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Punk Ass Lil Wayne is a No Show at Monster Jam

 


Poor JAM’N 94.5. Just a few years ago their Monster Jams were suffering; hip-hop and R&B fans were lucky if they caught more than one artist with more than two hit songs. But in 2008 the station staged a commendable comeback with a roaring Summer Jam line-up and a subsequent pre-Halloween blowout featuring Jay-Z and Lil Wayne, only for the latter not to show up.

Actually he did show up. But due to security demands that he be frisked, hip-hop’s most notorious prima donna told the TD BankNorth Garden – as well as Boston, his fans, and every hard working person who saved money to buy expensive tickets – to go fuck themselves. I’ve interviewed Wayne three times, and this shouldn’t surprise, but for some reason it bothers me. One source close to the backstage fiasco claimed that homeboy was dusted, and that would generally be a good excuse for such paranoia, but there’s no excuse for nearly causing a riot.

As much as I deplore the mini sluts and their drunken suburban boyfriends who filled the crowd, I don’t enjoy seeing anyone’s fun crushed. No doubt this was a first concert for a lot of kids, and I can only hope that they’ll continue supporting live music after being elbowed by their hip-hop idol. This was a disgrace for the entire rap establishment, and it shouldn’t be forgotten soon. Wayne didn’t just forget where he came from, he forgot who helped him get where he’s gotten, and that’s even worse.   

I’d love to say that Jay-Z saved the day. After all, Hova did emerge after a hostile wait with an hour-and-a-half long set stuffed with enough hits to quell both young materialists and weathered Brooklyn rap traditionalists such as myself: “What do you want? I got 50 hits or I got 100,” he said. But a lot of kids didn’t care; one bitch next to my friend complained: “Who cares about old ass Jay-Z – Wayne is our rock star.” It’s too bad, really, because Hova might be hip-hop’s last distinguished gentleman. His soldiering performance this past night was proof positive that he’s not just the King of New York, but of hip-hop as a whole. He would never turn his back on fans, and that’s why he’ll be lamping long after Wayne is found overdosed in a hotel room.   

In a collateral tragedy, Akrobatik and Jadakiss – two talents ten times the size of Lil Wayne – were backstage. I know the practical answer to this rhetorical gesture, but why couldn’t they come out and rock? In fact – why aren’t cats like them the ones getting radio burn and murdering arenas in the first place? Maybe now that Boston’s “number one place for hip-hop and R&B” has witnessed what a spoiled lil’ shit Weezy truly is, they won’t beat listeners to death with his superficial intellectuality. But I’m sure that won’t be the case.  

 

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    October 28, 2008 10:56 AM
  • k said:

    big deal he didnt perform.. i think everyone is stupid if they didnt expect that there would be a 50% chance of him not performing. hes not a huge performer, hes amazing when he does but he would rather be in the studio. he makes kick ass songs & mixtapes. his fans love him for what he does in the STUDIO! & his real fans know by now this is how he acts & they deal with it. it might explain his rare tour schedual because thats not rly his passion. his passion is in the studio with his beats & not as much on stage. its how he is & how he'll always be. love him or hate him, hes here to stay.

    October 28, 2008 11:14 AM
  • Nicole said:

    I STILL LOVE YOU LIL WAYYYNNEE!~

    October 28, 2008 11:19 AM
  • honest said:

    are you kidding me you guys we should expect this as fans? if I had expected it I wouldn't have stayed home and watched his youtube videos. I paid money because it was Lil Wayne and Jay z, Jay z was amazing but no matter what I was still expecting to see Lil Wayne. Give me my money back

    October 28, 2008 11:43 AM
  • Brittany said:

    Jay-z showed alot of class and as far for lil wayne its a pitty i wasted 145 dollars to come and see you...because that was the main reason i went

    October 28, 2008 11:45 AM
  • Ant said:

    Lil Wayne Sucks, he is not even close to the best rapper alive. What about...

    Rakim

    KRS-One

    Slick Rick

    BDK

    Kool G Rap

    Dre

    Slug

    October 28, 2008 11:46 AM
  • Ja said:

    He's not a punk, and im pretty sure you would kill to be him

    He doesnt give  f:::k what u say about him so keep talking your BS

    ALSO

    Wayne didn’t just forget where he came from, he forgot who helped him get where he’s gotten, and that’s even worse

    WTF  he sure as hell didn't forget where he came from and who helped him he's been with the same label that supported him from the beginning and he visits new orleans all the time speaks at public schools down there so get ya facts straight

    October 28, 2008 11:49 AM
  • K-Rock said:

    Better wear a latex cause you don't want that late text that I think I'm late text.  So wrap it UP!

    October 28, 2008 11:50 AM
  • Marcus said:

    lil waynes a faggot

    October 28, 2008 11:53 AM
  • Sarah said:

    In response to k, I agree with you, to a point. I know he's not big on performing, and that's fine, that's him. But he shouldn't commit to performing then. I went to Monster Jam mostly for Jay-Z, but I was still pretty disappointed that Weezy didnt perform. Him performing is RARE so it's something I would have loved to witness. Guess he doesnt care too much about his fans who paid $90 to go see him.

    I disagree, I think Jay-Z did save the day. Who cares that the teeny-boppers dont know nothin about Jay...for the (like 50 ppl) who were over 21 there, Jay was the real performer and he rocked it out.

    As a Weezy fan, I obviously am disappointed, and I also lost some respect for him. If he doesnt like to perform, dont perform, but dont let ppl expect u there and shell out the money to see you and then pull a stunt like this.

    October 28, 2008 12:08 PM
  • Chris Faraone said:

    Ja -

    You and all these other Wayne fans are pathetic. Defending an artist who doesn't have enough respect for his fans to perform at a show. Like people who voted for Bush, you deserve what you punks got.

    October 28, 2008 12:14 PM
  • jay said:

    yous should be ashamed lil wayne should not be welcomed in boston anymore he disrespected our whole city and showed he doesnt care about boson fans   jay z is once again my favorite rapper he could have went home after he did wat he was paid 2 do but he stayed to give the fans a show  total opposite of wayne who could just care less and this is they guy we're making a millionaire?

    October 28, 2008 12:18 PM
  • Chris said:

    "Him performing is RARE so it's something I would have loved to witness."

    mhmm, like mr. clean with hair.

    October 28, 2008 12:47 PM
  • Ant said:

    JA i would never want to be one of the worst rappers of our day. Sorry, i personally think ja rule is better than lil wayne.  Kill to be Slick Rick the ruler, yes, but not some no style motherfucking lil wayne fag(he makes out with his father bird shit or whatever his name is). He blows i would eat him in a battle any day and i dont rap.

    October 28, 2008 12:52 PM
  • Bill said:

    Jay z showed lil wayne how real business men/performers handle stuff. It sucked that lil wayne wasnt there but come on jamn 94.5 yo are going to come out and say lil wayne is on now and he isnt even in the fucking building. Then you force HOV to come out unannounced to a startled crowd. then they say lil wayne isnt even in the building and they lied the whole time, and jayz had to come out to boos for an encore. I wish lil wayne could act more like a man and less like some little prissy bitch acting like hes some sortof diva like Whitney Houston.

    October 28, 2008 12:54 PM
  • sk said:

    Ja - Sorry, but New Orleans alone didn't make him a NATIONAL superstar. He should've respected ALL his fans enough to bring his punk ass on stage and performed last night in Boston. Wayne is a BITCH and I'm never paying money to see his ass again.

    After last night though, I definitely found a whole new respect for Jay-Z and the way he tried to salvage the night. He killed it! But some little punk like Wayne should never have put a real man like Jay-Z in that kind of position!!!

    October 28, 2008 12:56 PM
  • Savannah said:

    Thank god for Jay-Z, he sure did save the night. He is and will always ne the king of Hip-Hop  Much respect for him, I'll keep throwing my diamonds up...

    October 28, 2008 1:46 PM
  • Carter said:

    Fuck ya haters

    October 28, 2008 2:04 PM
  • wuddup said:

    wayne is garbage.

    October 28, 2008 2:20 PM
  • Mjunks said:

    I bought my little twin brothers to Boston from Maine for their 18th brithday to see Weezy. The second I knew he wasn't coming on my heart broke. Jay-z was amazing and he really did handle the situation like a man. I'm so dissapointed with Wayne, I've lost so much respect for him and wouldn't pay to see him again.

    October 28, 2008 2:25 PM
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  • Debbie said:

    Lil Sleezy is just that! He forgets where he came from. I don't know how any "artist" could disrespect their fans like that. Jamn should refuse to play his music and sue him for refunds. What a piece of shit?!

    October 28, 2008 3:27 PM
  • m said:

    okay, so i went to the concert just to see him & then he didnt show up. i criedd! i was sooo excited to see himm but now i lost sooo muhc respect for him & i have sooo much more respect for jay-z now. someone at the concert told me how she has gone to like 8 of his concerts and he has only sowed up to like 4 of them but he didnt even perform at one, he just sang over the microphone but you couldnt see him & all the other times he was like an hour late, you dont do that to your fans who pay tons of money to see him. i would of paid all the money in the world to sit front row & see him, i was like obsesseed w/ him but i dont even know what to think of him anymoree .. i agree w/ sarah, if he doesnt like to perform then he shouldnt book all tht shit to perform

    October 28, 2008 4:20 PM
  • lil waynes gurl said:

    quiet haten fuck get over it already sure it was alot of money ya'll spent but fuck he's still the greatest rap'r alive i know of

    October 28, 2008 4:42 PM
  • camile said:

    who cares lil wayne is still fine as a mo' fucker

    October 28, 2008 4:46 PM
  • MJaye said:

    I completely agree with Sarah and a couple others.

    Weezy should NOT commit to something he doesn't enjoy doing(performing), and if he does commit then show up! How do you commit to headlining something, as in: YOU ARE THE SHOW, but don't show? I lost ALL respect for Wayne, why? BECAUSE HE HAS NOOOO RESPECT FOR ME, A FAN!...think about it he has NO respect for ANY of his fans. Sad part is he would be a NOONE if he had no fans. If you still call yourself his fan, then you either weren't at Monster Jam so you haven't fully experienced the dissapointment OR you're making it known that you are being ROBBED by Lil Wayne. Yes, that's right you pay him for nothing. Think about it he makes music all day and you buy it off him but when he stunts at HIS OWN show at the end of the day he knows he's going to still make music and you're still going to buy it. Basically he does what he wants and you pay him while jumping on the band-wagon. To his fans: you're cool kids. Now don't get me wrong, what he does with music is unique but if you have to just cop that ish off limewire, don't pay! He's stealing from you, steal right back.

    Real talk Jay-Z is the greatest rapper alive, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, any day.

    October 28, 2008 5:43 PM
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  • saudi said:

    yoyoyoyyo, damn i understand it was fucken wrong, but hes DWAYNE CARTER! Stop hating on him, hes tha fucken shit, yall people saying yall will never pay to see him perform yall are lieing out the ass, cause yall know when he comes out on tour again yall be the first ones on yall knees looking for money!! hes the shit and if he was too high or whatever the case may b yall love him. WEEZY is tha shit! i love him.

    October 28, 2008 8:23 PM
  • Janet said:

    It wasn't the radio station who announced Wayne on stage, IT WAS HIS OWN DJ!! Wayne STIFFED HIS OWN DJ AND BAND and put them out there like that, ONLY TO LEAVE THE VENU with them still on the stage !!! That is a PUNK ASS MOVE IF YOU ASK ME.

    October 28, 2008 9:55 PM
  • Jon said:

    Fuck Lil Wayne, he thinks hes above the law or something. Maybe this is true but the man is a musician. It is his job to preform music. When he just doesnt go to "work" it shows how passionate about the music he really is. Hes in it for the money. Period.

    October 28, 2008 10:40 PM
  • Tiana said:

    I was surprised with front row tickets for my birthday. I was super excited to see all of the rappers but especially hova, the vetran of hip hop, and weezy the self proclaimed " best rapper alive ". I felt that everyone did great, but when they announced weezy was backstage I was so excited ! I was really getting into it and when they had the mix of all those hot tracks I was having fun ... until they had us waiting for what felt like forever but was probably 75 mins. That's when we figured he was probably going to be a no show . I was dissapointed. Then when I asked the staff why jay-z was up there they told me how lil wayne didnt want to go through the metal detectors I was even more upset . 1) why would he need weapons at all ? The least he could've done was leave it in his limo !

    2) when I heard he said too go fuck themselves I felt like he was talking straight to the people who had spent all their paychecks on seats and sexy shoes too see him .

    I completely agree with the writer of this article . And someone said " he isn't a performer " ... then why the fuck is he promising a performance ? No one needed him, because there's so many rappers that are better then his prima donna ass [ KANYE WEST FOR EXAMPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!! ] who would've loved a chance to perform beside some of the hottest artists of this day and age, and wouldn't have let us down. This was ridicoulous and lil wayne needs to do a public apology to all the fans of boston that paid to see 5 acts and got only 4 . And a public thanks to hova for killin the show under soo much pressure !! I have lost respect for lil wayne, and JA can try to defend him with all the bull but the point is clear ; weezy was supposed to show, and he didn't .

    October 28, 2008 11:59 PM
  • brandi said:

    all you people talkin shit come on now if it was just bout money then his lyrics would not be good and they are! he done won an award for that! he has never forgot where he came from he has put it down for N.O all along never forgot bout it he did not come from yall! he is big cuz yall but thats it. leave him alone stop hatin cuz you all know he is and will remain the best rapper alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    October 29, 2008 12:01 AM
  • Meg said:

    Love lil wayne still but that was some gay ass shit not coming. && when did they stop selling beer?? 2 dissapointments for me, i want my money back. dont know why i paid the extra for premium and i couldnt even drink. neva goin to monster jam again that was some bull shit.

    October 29, 2008 12:19 AM
  • Ant said:

    Lil wayne sucks Balls here is a list of rapper alive (legends) who would kill lil wayne and he knows it.  

    Rakim

    Slick Rick

    Big Daddy Kane

    KRS-One

    Slug

    Check the link you'll see!

    October 29, 2008 6:49 AM

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