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      Watch: Lil Wayne Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant With New Song at 2020 BET Awards

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      The 41-year-old athlete wasn’t the only one who is honored at the event as Wayne Brady honors late rock and roll trailblazer Little Richard, who died of bone cancer this year.
      Jun 29, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The 2020 BET Awards honored fallen stars at the event which took place virtually on Sunday, June 28. That night, rapper Lil Wayne could be seen offering a special tribute in honor of late NBA star Kobe Bryant, who died alongside his daughter earlier this year.
      In the clip, Wayne performed “Kobe Bryant”, which was written in 2009, while a video highlighting Bryant’s career and photos of the late athlete and his daughter Gianna played in the background. “This is Black power status/ Two fingers for the Mambacita/ I’m screamin’ Black Mamba matters,” Lil Wayne rapped.
      He went on to spit the bars, “My heart goes out to Vanessa and the whole Black Mamba family/ Rest in power/ Let’s hope for peace/ Black lives matter, facts.”
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      Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas in January alongside seven other victims. The Lakers legend is survived by his wife Vanessa and three of their four children together, daughters Natalia (17), Bianka (3) and Capri, the latter of whom turned 1 on June 20.
      The 41-year-old athlete wasn’t the only one who was honored at the event. Wayne Brady paid a tribute to late rock and roll trailblazer Little Richard, who died of bone cancer this year. In his video, Brady opted to channel Richard by donning a flashy gold tuxedo and performed a medley of Little Richard’s biggest hits, including “Lucy,” “Good Golly, Miss Molly” and “Tutti Frutti.”
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      Richard died at 87 in Nashville in May. Little Richard passed away this morning from bone cancer in Nashville. “He was living with his brother in Nashville,” his longtime agent said. “He was battling for a good while, many years. I last spoke to him about two or three weeks ago. I knew he wasn’t well but he never really got into it, he just would say ‘I’m not well.’ He’s been suffering for many years with various aches and pains. He just wouldn’t talk about it much.”

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      Nicki Minaj Admits Prospect of Working With Lil Wayne on Joint Album 'Scary'

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      The ‘Barbie Dreams’ raptress makes an appearance on the latest episode of her ‘No Frauds’ collaborator’s Young Money Radio show to promote her new single with 6ix9ine, ‘TROLLZ’.
      Jun 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Rappers Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj are preparing to hit the studio to work on a joint album.
      The stars confirmed the news during the latest episode of Wayne’s Young Money Radio show on Friday, June 12, when he invited his protegee on air as a guest to promote “TROLLZ”, her new single with fellow MC Tekashi 6ix9ine.
      During the chat, Wayne revealed, “We doing our joint album. A lot of the fans been asking about it. When we gon’ do this (sic)?.”
      “You already know, your wish is my command,” Nicki replied.
      However, Nicki admitted the thought of going head-to-head with her “No Frauds” and Only collaborator on multiple songs was daunting.
      “It’s scary. It’s scary to put a verse on something after you put a verse on it,” she confessed. “Last time we worked together was ‘Rockstar (Remix)’, the Post Malone remix, remember we did that? Love that. But it’s like, me really, really having to think so much…
      “I gotta go hard. I can’t just, you know, wing it. So that’s the only thing I would be scared of. But I would definitely do it. Whenever you say the word.”
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      Wayne then promised to send over some potential tracks for Nicki to check out that night.

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      Lil Wayne's 'Funeral' Arrives Atop Billboard 200

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      Besides Lil Wayne’s new album, there are four other albums that make their debuts inside the top ten of this week’s chart, including Kesha’s ‘High Road’ and Louis Tomlinson’s ‘Walls’.
      Feb 10, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lil Wayne claims his fifth No. 1 album in the United States as his latest album “Funeral” debuts atop Billboard 200. Making its way out on January 31, the much-anticipated effort racked up 139,000 equivalent album units, including 38,000 in traditional album sales, in the week ending February 6, according to Nielsen Music.
      Just as hinted above, “Funeral” first-week sales are driven by its streaming activityas 99,000 of the total are in SEA units. It’s also bolstered sales by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer as well as an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via his website.
      “Funeral” isn’t the only new album making it to the top ten of this week’s Billboard 200. Russ’ “Shake the Snow Globe” opens at No. 4 with 65,000 units, marking his highest-charting album. On the other hand, Kesha (previously known as Ke$ha) earns her fourth top ten album with her new album “High Road” that debuts at No. 7 with 45,000 units.
      Two other new releases for this week are Louis Tomlinson’s “Walls” and Yo Gotti’s “Untrapped”. The One Direction member’s debut album bows at No. 9 with 39,000, while the rapper’s new album closes out the top ten this week with 35,000 albums.
      As for other albums in this week’s top ten, it includes Roddy Ricch’s “Please Excuse Me for Being an Antisocial” that falls to No. 2 with 86,000 units. Eminem’s “Music to Be Murdered By” follows closely behind at No. 3 with 69,000 units, while Post Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding” holds its No. 5 position with 55,000 units. At No. 6, Billie Eilish’s “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” descends three spots with 52,000 units as Halsey’s “Manic” similarly drops four spots to No. 8 with 43,000 units.
      “Funeral” – Lil Wayne (139,000 units)
      “Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial” – Roddy Ricch (86,000 units)
      “Music to Be Murdered By” – Eminem (69,000 units)
      “Shake the Snow Globe” – Russ (65,000 units)
      “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone (55,000 units)
      “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go” – Billie Eilish (52,000 units)
      “High Road” – Kesha (previously known as Ke$ha) (45,000 units)
      “Manic” – Halsey (43,000 units)
      “Walls” – Louis Tomlinson (39,000 units)
      “Untrapped” – Yo Gotti (35,000 units)

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      'The Masked Singer' Season 3 Premiere: Lil Wayne Is Revealed as the Robot

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      Airing after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl LIV, the premiere episode features six of the 18 new singers taking the stage in costume for the first time.
      Feb 3, 2020
      AceShowbiz – “The Masked Singer” returned with a bang on Sunday, February 2, premiering its season 3. The FOX competition showed aired after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl LIV, featuring six of the 18 new singers taking the stage in costume for the first time.
      The singers were Kangaroo, White Tiger, Llama, Miss Monster, Robot and Turtle. They were all included in Group A, as this season the 18 masked celebrity singers will be divided into three groups of six. The first to perform was White Tiger, singing “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice.
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      Meanwhile, Llama hit the stage with strap-on booty as she sang “She Bangs” by Ricky Martin after Turtle sang Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose”. Later that night, Miss Monster reunited on stage with season 1’s Monster as they sang Bonnie Raitt’s “Something to Talk About.
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      Robot followed it up, singing “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz. Concluding the the night Kangaroo who offered an emotional performance of Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own”.
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      At the end, Robot was eliminated and was forced to unmasked himself. The judges, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke, guessed Shaun White, Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O. Flavor Flav and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s names were also thrown in the mix.
      However, it was revealed that Robot was actually platinum-selling artist Lil Wayne! “I’ve done five songs with him. This is the most shocked I’ve ever been on this show.” Robin said as he hid his face in his hands. Jenny added, “You just Ken Jeong’ed yourself,” referring to Ken who failed to guess his TV sister Margaret Cho was really the Poodle in Season 1.
      Lil Wayne has just released his new album “Funeral”.

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      Lil Wayne Scrambling to Make Adjustment to His New Album to Honor Kobe Bryant

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      The ‘Lollipop’ hitmaker reveals he made last minute edits to his new album ‘Funeral’ to make a room for a tribute to the NBA hero following his sudden passing.
      Feb 2, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lil Wayne has rushed to the studio to include an honour to late basketball legend Kobe Bryant on his new album, “Funeral”.
      The rapper added 24 seconds of silence to track number eight, “Bing James” featuring Jay Rock, on his 10th studio offering to pay respect to the sports hero, who wore the numbers 8 and 24 on the back of his jersey as a team star on the Los Angeles Lakers.
      Lil Wayne gave a shout out to producers who worked tirelessly to edit in the tribute just hours before “Funeral” reached fans on Friday, January 31, 2020 during a morning interview on the Fox Sports 1 “Undisputed” television talk show.
      The star also explained the fact that “Funeral” has 24 tracks is purely a coincidence.
      Bryant passed away last weekend, January 26, 2020, aged 41, in a devastating helicopter crash that also claimed the life of his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Seven other people also perished in the Calabasas, California accident.

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      Lil Wayne Confirms La'Tecia Thomas Romance Rumors, Calls Her 'Wifey' on New Album 'Funeral'

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      Despite not explicitly mentioning the Australian plus-size model’s name, the rapper makes it obvious he’s rapping about her on two tracks off his newly-released album.
      Feb 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lil Wayne is no longer keeping his relationship with La’Tecia Thomas a secret. On Friday, January 31, the 37-year-old rapper unveiled his highly-anticipated album “Funeral”, on which he confirms his romance rumors with the plus-size model.
      Despite not explicitly mentioning her name, Weezy makes it obvious that he’s rapping about her on the album’s sixth track “Stop Playin with Me”. He spits his bars, “Ooh, I got a plus sized model/ But she my lil’ mama/ I make her bust open for me like a pinata/ And as the world turned, she was my spin doctor.”
      He later makes it even more obvious on its ninth track “Not Me” that finds him rapping, “You know wifey from Australia, she said, ‘Cheers, mate,’/ Then we toast and see how you n***s tears taste/ Mix the soda and Codeine, that’s a mixtape.”

      It’s unclear when Weezy and La’Tecia started dating. Some speculated that the two might have met through social media after he slid into her DMs while overseas, as the rapper previously said in an interview, “I saw someone on TV and I was like, ‘I don’t know how to get in touch with this person.’ I met a very, very special person.”
      Back in July last year, Weezy and La’Tecia ignited engagement rumors after the latter was caught flaunting a diamond ring that was reportedly given to her by her rapper boyfriend. Neither of them has responded to this rumor.
      His love life aside, “Funeral” features other 22 songs beside “Stop Playin’ with Me” and “Not Me”. The album, which has been teased since 2016, also sees him collaborating with the likes of Big Sean, Adam Levine, Takeoff of Migos and the late XXXTentacion.
      The Young Money founder previously said of the album, “I thought y’all knew my mixtapes, my albums, they all have their little categories. You got the ‘Da Droughts’, you got ‘The Prefix’, ‘The Suffix’, you got ‘Sorry for the Wait’ 1, 2, 3, 4, you got ‘Tha Carter’ I, II, III, IV, V. So you have ‘Rebirth’, and now you have ‘Funeral’. Just plain and simple, nothing else. There’s no backstory. It’s just ‘Rebirth’, ‘Funeral’ and maybe the next one would be ‘Reincarnation’. I don’t know.”

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