{"id":43195,"date":"2025-08-07T15:44:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/lil-wayne-admits-he-was-starstruck-by-lebron-james\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:44:43","slug":"lil-wayne-admits-he-was-starstruck-by-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/lil-wayne-admits-he-was-starstruck-by-lebron-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Wayne Admits He Was Starstruck By LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/lil-wayne\">Lil Wayne<\/a> has admitted that he once got starstruck by LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on <em>SportsCenter<\/em>, Weezy detailed meeting the NBA superstar on the set of a commercial for Beats.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne said: \u201cI found myself asking him about his son and the NBA\u2014those discussions were monumental for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weezy also remembered the first time he met LeBron, when the future great was just a teenager.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"optanon-category-C0003\" title=\"instagram-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNBL6NHxgGX\/embed\" width=\"320\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI received a call from Slim, Birdman\u2019s older brother, who mentioned a promising player in the area eager to attend my show. He said, \u2018Trust me, Wayne, this kid is the next Michael Jordan.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just having a blast that night. Both of us remember it vividly; it was truly unforgettable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wayne recently said that he <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/lil-wayne-no-longer-wants-super-bowl-halftime\/\">no longer had aspirations of performing at the Super Bowl halftime show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I looked, it was nothing that made me want to go inside and see what was going on,\u201d he explained, saying he didn\u2019t watch Kendrick Lamar\u2019s performance, before adding: \u201cThey stole that feeling. I don\u2019t want to do it. It was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged the NFL had been seemingly hinting that he\u2019d be chosen for the gig as they encouraged him to be more front-facing ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo perform, it\u2019s a bunch of things they\u2019re going to tell you to do and not do, asses to kiss and not kiss,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf you notice, I was a part of things I\u2019ve never been a part of. Like [Michael] Rubin\u2019s all-white parties. I\u2019m doing shit with Tom Brady. That was all for that. You ain\u2019t never seen me in them types of venues. I ain\u2019t Drake. I ain\u2019t out there smiling like that everywhere. I\u2019m in the stu\u2019, smokin\u2019 and recording.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And then when he still wasn\u2019t chosen, he says the NFL simply told him, \u201cWe ain\u2019t in charge [of the Super Bowl halftime show].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cAll of a sudden, according to them, they got curved. So, I\u2019m going to have to just settle with whatever they say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Super Bowl halftime performance would ultimately become the most watched in history.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/lil-wayne-admits-starstruck-by-lebron-james\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Wayne has admitted that he once got starstruck by LeBron James. 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