Lil Wayne

Rapper Lil' Wayne who was originally billed to appear on Friday night at Reggae Sumfest has now been moved to Saturday night, and Akon now booked for the Friday night. According to a release issued late yesterday evening, 'Akon has been added to the star studded line-up for this year's Reggae Sumfest. This will be Akon's second appearance on the Sumfest stage, his first being in the summer of 2005. The Hip-Hop/R&B superstar is slated to perform on Friday, July […]

There are conflicting reports coming from all over that Lil Wayne was arrested last night. None of these have been confirmed but with so many sources involved, one has to be curious as to what happened. One of the sources (Uptown Media) claims that Wayne was arrested on one count of second degree aggravated assault, one count of disturbing the peace and two counts of possession of a firearm. Alleged eyewitnesses say the incident occurred at Club Dream in New […]

Rapper Lil Wayne scores his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with "Lollipop," which jumps from No. 2 with the help of 183,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Lil Wayne has made 20 appearances on the Hot 100 since 1999, the majority of which have been via collaborations. As a lead artist, his previous best showing was with "Go D.J.," which peaked at No. 14 in November 2004. The rapper's highly anticipated new album, "Tha Carter […]

Days after his Arizona arrest, the stage offered an outlet to a furious Lil' Wayne, who verbally tore into his entourage at a show date in Virginia before reuniting with former Cash Money rapper Young Buck the next night in Tennessee. An Arizona court date delayed Weezy's appearance in Richmond, VA, Friday (Jan. 25) but once the rapper finally arrived onstage, he made his frustrations clear by ripping into members of his entourage. "I just flew in about ten minutes […]

Rapper Lil Wayne was arrested near Yuma, Arizona by law enforcement officials and members of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) last night (January 22). While details are sketchy, it reported that the rapper is in the custody of the Yuma County Sheriff’s Department and will be arraigned on felony charges of possessing dangerous drugs, possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia. The rapper is scheduled to appear in court today (January 23). Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Carter, performed at […]