Lil Wayne reassured fans that he has no issue with Kendrick Lamar performing at the Super Bowl.
On Monday (Dec. 16), Wayne appeared on The Skip Bayless Show, where he opened up about being passed over for the NFL’s halftime show in New Orleans. While Wayne previously made a big stink about not being tapped for the Super Bowl LIX show after K. Dot was selected, he has since come to terms with it.
“For whatever reason, I believe it’s over my head. I don’t know why, period. Obviously I believe that it’s perfect…I do not know why,” he told Skip, explaining why he wasn’t selected for the big show. “I’ve spoken to [Kendrick], and I wish him all the best and I told him he better kill it.”
However, Wayne insisted that he doesn’t take the move personally and stressed that being overlooked for the Halftime Show only inspires him to go harder. “The person I am? I straight look at it like, ‘you ain’t there, you gotta get there.’ There’s things I can’t control. I want to get to the point where I’m undeniable. I want them to walk in there and have 10 other choices and whoever’s in charge says, ‘No, you have to go with him!’”
Later, Skip read Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics on “wacced out murals” to Weezy, where Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud/ Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down.” Weezy insisted that this was his first time listening to the track and had never heard the remarks before.
Many question Wayne’s answer here, as shortly after the song’s release, the Hot Boy issued a lyrical warning to an unnamed rapper for mentioning his name.
“Man wtf I do?!” Weezy asked at the time. “I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head. Let’s not take kindness for weakness. Let this giant sleep. I beg u all. No one really wants destruction, not even me but I shall destroy if disturbed. On me. Love.”
Regardless, the New Orleans native spoke highly of Lamar during the chat with Bayless, saying, “I think he’s [Lamar] a fan like I’m a fan of his music (he’s a fan of my music)… he saw what everybody else [saw] and he saw how much it meant to me. I think that’s all he mean… obviously he can’t control that. He didn’t let me down. It ain’t like he can control it…I think he means he made it there, his hard work is the reason he made it there and obviously let me down is me being upset and disappointed about not getting that spot.”
Lil Wayne has found a different tone since September, when the news was first released. During that time, Wayne was noticeably hurt by Roc Nation and the NFL’s decision to go with Kendrick Lamar.
“First of all, I want to say forgive me for the delay. I had to get strength enough to do this without breaking,” Wayne expressed in an Instagram post. “I’mma say thank you to every voice, every opinion, all the care, all love and support out there. Your words turned into arms and held me up when I tried to fall back.”
