Lil Wayne

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Macklemore’s honest playlist: ‘I have never been to a sex dungeon party’
The rapper grew up wanting to be Axel Foley and goes crazy when the bass hits in Eiffel 65’s Blue – but have his kids turned him into a Swiftie?

As told to Rich Pelley

12, Aug, 2024 @6:00 AM

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New Orleans cop who saved Lil Wayne’s life as a boy, dies aged 65
Robert Hoobler saved the rapper’s life when, aged 12, he shot himself in the chest

Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans

23, Jul, 2022 @7:31 PM

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Tyler, the Creator: Call Me If You Get Lost review – the most glorious mess
Bursts of kaleidoscopic synthpop, soul balladry and jazz sweep you through the latest offering in the artist’s eclectic, controversial and – against the odds – enduring career

Alexis Petridis

25, Jun, 2021 @4:17 PM

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Rapper Lil Wayne in line for last-day pardon from Donald Trump
But sources say neither Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon or president himself are on the list

Martin Belam

19, Jan, 2021 @5:21 PM

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Lil Wayne faces up to 10 years in jail on weapons possession charges
A search of Dwayne Michael Carter Jr’s private jet in 2019 turned up a handgun, which he is prohibited from owning due to prior criminal convictions

Laura Snapes

18, Nov, 2020 @11:11 AM

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Lil Wayne: Funeral review – fearsome and full of life
(Young Money/Republic)

Kitty Empire

09, Feb, 2020 @9:00 AM

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R&B star SiR: ‘I stumbled offstage and threw up before anybody could see me’
Meet the musician who worked his way up from retail to collaborating with Stevie Wonder – and occasionally taking album launch parties too far

Leonie Cooper

25, Oct, 2019 @12:00 PM

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Lil Wayne concert ends in crowd injuries after gunshot rumours
Atlanta police say there were ‘no weapons involved’ in ‘altercation’ that prompted festival crowd to flee

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

08, Oct, 2018 @8:22 AM

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Lil Wayne: Tha Carter V review – the beat is (just about) still on
(Young Money)

Kitty Empire

07, Oct, 2018 @6:00 AM

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Lil Wayne's albums – ranked!
We take stock of the rapper’s career, through stints in prison, label rows and trash-rock impulses to his heyday of raw swagger and southern bangers

Dean Van Nguyen

04, Oct, 2018 @2:00 PM

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Beyoncé: 10 of the best deep cuts, rarities and Bey-sides
As the superstar returns to the UK, here’s a sample of her lesser-known hits, featuring Solange and Dixie Chicks – plus how Lemonade changed the game

Claudia Rankine and Sam Wolfson

16, Jun, 2018 @9:00 AM

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Martin Shkreli's $2m Wu-Tang Clan album seized by federal court
The disgraced entrepreneur bought the sole copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin in 2014 – his lawyer has described it as ‘probably worthless’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

06, Mar, 2018 @10:51 AM

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