Lil Wayne has admitted that he once got starstruck by LeBron James.
Appearing on SportsCenter, Weezy detailed meeting the NBA superstar on the set of a commercial for Beats.
Wayne said: “I found myself asking him about his son and the NBA—those discussions were monumental for me.”
Weezy also remembered the first time he met LeBron, when the future great was just a teenager.
He said: “I received a call from Slim, Birdman’s older brother, who mentioned a promising player in the area eager to attend my show. He said, ‘Trust me, Wayne, this kid is the next Michael Jordan.’
“He was just having a blast that night. Both of us remember it vividly; it was truly unforgettable.”
Wayne recently said that he no longer had aspirations of performing at the Super Bowl halftime show.
“Every time I looked, it was nothing that made me want to go inside and see what was going on,” he explained, saying he didn’t watch Kendrick Lamar’s performance, before adding: “They stole that feeling. I don’t want to do it. It was perfect.”
He also alleged the NFL had been seemingly hinting that he’d be chosen for the gig as they encouraged him to be more front-facing ahead of time.
“To perform, it’s a bunch of things they’re going to tell you to do and not do, asses to kiss and not kiss,” he explained. “If you notice, I was a part of things I’ve never been a part of. Like [Michael] Rubin’s all-white parties. I’m doing shit with Tom Brady. That was all for that. You ain’t never seen me in them types of venues. I ain’t Drake. I ain’t out there smiling like that everywhere. I’m in the stu’, smokin’ and recording.”
And then when he still wasn’t chosen, he says the NFL simply told him, “We ain’t in charge [of the Super Bowl halftime show].”
He continued: “All of a sudden, according to them, they got curved. So, I’m going to have to just settle with whatever they say.”
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance would ultimately become the most watched in history.
