Game and Lil Wayne team up for yet another ignorant and unnecessary ode to the Bloods, “Red Nation.” Surprisingly, Weezy just handles the hook, while Game handles the song’s verses. We’ll ask the question again: These guys are rich and young people follow them, so why are they still pledging allegiance to a violent, street gang? RELATED: Girls Who Denounced Lil Wayne: “We Were Mad” RELATED: 10-Year-Old Girls Calls Out Lil Wayne In “Open Letter” [VIDEO] RELATED: VIDEO: What Set Is Lil Wayne Claiming? RELATED: Lil Wayne Searched By Feds At Miami Airport RELATED: Dear Lil Wayne, Stop Promoting The Bloods
Inc. rapper granted furlough to finish album and settle tax issue. By Jayson Rodriguez Ja Rule Photo: MTV News Ja Rule’s teeth are just fine, but the rapper’s finances aren’t in order, and as a result he’s been extended a reprieve in his prison sentencing until June 8. The Queens lyricist pleaded guilty to attempted gun possession in December , stemming from a July 2007 arrest. Lil Wayne, who Ja Rule performed with that night at the Cash Money star’s Beacon Theater show, also was arrested that night and eventually served eight months in prison for the same offense. Wayne’s sentence was postponed a number of times, including once for the rapper to undergo dental work. According to the New York Post , a judge delayed Ja Rule’s sentencing Wednesday morning (March 9) so the rapper could settle a federal tax issue. The Inc. rapper also will use the time to finish his next project, his attorney said. The furlough was issued by the judge against the prosecution’s wishes, the Post also reported. “We want to finish the album, and there’s also a tax issue,” his lawyer, Stacey Richman, said. “Somebody, an accountant, had filed an incorrect form, and this is to correct what was done in the past.” The case originated just over three years ago, when Ja Rule joined Lil Wayne at his first headlining gig in New York City. After the concert, both rappers’ vehicles were pulled over by the New York Police Department in separate instances. Both were subsequently charged with illegal possession of a firearm; Lil Wayne also was brought up on drug charges. Related Artists Ja Rule
Rumors are buzzing surrounding a MediaTakeOut report which “confirms” that Nicki Minaj is expecting a child with Safarree Samuels. The article states that a “rock solid” source claims that Minaj called a closed meeting on Friday (Mar. 4) to inform Young Money execs of her pregnancy. Reportedly, Lil#39; Wayne is “furious” with her for choosing to start a family so early in her career. May it be noted that Wayne fathered his first child when he was just a teen. “No one thought that she and Safa
The rumor mill has been all abuzz with stories of Drake turning down a $20 million offer to leave Young Money and join Jay-Z over at Roc Nation . One media outlet is claiming that the story is indeed true. Top 9 Music Videos Of The 1990s Top 9 Music Videos Of The 2000s Vlad TV says that everyone’s favorite bi-racial Canadian rapper did indeed turn down the offer. We don’t know what the details are for Drake’s contract with Young Money, but we’d much rather be $20 million richer and hanging with Jay-Z & Beyoncé over hanging with Lil’ Wayne & Baby… How about you? RELATED: Lil’ Wayne Thinks Drake Is “Better” Than Him RELATED: Lil’ Wayne & Drake Collab Album Could Drop By End Of 2011 [VIDEO]
‘To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on,’ Wayne tells MTV News. ‘I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.’ By Rebecca Thomas, with reporting by Sway Calloway Photo: MTV News On a frigid November morning, Lil Wayne walked out of New York’s Rikers Island last year a free man. And though there would be lavish homecoming parties to attend, a tour-finale concert in Las Vegas, reunions with family and even a marathon recording session in the offing, the New Orleans MC can still remember what struck him most in those first few moments. “Honestly, the first thing that I appreciated when I got out was not having to wear handcuffs,” Wayne told MTV News when we visited the Miami set of his upcoming “6 Foot 7 Foot” video . On the expansive jail facility where Wayne served out an eight-month sentence on an attempted gun possession charge, the Young Money boss discovered that while getting “special” treatment may seem to imply privileges, in fact, his celebrity status created some downsides. Having his wrists shackled as he moved through the prison’s various buildings became a weight, both physical and mental. “That was my first time walking out of there [without handcuffs], ’cause you know I always had to be transferred to one building from another to another just to do certain things, and they had so many special procedures with me,” explained Weezy, who was clad in a gray YMCMB sweatshirt and Chicago Bulls cap when MTV News’ Sway sat with him. “Things they had to do for protocol, so I always had to move here and move there, but everywhere I went I had to be handcuffed because it was this special protocol. “Other inmates didn’t have to be handcuffed when they [were guilty of] the same things,” he added, a look of melancholy flashing across his tattooed eyelids. “But it was this special protocol for me that they had to handcuff me.” Months into his sentence, Wayne called Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex and said apart from busying himself with the daily routine of incarceration — pawing through piles of mail, listening to sports radio — he was doing serious soul-searching. “Everybody says that you’re here for a reason, and I promise you, Flex, I try to find out that reason every day. I search for it. But I think when I get out, that’ll be the only time I’ll really know the answer.” On the dizzying “6 Foot,” the lead single from his eagerly awaited Tha Carter IV, Wayne cleverly boasts, “I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate.” But he took a measured tone as he relived the pre-dawn hours of November 4. “To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on, that was the first thing that caught my attention,” he said. “I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.” Related Videos MTV First: Lil Wayne’s ‘6 Foot 7 Foot’ Related Artists Lil Wayne
‘To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on,’ Wayne tells MTV News. ‘I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.’ By Rebecca Thomas, with reporting by Sway Calloway Photo: MTV News On a frigid November morning, Lil Wayne walked out of New York’s Rikers Island last year a free man. And though there would be lavish homecoming parties to attend, a tour-finale concert in Las Vegas, reunions with family and even a marathon recording session in the offing, the New Orleans MC can still remember what struck him most in those first few moments. “Honestly, the first thing that I appreciated when I got out was not having to wear handcuffs,” Wayne told MTV News when we visited the Miami set of his upcoming “6 Foot 7 Foot” video . On the expansive jail facility where Wayne served out an eight-month sentence on an attempted gun possession charge, the Young Money boss discovered that while getting “special” treatment may seem to imply privileges, in fact, his celebrity status created some downsides. Having his wrists shackled as he moved through the prison’s various buildings became a weight, both physical and mental. “That was my first time walking out of there [without handcuffs], ’cause you know I always had to be transferred to one building from another to another just to do certain things, and they had so many special procedures with me,” explained Weezy, who was clad in a gray YMCMB sweatshirt and Chicago Bulls cap when MTV News’ Sway sat with him. “Things they had to do for protocol, so I always had to move here and move there, but everywhere I went I had to be handcuffed because it was this special protocol. “Other inmates didn’t have to be handcuffed when they [were guilty of] the same things,” he added, a look of melancholy flashing across his tattooed eyelids. “But it was this special protocol for me that they had to handcuff me.” Months into his sentence, Wayne called Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex and said apart from busying himself with the daily routine of incarceration — pawing through piles of mail, listening to sports radio — he was doing serious soul-searching. “Everybody says that you’re here for a reason, and I promise you, Flex, I try to find out that reason every day. I search for it. But I think when I get out, that’ll be the only time I’ll really know the answer.” On the dizzying “6 Foot,” the lead single from his eagerly awaited Tha Carter IV, Wayne cleverly boasts, “I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate.” But he took a measured tone as he relived the pre-dawn hours of November 4. “To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on, that was the first thing that caught my attention,” he said. “I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.” Related Videos MTV First: Lil Wayne’s ‘6 Foot 7 Foot’ Related Artists Lil Wayne
‘To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on,’ Wayne tells MTV News. ‘I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.’ By Rebecca Thomas, with reporting by Sway Calloway Photo: MTV News On a frigid November morning, Lil Wayne walked out of New York’s Rikers Island last year a free man. And though there would be lavish homecoming parties to attend, a tour-finale concert in Las Vegas, reunions with family and even a marathon recording session in the offing, the New Orleans MC can still remember what struck him most in those first few moments. “Honestly, the first thing that I appreciated when I got out was not having to wear handcuffs,” Wayne told MTV News when we visited the Miami set of his upcoming “6 Foot 7 Foot” video . On the expansive jail facility where Wayne served out an eight-month sentence on an attempted gun possession charge, the Young Money boss discovered that while getting “special” treatment may seem to imply privileges, in fact, his celebrity status created some downsides. Having his wrists shackled as he moved through the prison’s various buildings became a weight, both physical and mental. “That was my first time walking out of there [without handcuffs], ’cause you know I always had to be transferred to one building from another to another just to do certain things, and they had so many special procedures with me,” explained Weezy, who was clad in a gray YMCMB sweatshirt and Chicago Bulls cap when MTV News’ Sway sat with him. “Things they had to do for protocol, so I always had to move here and move there, but everywhere I went I had to be handcuffed because it was this special protocol. “Other inmates didn’t have to be handcuffed when they [were guilty of] the same things,” he added, a look of melancholy flashing across his tattooed eyelids. “But it was this special protocol for me that they had to handcuff me.” Months into his sentence, Wayne called Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex and said apart from busying himself with the daily routine of incarceration — pawing through piles of mail, listening to sports radio — he was doing serious soul-searching. “Everybody says that you’re here for a reason, and I promise you, Flex, I try to find out that reason every day. I search for it. But I think when I get out, that’ll be the only time I’ll really know the answer.” On the dizzying “6 Foot,” the lead single from his eagerly awaited Tha Carter IV, Wayne cleverly boasts, “I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate.” But he took a measured tone as he relived the pre-dawn hours of November 4. “To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on, that was the first thing that caught my attention,” he said. “I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.” Related Videos MTV First: Lil Wayne’s ‘6 Foot 7 Foot’ Related Artists Lil Wayne
‘To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on,’ Wayne tells MTV News. ‘I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.’ By Rebecca Thomas, with reporting by Sway Calloway Photo: MTV News On a frigid November morning, Lil Wayne walked out of New York’s Rikers Island last year a free man. And though there would be lavish homecoming parties to attend, a tour-finale concert in Las Vegas, reunions with family and even a marathon recording session in the offing, the New Orleans MC can still remember what struck him most in those first few moments. “Honestly, the first thing that I appreciated when I got out was not having to wear handcuffs,” Wayne told MTV News when we visited the Miami set of his upcoming “6 Foot 7 Foot” video . On the expansive jail facility where Wayne served out an eight-month sentence on an attempted gun possession charge, the Young Money boss discovered that while getting “special” treatment may seem to imply privileges, in fact, his celebrity status created some downsides. Having his wrists shackled as he moved through the prison’s various buildings became a weight, both physical and mental. “That was my first time walking out of there [without handcuffs], ’cause you know I always had to be transferred to one building from another to another just to do certain things, and they had so many special procedures with me,” explained Weezy, who was clad in a gray YMCMB sweatshirt and Chicago Bulls cap when MTV News’ Sway sat with him. “Things they had to do for protocol, so I always had to move here and move there, but everywhere I went I had to be handcuffed because it was this special protocol. “Other inmates didn’t have to be handcuffed when they [were guilty of] the same things,” he added, a look of melancholy flashing across his tattooed eyelids. “But it was this special protocol for me that they had to handcuff me.” Months into his sentence, Wayne called Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex and said apart from busying himself with the daily routine of incarceration — pawing through piles of mail, listening to sports radio — he was doing serious soul-searching. “Everybody says that you’re here for a reason, and I promise you, Flex, I try to find out that reason every day. I search for it. But I think when I get out, that’ll be the only time I’ll really know the answer.” On the dizzying “6 Foot,” the lead single from his eagerly awaited Tha Carter IV, Wayne cleverly boasts, “I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate.” But he took a measured tone as he relived the pre-dawn hours of November 4. “To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on, that was the first thing that caught my attention,” he said. “I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.” Related Videos MTV First: Lil Wayne’s ‘6 Foot 7 Foot’ Related Artists Lil Wayne
‘To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on,’ Wayne tells MTV News. ‘I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.’ By Rebecca Thomas, with reporting by Sway Calloway Photo: MTV News On a frigid November morning, Lil Wayne walked out of New York’s Rikers Island last year a free man. And though there would be lavish homecoming parties to attend, a tour-finale concert in Las Vegas, reunions with family and even a marathon recording session in the offing, the New Orleans MC can still remember what struck him most in those first few moments. “Honestly, the first thing that I appreciated when I got out was not having to wear handcuffs,” Wayne told MTV News when we visited the Miami set of his upcoming “6 Foot 7 Foot” video . On the expansive jail facility where Wayne served out an eight-month sentence on an attempted gun possession charge, the Young Money boss discovered that while getting “special” treatment may seem to imply privileges, in fact, his celebrity status created some downsides. Having his wrists shackled as he moved through the prison’s various buildings became a weight, both physical and mental. “That was my first time walking out of there [without handcuffs], ’cause you know I always had to be transferred to one building from another to another just to do certain things, and they had so many special procedures with me,” explained Weezy, who was clad in a gray YMCMB sweatshirt and Chicago Bulls cap when MTV News’ Sway sat with him. “Things they had to do for protocol, so I always had to move here and move there, but everywhere I went I had to be handcuffed because it was this special protocol. “Other inmates didn’t have to be handcuffed when they [were guilty of] the same things,” he added, a look of melancholy flashing across his tattooed eyelids. “But it was this special protocol for me that they had to handcuff me.” Months into his sentence, Wayne called Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex and said apart from busying himself with the daily routine of incarceration — pawing through piles of mail, listening to sports radio — he was doing serious soul-searching. “Everybody says that you’re here for a reason, and I promise you, Flex, I try to find out that reason every day. I search for it. But I think when I get out, that’ll be the only time I’ll really know the answer.” On the dizzying “6 Foot,” the lead single from his eagerly awaited Tha Carter IV, Wayne cleverly boasts, “I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate.” But he took a measured tone as he relived the pre-dawn hours of November 4. “To walk out of there that day with no handcuffs on, that was the first thing that caught my attention,” he said. “I was like wow, yeah, I’m gone.” Related Videos MTV First: Lil Wayne’s ‘6 Foot 7 Foot’ Related Artists Lil Wayne
Clip premieres Thursday night (March 3) during ‘American Idol.’ By Jocelyn Vena Jennifer Lopez on the set of her video for “On The Floor” Photo: MTV News Jennifer Lopez plays a feisty club diva in her video for “On the Floor,” set to make its debut Thursday night (March 3) during “American Idol.” The song, a club banger produced by RedOne, is a melting pot of house music and global music, and the video is a dark, sexy look at club culture. “I play one character where she kind of runs this party, acts like she’s kind of bored with it, but at the same time is really loving it and loves this underground party dance culture,” Lopez told MTV News on the set. “So I got to be wild and crazy, and at the same time I got to be sexy and sweet too.” In the video, J.Lo wears a big beehive bun, gold gladiator heels and a gold gown with Gaga-esque detailing in its high collar and leaves. It also stars RedOne and Pitbull, who raps on the track. The other men who worked with J.Lo on the video, director Taj and choreographer Frank Gatson Jr., wanted it to reflect Lopez’s background as a dancer. “Originality, being you. This song is about being who you want,” Taj explained. “It’s about letting loose. There’s no explanation. This is this underground video, this underground party.” Gatson added that the video will give fans and wallflowers an inside peek at the best dance party in town. “I kind of get the feeling that she wants us to be in the club after 2 a.m. in L.A.,” he explained. “That’s so amazing. [It’s like] everybody had some watermelon and the watermelon made them high, it gave them a little buzz — but a good buzz, a real magical buzz, a dance buzz, a buzz that makes you feel like fried chicken, so she just wants everybody to have a good old time.” J.Lo hasn’t been shy about her love for the track. She said recording it was an homage to her days as a professional dancer. “The minute RedOne played it for me, I made him play it 20 times in a row, and I just sat there at the board and I kept listening to it and listening to it,” Lopez said . “Because I really feel like, emotionally, I connected to it, but also because of how much I love to dance and how much that’s always been such a big part of who I am since I started. Since I was a little girl, I just totally connected with the idea of getting out there.” Will you be tuning into “American Idol” to catch J.Lo’s new video? Tell us below. Related Videos MTV News Extended Play: Jennifer Lopez Related Photos Jennifer Lopez: From The Block To ‘American Idol’ The Evolution Of: Jennifer Lopez Related Artists Jennifer Lopez
