There will come a time in the life of every hip-hop fan when he or she will be called upon to defend the art form. We are told that rapping is not really an art, that it is a bastardized form of ...

Lil Wayne didn’t have much of a childhood, and for good reason: he spent most of it cranking out hits. During his preteen years, Wayne’s stepfather introduced him to local New Orleans producer Mannie ...

A creative slump, a year-long stint in jail, the seizures, the bitter, prolonged label battle—the ‘10s were a tough decade for Lil Wayne. These trials have little bearing on the direction of his 13th ...

LSD, the collaborative project of Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo, have enlisted Lil Wayne for a remix of their debut single “Genius.” In the animated video, directed by Ben Jones, Wayne is represented by a ...

Speaking with former NBA stars Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes of All The Smoke, Wayne made sure to give Nicki Minaj and Kanye West their flowers. Wayne not only competed with both of these icons on ...