Wayne's most ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2010
Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being
Lil WayneI Am Not a Human Being (Young Money/Cash Money)Lil Wayne will never stop repping his hometown of New Orleans -- just count the references to area code 504 or neighborhood Holly Grove in any given handful of tracks. But he seems proud to call Miami his second home. After all, it was here t ... More >>
News
November 25, 2010
Bigg D: The Next Music Mogul
Lil WayneI Am Not a Human Being (Young Money/Cash Money)Lil Wayne will never stop repping his hometown of New Orleans -- just count the references to area code 504 or neighborhood Holly Grove in any given handful of tracks. But he seems proud to call Miami his second home. After all, it was here t ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2010
Welcome Back, Lil Wayne! Homecoming Party This Sunday at King of Diamonds
It's not like you needed an announcement. But still ... Weezy F. Baby is free! After his eight-month stint on the big island, Mr. Dwayne Carter is now on another island -- a better, much prettier island called Miami Beach, where he claims residence and rules over the entire Cash Money Young Mo ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Lil Wayne's Free Today! Young Money Engineer Mike Banger Gives Us Tha Carter 4 Scoop
via weezythanxyou.comBehind every good chart-topping song is a good producer, usually -- but behind all that, and often sticking longer-term with the artist him- or herself, is a good engineer. In honor of today, the Biggest Day In Hip-Hop History of 2010, the day Lil Wayne finally goes free, C ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Seven Songs We Hope Lil Wayne Puts on Tha Carter IV
Still shaken by the brutality and disappointment of election day, America now looks forward to only one thing ... Lil Wayne's release from Riker's Island! The time has come, Young Moneyians. Within hours, Weezy (AKA Dwayne Michael Carter) will be a free man, escaping the chains of the state prison ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2010
¡Mayday! Drops Lords of the Fly Mixtape and Launches New Album Stuck on an Island
¡Mayday! has been gearing up for the release of its latest album Stuck On An Island for the past year or so. According to the group, the album is an ode to making music in Miami and feeling separated from the rest of the music scene. Originally slated for a fitting May 2010 release, Stuck On A ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2010
Lil Wayne's "I Am Not a Human Being" Video, Directed by David Rousseau
With only a little more than a month until Lil Wayne gets released from Rikers Island, the Weezy buzz continues to build. Of course, it helps that while incarcerated, the reigning rap king has released more music than many of his free-man counterparts. The latest entry in the Wayne canon is I am ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2010
28 Random Lil Wayne Lyrics for His 28th Birthday
Jonathan Mannion / Cash Money RecordsLil Wayne celebrated his 28th birthday yesterday at New York City's Rikers Island. And even though he's currently locked up (due back in a month or so), he and his Cash Money Records crew also used his birthday to release the digital version of Weezy's new alb ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2010
Queen of Sissy Bounce Big Freedia at the Vagabond this Thursday
Tod Seelie via bigfreedia.comAside from being an unfunny overplayed joke, the term "no homo," as used by Lil Wayne, is hip-hop's admission of homophobia. When Lil Wayne says Tevin Campbell, No Homo, Black Rambo in "Feel Me," he really needs us to know he is not gay. He mans it up a little more by ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Lil Wayne vs. ¡Mayday!: Download "On Fire" Before the Hurricane Comes
With Lil Wayne's street date -- November 5, bitches! -- only 41 days away, the world better start preparing for a monsoon deluge of strange and skeezy spitting over spacey creep beats. Now, we've already been warned about Mr. Carter's plans to make it rain with I Am Not a Human Being, Tha Carter ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2010
Three New Pitbull-Featuring MP3s: "Gimme a Bottle" and Two More
photo via Fox FuseBefore Lil Wayne went away, as they say, he was the omnipresent rapper. Lil Wayne was on everything, to the point that when our sister paper the OC Weekly ran this (what seemed obviously) satirical story saying he would collaborate on a High School Musical soundtrack, peopl ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2010
Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane Video For "Steady Mobbin": Miami Real Estate Porn, Interesting Use for a Grammy
Voila, the magic of editing! Just as Weezy was going away to prison, Gucci Mane was preparing to be set free. Yet somehow the rappers with overlapping sentences have managed to (finally) release a new video for their collabo track "Steady Mobbin." Yes, the song's already dominated the summer airw ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
MP3: Lil Wayne's Rikers Island Verse on Drake Remix, Featuring Miami's Mike Banger on the Boards
CC by 2.0, via volliem on FlickrFree Weezy!What, you thought a little thing like jail would slow down Lil Wayne? Weezy's now pretty much the Most Famous Nonviolent Criminal in Rikers Island, and a little time in the pen can't keep seemingly everyone's favorite rapper down. Voila, his latest relea ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
Lil Wayne Mayday = BFFs in New "Da Da Da" Video Shot Atop Marlin Hotel
LIL WAYNE ROCKIN OUT WITH MAYDAY 2 from DERICK G on Vimeo.As we mentioned this past Friday in our weekly 305 Live local hip-hop news column, Lil Wayne may be physically behind bars, but still, he's everywhere. This past Memorial Day Weekend may as well have been Weezy Weekend, as a barrage of new vi ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2010
Weezy Wire: Lil Wayne Sums up Mother's Day in Latest Letter From Prison
Now you did it again, Lil Wayne. We're sitting here reading an incarcerated rapper's blog and getting all misty eyed with his message to the mothers of the world -- several of whom happen to be the mothers of Weezy's own children.On Friday, he posted "Letter #02: A Mother's Worth" to WeezyThanxYo ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
Weezy Wire: Lil Wayne Posts First Sports Column From Prison
For the most part, the now-incarcerated Lil Wayne is a rapper by trade. But now that he's behind bars, as we recently pointed out, he now has become a blogger using a computer terminal that probably would not allow him to stream "Lollipop."The latest item up for perusal over at WeezyThanxYou.com, ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2010
Weezy Wire: Lil Wayne Writes Heartfelt Letter From Prison
Music news didn't entirely dry up when Lil Wayne went to prison, and by the way, we have this great beat that we've been messing with in Garage Band that sounds a lot like crickets chirping. Fortunately, Weezy has enough people on the outside working for him that WeezyThanxYou.com could become a ... More >>
News
March 25, 2010
Rappers like Lil Wayne and T.I. have a right to bear arms
Music news didn't entirely dry up when Lil Wayne went to prison, and by the way, we have this great beat that we've been messing with in Garage Band that sounds a lot like crickets chirping. Fortunately, Weezy has enough people on the outside working for him that WeezyThanxYou.com could become a ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
Another Tragedy of Lil Wayne's Incarceration
As America's gamblers scramble to piece together their NCAA brackets this week, we're realizing another tragic aspect of Lil Wayne's unfortunate incarceration: In his absence, there are no super celebrities to pick amazingly accurate tournament brackets.In this video from last year, Lil Wayne lays o ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
Weezy Wire: Robert Christgau Owns Some 165 Lil Wayne Tracks
This man has as many Lil Wayne MP3s as your 14-year-old cousinWednesday is like the pre-Dr. Virgil Mongalo teeth day of the week over here at Crossfade (the sad news of Corey Haim's death is not helping). So, special thanks to sister blog Sound of the City for pointing our cranky mouse hand to De ... More >>
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