Saturday Night Live featured a great musical set as Lil Wayne and Eminem collaborated on one song and performed their own singles. Eminem made his first Saturday Night Live appearance since 2004 and Lil Wayne made his first national television appearance since he was released from prison on a weapons charge. Watch the video below!
The first song featured both rappers performing Eminem’s single “No Love” with a live band. Eminem then took the stage for “Won’t Back Down” and Lil Wayne finished things with his new single “6’7.”
Eminem appeared on Lil Wayne’s Rebirth album, and Lil Wayne returned the favor on Eminem’s Recovery disc.
Lil Wayne has changed one disabled person’s life for the better after treating a fan’s ailing mother to an $11,000 motorized wheelchair. The “Lollipop” hitmaker was moved to help after receiving weekly letters of support from 39-year-old Ronda Austin while he was locked up on gun charges at New York’s Rikers Island prison. Austin claims she shared tales about her everyday life with the incarcerated rapper, telling him about her mother Evelyn and how she had been confined to her house for almost two years. Wayne, who was released from jail in November, recently delighted Austin when he surprised her with a phone call and enquired about her elderly mother, wondering if she had been able to buy a new wheelchair to replace the battered one she had been using for years. And after learning the Austins were still struggling, he generously offered to pay for the new chair, telling the New Jersey residents, “Don’t worry about it. I got you.” Austin tells the New York Daily News, “I couldn’t believe it. I never asked for nothing (sic). I just told him all kinds of different things about me. I never even said I needed help.” The gift has allowed 64-year-old Evelyn the chance to venture out of her home, and she is grateful for the rapper’s kind-hearted gesture. She says, “I pray for him every night thanking him for this chair. I love every bit of it. It changed my life.” But Nina Packer, the head of Lil Wayne’s charitable foundation, insists the present was just a small token of Wayne’s appreciation for the undying support he received while behind bars. She tells the newspaper, “It was something that he was compelled to do. He wanted to buy Mrs. Austin the Maybach (luxury car) of wheelchairs.”
Rapper Lil Wayne has reached a settlement in his long-running legal dispute over royalties with producer Jim Jonsin.
The beat-maker filed a $500,000 suit against Wayne in April, claiming he had yet to receive any payments for his work on the Grammy-winning single Lollipop – a track they co-wrote.
However Wayne, who was released from prison in November after serving time for gun charges, has since negotiated a deal with Jonsin to put the financial mess behind them.
Jonsin says, “We worked out an arrangement. They’re giving me some money now, and will pay the balance in the first or second quarter next year.”
“I never had an issue with Wayne, he and I were cool.”
Former President Bill Clinton has offered his support to incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne, insisting he hopes the star can have a “good life” after he is released from prison this week. The Lollipop hit-maker has been serving out a sentence on weapons possession charges at New York’s tough Rikers Island prison and he is expected to regain his freedom in the next few days. Clinton, who was introduced to rap by his daughter Chelsea, has now spoken out in favor of the hip-hop star, admitting he is confident Lil Wayne will go on to enjoy a long and successful music career.
He tells 96.1 Kiss FM, “My daughter introduced me to rap and hip-hop music, after I said some things she thought were not very smart. She said, ‘Dad you need to listen, a lot of these people are smart.’ This guy’s (Lil Wayne) smart and he’s got ability and he’s got a new chance now…”
“A lot of these people (rappers) they don’t get successful… by being really dumb, they’re really smart. But a lot of them have had really tough lives and they almost think its cool to get in trouble every now and then or they don’t know how to stay out. What I hope will happen is that he has a good life now.”
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Lil Wayne‘s ex-wife is preparing to tell all about her relationship with the rapper in an upcoming autobiography.
Antonia ‘Toya’ Carter is putting pen to paper to write Priceless Inspiration, which will tell the story of her romance with Lil Wayne, her high school sweetheart. The pair married on Valentine’s Day in 2004 and split in 2006.
The book will also detail Carter’s upbringing with a drug addict mother as well as her own parenting experiences raising the Lollipop hit-maker’s daughter Reginae.
Carter’s memoir is due on shelves in February, according to AllHipHop.com.
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Rapper Lil Wayne has been released from jail after serving eight months of a one-year sentence.
The hip-hop superstar has been locked up in New York’s Rikers Island prison following his conviction on weapon possession charges stemming from 2007.
Officers at the prison stated the star’s release date had been pushed back from Thursday to Friday because of him owing one day of “good time” due to breaking prison rules during his stint behind bars.
However, officials decided to free the rapper on Thursday morning as planned, TMZ.com has reported.
Rapper T.I. is to release his next album from behind bars – his follow-up to 2008′s “Paper Trail” will be released next month. The hitmaker, real name Clifford Harris, Jr., surrendered to authorities in Arkansas on Monday and began serving an 11-month sentence after violating his probation connected to a previous stint behind bars on illegal weapons possession charges. But his latest prison spell isn’t going to halt his career – T.I. has released a video he shot before his sentence began announcing his plans to hit the top of the album charts before the end of 2010. Following in the footsteps of Lil Wayne, who released “I Am Not A Human Being” during his eight-month sentence at Rikers Island in New York, which ends on Thursday, T.I. has announced – via the video – that his new album, “No Mercy,” will hit shelves on December 7. In the video, recorded exclusively for MTV, T.I. says, “I have big news for you guys today – my new album, entitled No Mercy, will be released on December 7. “I just wanna give a shout out to all the fans for standing by me all this time. Without you, I’m nothing… I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart. You’ll hear more from me soon. Hold it down ’til I get back.” The music video for the album’s lead single, “Get Back Up,” which features another troubled star, Chris Brown, premiered on Wednesday’s 106th and Park show in America. Originally titled “King Uncaged,” No Mercy will also feature guest spots from Kanye West, Eminem and Christina Aguilera.
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Rapper Lil Wayne has been sentenced to serve 360 hours of community service in his adopted Miami, Florida, as punishment for a drug possession charge from 2008. The hitmaker flew to Yuma, Arizona on Friday for sentencing, just a day after his release from New York’s Rikers Island prison, where he served eight months for illegal weapons possession. The hearing stems from an arrest in the town two years ago when border patrol officers pulled over his tourbus and reportedly found cocaine, ecstasy and a handgun on board. Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to one count of felony possession of a dangerous drug; the other drug charges and the gun charge were all thrown out. As well as the community service, Wayne was also placed on probation for three years. Following the sentencing, Lil Wayne jetted off to Miami for a welcome home party at exclusive strip club King of Diamonds. According to TMZ.com, the rap star plans to celebrate his release from prison with proteges Drake and Nicki Minaj and record label boss Baby Williams. But there’s one catch – the probation documents Wayne signed on Friday clearly state that he “may not consume or drink any substance containing alcohol” as long as he’s on probation. That means he’ll be sober at his big party.
A prison guard overseeing Lil Wayne‘s stint behind bars has been suspended over allegations he made an unscheduled 45-minute visit to the rapper’s cell.
The hip-hop star is currently incarcerated at New York’s Rikers Island jail, where he’s serving out an eight-month sentence on illegal weapons charges. He was recently caught using banned music equipment and banished to solitary confinement.
A Department of Correction captain at the jail has now been suspended after allegedly breaching the terms of Lil Wayne’s punishment by spending 45 minutes chatting to the star in his cell, even though he is supposed to be kept in isolation. Captain Raphael Collazzo is said to have been caught on camera making the unscheduled visit, according to the New York Daily News.
Patrick Ferraiuolo, president of the union for Department of Correction captains, is adamant Collazzo didn’t break any rules. He says, “I spoke to the captain and I said, ‘Do you know what’s going on?’ He goes: ‘I have done nothing wrong… I don’t have any dealings with this guy.’”
Correction officer Amelia Negron was fired from her job at the jail earlier this year after allegedly wandering into the unit where the star is being held without proper authorization.
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Lil Wayne has changed one disabled person’s life for the better after treating a fan’s ailing mother to an $11,000 motorized wheelchair.
Rapper Lil Wayne has reached a settlement in his long-running legal dispute over royalties with producer Jim Jonsin. 
Former President Bill Clinton has offered his support to incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne, insisting he hopes the star can have a “good life” after he is released from prison this week. 
Lil Wayne‘s ex-wife is preparing to tell all about her relationship with the rapper in an upcoming autobiography. 
Rapper T.I. is to release his next album from behind bars – his follow-up to 2008′s “Paper Trail” will be released next month.
Rapper Lil Wayne has been sentenced to serve 360 hours of community service in his adopted Miami, Florida, as punishment for a drug possession charge from 2008.
A prison guard overseeing Lil Wayne‘s stint behind bars has been suspended over allegations he made an unscheduled 45-minute visit to the rapper’s cell. 
