Boosie Badazz may be a Louisiana legend, but apparently the New Orleans Pelicans donât treat him like one.
The Baton Rouge native took to Instagram Live on Sunday (March 10) to air his grievances with his home state NBA team, accusing them of offering him just $1,000 to perform at one of their games.
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Whatâs more, Boosie claims that the Pelicans refuse to give him courtside tickets to home games.
âThey donât wanna give me no courtside tickets. Thatâs cold-blooded,â he vented. âThe Pelicans, they donât fuck with me. Not the players, just⊠every time I try to get courtside tickets, I canât get courtside tickets.â
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âThey offered me $1K to perform at their halftime show [laughs]. And not even no courtside seats! Atlanta [Hawks] pay $10,000, $7,500 to perform to their artists, and courtside seats.â
He continued: âPelicans told me they had $1K for me to perform twice in one night [laughs]. And that donât even come with no seats!
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âThey wanted me to perform at the HBCU night. Them people said $1K and Iâm from Louisiana. Thatâs crazy. Iâm like, âThat donât come with courtside seats?â Theyâre like, âNo.â
âI think I told âem, âI appreciate it but Iâm good. I feel like thatâs an insult.'â
Boosie Badazz scheduled to perform at Pelicans game but they refused his courtside tickets đł pic.twitter.com/JKTQ5zDb9v
â HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) March 11, 2024
Last month, the âWipe Me Downâ rapper followed in the footsteps of another Louisiana native, Lil Wayne, and expressed his desire to perform at the 2025 Super Bowl, which will take place in New Orleans.
Unlike Weezy who is looking to headline, however, Boosie said that heâs merely hoping to be brought out as a special guest.
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âSUPERBOWL N NEW ORLEANS 2025!â he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). âWHOEVER PERFORMS SHOULD BRING ME OUT N ITS A WRAP!! IM GO KILL IT #facts.â
Boosie spoke on the topic again while talking to fans on Instagram Live a few days later.
ââWill you perform at the Super Bowl if they ask?â Do dogs bark? Do dogs take shits? What you think?â he said. âThem people call me for the Super Bowl, Iâma already be on Canal Street.
âI mean, if you have a Super Bowl in Louisiana and you call Louisiana artists to perform â if Boosie donât perform, people gonâ have something to say.â
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Lil Wayne put his Super Bowl dreams in the air in December and explained why headlining the halftime show would mean so much to him.
âJust as bad as I wanted to see my name at the top of that list when I was whatever age it was and I would bust into the office and get that Billboard magazine,â he told Bleacher Reportâs Taylor Rooks of his desire to perform at the big game.
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âJust as an artist, you know, âcause this has nothing to do with the sport. As an artist, this is an achievement. This has nothing to do with the sport â thatâs so crazy. I donât care what teams are playing, what city itâs in. âYou performed for the what?!â Like, what? Oh man, so that right there is an achievement.â