Birdman and Mannie Fresh joined all four members of the Hot Boys — Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Turk and B.G. — on stage for a highly anticipated reunion at Lil Weezyana Fest.
Lil Wayne’s annual festival took place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA on Saturday (November 2).
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The group appeared as a full four piece for the first time since 2000, and performed “Get Your Roll On,” “I Need a Hot Girl” and “Neighborhood Superstar,” in addition to versions of their solo material.
During the show, Cash Money founder Birdman and legendary producer Mannie Fresh joined for the performance of “I Need a Hot Girl,” which you can check out below.
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Though Weezy and his team took over the New Orleans arena for the festival, the rap superstar won’t be performing at the city’s biggest upcoming event, Super Bowl LIX.
Kendrick Lamar was recently announced as the musical act for Super Bowl LIX, but the decision proved to be polarizing, with even Wayne himself expressing disappointment over it.
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LL Cool J even offered Wayne some words of wisdom after he was left devastated by not being selected for the show.
Sitting down for an interview with Fat Joe for his new talk show on STARZ, LL attempted to uplift Weezy’s spirits while gently reminding him that this is Kendrick’s moment.
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“Lil Wayne is one of the most talented dudes on the planet, period. He’s one of our great artists, he’s an unbelievable writer,” he said. “He’ll have his day — let Kendrick get that. Let’s keep it moving. I never did the Super Bowl!”
He then urged the Young Money legend to not let the setback get him down: “Wayne comes from a very proud state, Louisiana, and a very proud city, New Orleans. But this is the thing: your time will come, you’ll have your day […] You can’t let that break you.
“The only reason it makes me laugh is because I know how blessed he is, I know how successful he is. So he don’t need to worry about that moment. It’s just a moment, bro. It’s just one moment. It happens.
“Let me put it into perspective: I’m in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I got not put in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame it felt like 999,000 times before I got in. It didn’t break me. I didn’t even make a comment. As a matter of fact, I laughed.”
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LL concluded by suggesting that Wayne had let a sense of entitlement, stemming from his enormous success, get the better of him: “These are champagne problems. There are guys who can’t get their demo listened to! I think we get a little bit kind of, unintentionally, spoiled. It’s like, ‘Yo, man. You a bad boy.’ Wayne is crème de la crème.”
