One reason Lil Wayne was so upset that he wasn’t selected as the halftime performer for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans? He wanted to do it for his mother. Wayne referenced the Super Bowl situation on Saturday during the sold-out Lil Weezyana Fest at the Smoothie King Center.

During his annual Lil WeezyAna Fest on Saturday (Nov. 2) in New Orleans, the 42-year-old expressed his discontent over seemingly being overlooked as the halftime show performer in favor of Kendrick Lamar, who was announced as the show’s headliner back in September.

Lil Wayne put on a performance of a lifetime when he reunited with the Hot Boys for the 2024 Lil’ WeezyAna Fest. The seventh annual event held in his hometown of New Orleans marked the first time the group has performed together in over two decades.

Like many hip-hop heads, Lil Wayne felt confident out his bid for the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime show slot to Kendrick Lamar. However, home field advantage didn’t serve the “ Bless ” rapper any good in this instance. Yesterday (November 2), when he returned to New Orleans for Lil Weezyana Fest 2024 he was sure to air out his grievances.

The Lil WeezyAna Festival in New Orleans, hosted by Lil Wayne, was a needed feel-good moment in 2024, as he reunited the Hot Boys and the Big Tymers. However, one of his closest collaborators was noticeably absent,

The Hot Boys’ long-awaited reunion went down this past weekend at Lil Wayne’s annual WeezyAna Fest in the group’s hometown of New Orleans, La. On Saturday evening (Nov. 2), the legendary rap quartet and the Big Tymers took the stage at the Smoothie King Center,