Lil Wayne was once inspired by JAY-Z to ditch the pad and when it comes to writing bars, but nowadays, heās pointing to another reason.
During a recent appearance on FOX Sportsā UNDISPUTED, Weezy admitted that he doesnāt write down his lyrics anymore because heās ātoo old and too tiredā to be reading from a piece of paper in the booth.
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āThank God for the iPhone. Before, I would have to remind myself all day because I donāt write nothing down. They always be thinking that itās some type of achievement,ā the 41-year-old explained to co-hosts Michael Irvin and Skip Bayless.
āNo, I donāt write because Iām too old and too tired to be trying to read. You know, they got the iPhone now so I go ahead and record the voice memo.ā
Watch Wayneās comments at the 6:20 mark below:
Lil Wayne cited a different reason for his paper-less approach to writing raps while speaking to The Pivot Podcast over the summer. He credited JAY-Z with making him throw out his notebook early in his career after hearing that Jigga rhymed off the dome and didnāt jot down any lyrics.
āLike Biggie, love Biggie, love Jadakiss ā I love all that shit, but Jay. The moment I heard it I stopped. You could ask my boy. āI heard that n-gga JAY-Z donāt write no more,'ā he said.
āWe went in the studio and we did ā10,000 Barsā and that was the last time I rapped anything off of a paper.ā
TheĀ ā10,000 BarsāĀ track Wayne was referencing is a 35-minute song from 2002 where he spit the last of his written rhymes in rapid-fire fashion over an assortment of beats. The pieces of discarded paper were even picked up by the microphone.
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The New Orleans native also recently recalled another time when Birdman chewed him out for allegedly trying to sound like JAY-Z when he was rapping.
āWhen you find a favorite artist, youāre going to start sounding like them,ā he toldĀ Rolling Stone. āIt took Birdman and them to pull my ass aside and be like, āBro, Iām tired of every song you doing sounding like damn JAY-Z. Youāre not JAY-Z.āā