Lil Wayne Speaks On N.W.A, Drake vs. Meek Mill Beef, Super Bowl 50, Jay Z, “Tha Carter V” & More
Cari Champion recently interviewed Lil Wayne for her “Be Honest” podcast on espnW radio.
During their conversation, Weezy spoke on his “Lil Weezyana Fest“, Hurricane Katrina, the “Straight Outta Compton” movie, not knowing exactly how big N.W.A are, the moment when Jay Z called him up to tell him: “I see you”, discovering Drake, the advice he gave Drizzy from the very beginning, the Drake vs. Meek Mill beef, how he became a Green Bay Packers fan, Aaron Rodgers, and who he thinks will win Super Bowl 50.
Tunechi also said: “I annihilate that guy” when asked who he thinks is better rapping out of himself and Drizzy, as well as confirmed that Tha Carter V is finished, he is working in the studio every single day, and he is currently working on a deal to release his C5 album!
Check out some excerpts from the conversation, and listen to the podcast below.
On Straight Outta Compton:
The movie was awesome! The movie was amazing. I think they left a lot out of course, but they had to, but other than that the movie was great. They had some characters in there that didn’t get it right, but they weren’t the main characters. Other than that it was cool to me. I really liked it.
On listening to N.W.A. in New Orleans:
At the time that N.W.A. was out. If you’re from New Orleans, to listen to N.W.A., yoy had to literally be a *different* person… I did though, because I was a big Eazy-E fan… I had a homie. His name was Big Jerry, and he lived across the street from me, and he didn’t go to school, and my mama hated that I hung with him because he didn’t got to school… He was the only person that would let me listen to N.W.A. and Geto Boyz… That’s how unique it was to listen to any music other than New Orleans music. I can pinpoint my friend that let me listen to N.W.A.
On Listening to New York rap:
I was a big East Coast rap fan and Baby hated it [laughs].
On getting his first call from Jay Z:
At that moment, my mama couldn’t tell me nothing…. Other people may say you’ve done a bunch of other stuff that should have made you feel solidified, but that phonecall right there was serious to me. I remember exactly where I was, I remember telling everybody in the garage to shut up [laughs]. I was in my house in New Orleans. It was my second house on my own… We were all shooting pool in my garage… I got a phonecall letting me know — Jay Z is about to call you. So I told everybody to be quiet… Like bro, be quiet… Like you shot a gun in the air [laughs]… All he really said is “Sup, lil homie. I see you. Just wanted to let you know, I see you.”
On his early advice to Drake:
I was the one to tell him; don’t change anything. Don’t think ’cause you’re coming over here by me that you gotta rap about the things I rap about… Please rap about your little TV show… rap about girls, ’cause that’s what you’re good at… Don’t start singing about killin’ nobody [laughs]. Don’t start singing about the streets. Keep it Canadian [laughs].
On whether he’s better than Drake:
Man, I’d annihilate that guy [laughs]… I was trying to keep it Canadian, but you got me with that one.
On what’s going on with Meek Mill and Drake:
That I don’t know… To the next song is all I can tell you…
(ESPN: “I love ‘Back To Back'”)
I think everybody does… Stop it! Let’s move to sports [laughs].
