With his many hit singles these past few months and recent success with "Tha Carter IV," there is no doubt that Lil Wayne is on top of the music industry. Recently, Weezy chatted with Vibe Magazine for their October/November issue. Lil Wayne, who also covers the issue, discusses competition in the rap industry, Jay-Z, his young oney/cash money artist Drake, and hip-hop being an influence on the London Riots.
Check out a couple excerpts from the interview:
On competition in the rap industry
"There are competition [with any artists]. Music isn't about competition no more. All the gangster rappers are happy, all the skateboard rappers are happy, all the white rappers are happy.... Everybody just happy to do music these days. There are no problems. That s&%t died a long time ago with them old-ass rappers. We are just making music, making money having fun feeding our families. Competition is for the old guys."
On competition in the music industry being for the old guys and throwing shots at Jay-Z with the line "I got your baby money/kidnap you b&%$h, get that how-much-you-love-your-lady money"
"I know for a fact, music is about perception. You can't do anything but perceive what you hear. If I know for a fact, i can never be upset about someone's reaction to it. I'm not gonna say I don't know what will happen before I say it [on record]. I do know what will happen. I am aware of it. It is what it is.
On his artist Drake being his competition"I don't look at it like that. Drake is my artist. If he wasn't my artist, then yeah maybe. But that's my artist. He's not [just] a friend. We're more than friends. It's business. It would be impossible for it to be a competition. I mean, I'm the guys' boss."
On the London riots
All you could do is pray for the people that were dealing with the situation and hope for the best. As far as them blaming hip-hop, you can blame Jesus for things, so you can't really fault anybody for blaming someone or something. All you can do is hope for the best."
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