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LSU guard Flau'Jae Johnson (4) reacts with forward Sa'Myah Smith after playing San Diego State in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Flau’Jae Johnson puts rap and podcasting careers aside during March Madness

For now, LSU star guard Flau’Jae Johnson is putting her rap career aside. And the podcasting, too. Johnson is all about the NCAA Tournament, and helping the Tigers win another national title.
March 30
This combination of photos shows GloRilla performing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas on Oct. 13, 2023, Lil Wayne performing at the 2018 Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Del., on June 16, 2018, center, and Camila Cabello performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York on April 12, 2022. (AP Photo)

Lil Wayne, GloRilla and Camila Cabello to headline college football concert series in Atlanta

November 21, 2024
FILE - Lil Wayne performs during "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" 25th anniversary tour, Nov. 5, 2023, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Lil Wayne says being passed over for Super Bowl halftime show ‘broke’ him

September 13, 2024
FILE - Grammy-winning rapper 2 Chainz poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2022. 2 Chainz says his official studio album with Lil Wayne, expectedly titled “COLLEGROVE 2,” will be out before 2023 is over. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

2 Chainz says joint-Lil Wayne album is done, talks new ‘Amazon Music Live’ season

September 21, 2023
A view of a Grammy statue appears in the press room at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Grammys 2023 live updates: Latest news from red carpet, show

February 6, 2023

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Members of the Insane Clown Posse are praising Kendrick Lamar on the black carpet at the MTV VMAs: “He’s the it guy right now.” (Sept. 11)
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Lil Wayne accepts the Recording Academy global impact award at the Black Music Collective on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Dr Dre, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne honored at pre-Grammy event

February 3, 2023

Dr. Dre, Missy, Lil Wayne to be honored at pre-Grammy event

January 11, 2023
2 Chainz poses for a portrait on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in Los Angeles. The Grammy Award-winning rapper is bringing his star appeal as host of Amazon Music Live - a weekly live-streamed concert series featuring today’s biggest stars including Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Wayne and Kane Brown. The series streams on Prime Video after Thursday Night Football and filmed each week in Los Angeles in front of a live audience. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

2 Chainz hosts Amazon Music live concerts using NFL platform

December 7, 2022

Beale Street Music Festival announces eclectic lineup

February 17, 2022
The rapper Drake, front left, looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Drake was a star among A-listers at ‘Homecoming’ concert

February 13, 2022
Host Shaquille O'Neal attends Shaq's Fun House on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP)

Shaq’s ‘Fun House’ draws big crowd with Lil Wayne headlining

February 13, 2022
FILE - Former NBA basketball player Shaquille O' Neal DJ's at Shaq's Fun House in Miami on Feb. 1, 2020. O’Neal will return to the city where he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships. This time, O’Neal – who frequently deejays – will host “Shaq’s Fun House,” featuring performances by Lil Wayne, Zedd and Diplo. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Shaq, Usher and Mayer shows all highlight Super Bowl week

February 9, 2022
DaBaby arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020, left, and Megan Thee Stallion appears at the 5th annual Diamond Ball benefit gala in New York on Sept. 12, 2019. The chart-topping rappers each scored seven nominations at the show airing live on June 27 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby top BET Award nominations

May 27, 2021

4 Florida cases on Trump clemency list as he ends presidency

January 20, 2021

Louisiana advocate for ex-inmates among those pardoned

January 20, 2021
FILE - Recording artist Beyonce Knowles, left, Desiree Perez, and Juan Perez, co-owner of 40/40 Club, appear at a press conference announcing the opening of the new 40/40 Club at The Palazzo in Las Vegas, on Sept. 6, 2007. President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 140 people in a last-minute clemency flurry after midnight on Wednesday, including Desiree Perez, CEO of Roc Nation. Perez was arrested in 1994 for drug possession and in 1998 for grand larceny and possession of a firearm. In 2019, she was named head of the entertainment company founded by rapper Jay-Z. The pardon mentions that “Perez has taken full accountability for her actions and has turned her life around. She has been gainfully employed and has been an advocate for criminal justice reform in her community.” (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky, File)

Lil Wayne, Kodak Black get clemency; Joe Exotic does not

January 20, 2021
FILE - In this June 16, 2018, file photo, Lil Wayne performs on Day 3 of the 2018 Firefly Music Festival at The Woodlands in Dover, Del. Rapper Lil Wayne has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, an offense that carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Documents filed Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Miami federal court say the rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., had a gun and ammunition on Dec. 23 of last year despite knowing he had the previous felony. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Rapper Lil Wayne charged with federal gun offense in Florida

November 17, 2020
This combination photo shows, clockwise from left, music producer Dr. Luke, and performers, Lil Wayne, Juice WRLD, Doja Cat and Saweetie. Dr. Luke, who has been entangled in a bitter lawsuit with former collaborator Kesha since 2014, has produced and co-written Saweetie’s new single “Tap In,” the follow-up to her double-platinum smash “My Type.” He also co-wrote and co-produced Juice WRLD’s “Wishing Well,” taken from the rapper’s first posthumous album “Legends Never Die,” released last week. For his work with Cat, he used the alias Tyson Trax. For Lil Wayne’s “Shimmy,” a track featuring Cat on the deluxe edition of his latest album “Funeral,” Dr. Luke used the name Loctor Duke. (AP Photo)

Dr. Luke rebounds, thanks to Saweetie, Doja Cat, Juice WRLD

July 16, 2020
In this Dec. 4, 2017 photo, singer SZA poses for a portrait in New York to promote her latest album, "Ctrl." SZA was named as one of 2017's breakthrough entertainers by the Associated Press. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

AP’s top songs of the decade: Robyn, Kelly Rowland, Drake

December 12, 2019
FILE - This Jan. 11, 2018 file photo shows Alexis Bledel at the 23rd annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. Cybersecurity firm McAfee on Monday crowned Bledel the most dangerous celebrity on the internet in 2019. No other celebrity was more likely to land users on websites that carry viruses or malware. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

The most dangerous celebrity online is revealed

October 22, 2019
FILE - In a June 16, 2018 file photo, Lil Wayne performs on Day 3 of the 2018 Firefly Music Festival at The Woodlands, in Dover, Del. Rap star Lil Wayne says he did not perform as scheduled Saturday, May 11, 2019 at the Rolling Loud festival at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens because he was searched by law enforcement officers. The rapper said on social media Saturday that he would not perform at the Rolling Loud festival at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens because police "made it mandatory" that he was searched before the show. Rapper Kodak Black was arrested on weapons charges before the show. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Rapper Kodak Black arrested; Lil Wayne bows out of show

May 12, 2019

The Latest: Lil Wayne didn’t perform due to police search

May 12, 2019
This Sept. 26, 2018 photo released by BET shows Jessie Woo, a singer, TV host and cast member of VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop Miami." The budding vocalist met a successful producer who said he wanted to help her with her music then she says she was raped by music producers. Her story is an unfortunate narrative of navigating in the music industry, especially when popular acts like R. Kelly and Ryan Adams, who also work as producers and songwriters, are getting called out by women claiming sexual and psychological abuse. (Evans Alexandre/BET via AP)

When music producers are accused of being predators

March 1, 2019
Prince Michael Jackson presents the top artist award at the Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Hello! Drake breaks Adele’s record at Billboard Music Awards

May 22, 2017

#11. Lil Wayne

March 3, 2017

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April 9, 2013

Lil Wayne’s New Orleans skate park hits more snags

February 16, 2013
Nicki Minaj arrives at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Q&A: Nicki Minaj on new music and ‘American Idol’

November 20, 2012