Stereogum — In 2009, when Lil Wayne signed Drake to Young Money, Weezy was finishing up an incredible half-decade run during which he earned his self proclaimed status as Best Rapper Alive. In the intervening six years, Wayne has never consistently matched that ... more info

Stereogum — Young Money-affiliated Miami producer DJ E-Feezy has just dropped his new mixtape The Wolf Of South Beach. It’s a massive 22-track project with a stacked cast of features including Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Migos, Juicy J, Timbaland, Rich Homie Quan, a... more info

Stereogum — Who knew a tweet from Weezy last December would unfold into the ugly soap opera that is Lil Wayne vs. Birdman? After nine months, three lawsuits, three spinoff dramas, direct verbal shots, social media shots, subliminal lyrical shots, actual gunshots... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Who knew the Brit singer had so much swag?! more info

Stereogum — Chicago rapper Montana Of 300 broke out last year with the cult hit “Ice Cream Truck,” and he’s been picking up some momentum since then. It looks like Kanye West has noticed, and Montana might be the latest young Chicago rapper to get taken un... more info

TMZ — This one's short and sweet ... but interesting.  We got Lil Wayne leaving Playhouse nightclub Friday and asked about one of his passions ... and whether he's better at it than Justin Bieber. Was Wayne true to form,… more info

Stereogum — Last night, on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Lil Wayne held his first annual Lil’ Weezyana Fest in New Orleans. As MissInfo points out, proceeds from the festival went to Tha Carter Fund, a charitable organization supporting after-s... more info

Stereogum — Curren$y has already released one LP this year, Pilot Talk III, and now he’s getting ready to drop another. The first single from the upcoming Canal Street Confidential is “Bottom Of The Bottle,” a smoothly sultry midtempo cut featuring Lil Way... more info

Stereogum — A couple of months ago, Lil Wayne shared “Nothing But Trouble,” a song from the soundtrack to the drum machine documentary 808 in which Wayne and the “irredeemably obnoxious” young crooner Charlie Puth warn of the dangers of falling for Insta... more info

Stereogum — Billboard threw its annual Hot 100 Festival this weekend at Long Island’s Jones Beach, featuring headlining sets from the Weeknd, Skrillex, Nicki Minaj, and Justin Bieber. Bieber hasn’t performed for quite some time, aside from a few guest appear... more info