Rapper and music mogul Lil Wayne is gearing up to go on tour.

The New Orleans native announced the “Welcome to Tha Carter Tour 2023” presented by Young Money, Rolling Loud and Live Nation.

According to the announcement, the 28-city tour will kick off this Spring at the historic Fillmore theater in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Apr. 4, and will touch two different North American countries, the United States and Canada.

Tickets are set to go on sale on Friday, Feb. 3 around 10 A.M. EST on Lilwayneofficial.com.

News of his tour has been shared days before

The tour announcement comes ahead of The Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective pre-GRAMMY event. At this soiree, the chart-topper will receive the prestigious Global Impact Award, honoring his dynamic personal and professional achievements in the industry, accomplished since he was a teen with Cash Money (including making “Bling Bling” a commonplace term in the English lexicon).

Peep the tour dates and see if he will be in your town!

Tue Apr 4 — Minneapolis, MN — The Fillmore Minneapolis

Thu Apr 6 — Fargo, ND — Scheels Arena*

Fri Apr 7 — Omaha, NE — Baxter Arena*

Sat Apr 8 — Madison, WI — The Sylvee

Sun Apr 9 — Chicago, IL — Radius

Tue, Apr 11 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit

Wed Apr 12 — Toronto, ON — HISTORY

Thu Apr 13 — Boston, MA — House of Blues

Sun Apr 16 — New York, NY — Apollo Theater

Mon Apr 17 — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore Philadelphia

Tue Apr 18 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore Silver Spring

Thu Apr 20 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte

Fri Apr 21 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz

Sat Apr 22 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle

Mon Apr 24 — Birmingham, AL — Iron City

Wed Apr 26 — St. Louis, MO — The Factory

Thu Apr 27 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works

Fri Apr 28 — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues

Sun Apr 30 — Lexington, KY — Rupp Arena*

Tue May 2 — Houston, TX — House of Blues

Wed May 3 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues

Thu May 4 — Austin, TX — Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater

Sat May 6 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex

Sun May 7 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium

Tue May 9 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren

Wed May 10 — San Diego, CA — SOMA

Fri May 12 — San Francisco, CA — The Masonic

Sat May 13 — Los Angeles, CA — The Wiltern

Music executive and all-around Hip-Hop icon, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs is teaming up with Uber to do a cool commercial for the Super Bowl.  

In the teaser, advertising executives are pitching a commercial for their new service Uber One to a relaxed Combs, bossed up in his Combs Enterprise office, with a bodyguard/ spokesperson responding to their request for him.

As the executives say, they would like a song for Uber’s upcoming campaign, the intimidating representative says, “Diddy don’t do jingles.”

They try to convince him that Uber doesn’t want a jingle, ultimately saying the company wants a “hit.”

In a dry tone, the muscle says, “Diddy does do hits,” with the Bad Boy mogul smiling— before getting up to take a call.

Danielle Hawley, Global Executive Creative Director, explained why the company is going all out for the Super Bowl spot, according to USA Today.

“As the only global company that helps you go anywhere and get anything, our membership program is the best way to save,” she said. “We want people to remember that, so for this year’s Super Bowl ad, we set out to help everyone get Uber One stuck in their heads — and what better way to do that than with a hit song?”

The commercial will not just feature Mr. Take That, Take That.

According to Hawley, “Uber “paired some of the biggest hitmakers of all time with one of the most esteemed producers in the game to help Uber One catch on.”

It appears the legal drama between Kiari “Offset” Cephus and Quality Control Music is not over. A new report claims Capitol Music Group-backed QC wants a judge to drop Cephus’s lawsuit against the company.

According to RadarOnline, Offset sued Quality Control to prevent the record label from receiving revenue for his solo work. The Migos member released the singles “54321” and “Code” in 2022 via Motown Records.

Offset supposedly negotiated a settlement with Quality Control Music in January 2021. The 31-year-old Georgia native contends the deal gave him ownership rights to his own recordings and songwriting credits.

Offset & QC’s Pierre “P” Thomas Clashed On Social Media

Quality Control believes Offset does not own the recordings released by Motown – such as “54321” and “Code” – which negates his lawsuit. QC also argued that Set breached the settlement agreement by violating the confidentiality provision.

Offset dropped “Code” featuring Memphis rapper Moneybagg Yo on August 26, 2022. That collaboration arrived two days after Offset called out QC co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas for addressing the lawsuit on social media.

“N##### act like I’m the problem. I paid millions to get my rights back. N####, you blackballed me. I ain’t said s### one time, homie. I ain’t spoke to you in 2 years, now I drop and you want ya name on my credit?” tweeted Offset in response to a now-deleted tweet by P.

Offset Is Still Mourning The Loss Of Takeoff

The latest round in the legal fight between Offset and Quality Control Music comes after the tragic killing of fellow Migos member Kirsnick “Takeoff” Ball. There also seemed to be a personal falling out among the Migos trio at some point over the last several years.

“The pain you have left me with is unbearable,” posted Offset on Instagram about Takeoff dying. “My heart is shattered and I have so many things to say, but I can’t find the words. I’ve been going to sleep and waking up hoping that all of this is a dream, but it’s reality, and reality feels like a nightmare.”

Offset has taken the death of his groupmate/family member Takeoff extremely hard. In December, the Father of 4 album creator admitted to being in a “dark place” following Takeoff’s passing. Last week, Set tweeted, “🚀 come back bra!”

🚀 come back bra !

— OFFSET (@OffsetYRN) January 25, 2023

Taymor “Tay-K” McIntyre continues to tweet from his legacy-verified Twitter account while serving a 55-year sentence for murdering a man in 2016. 

In his latest update from behind bars, the Long Beach rapper claimed another prisoner killed their cellmate with a food tray.  

“Dude in the cell by me killed his celly wit a tray n stood on his head,” Tay-K tweeted at the weekend. “Woah.” 

dude in the cell by me killed his celly wit a tray n stood on his head woah

— RUGR@ (@tayk) January 28, 2023

“I’m locced up wit the hash slinging slasher,” he added. 

I’m locced up wit the hash slinging slasher

— RUGR@ (@tayk) January 28, 2023

 

Earlier this month, Tay-K, also awaiting a separate murder trial for allegedly shooting a man while participating in a robbery, complained of his treatment behind bars in a series of tweets.  

“I’m [at] war within,” he wrote on the evening of Jan. 17. The 22-year-old followed up an hour later with “I feel like a hamster in here,” before adding, “They’re literally treating me like a ferret in here [right now].” 

Tay-K Wants Another “Chance At Adulthood”

Tay-K also tweeted that he should get “a second chance at adulthood” while comparing his sentence to his white co-defendant.  

“I bet if I was a lil white kid they wouldn’t have gave me no 55 years for a crime I was alleged to play the most insignificant role in when I was 16,” Tay-K penned on Jan. 5. “They woulda rightfully argued that my mind wasn’t fully developed and gave me rehabilitation and a 2nd (1st) chance at adulthood.” 

He added, “one of my codefendants was a white girl who was 16 jus like me…they didn’t certify her as an adult but they certified me n pimp as adults, pimp got 30, I got 55, she ended up getting 10 years of probation without no deal…that girl @ home rn.” 

Tay-K rose to prominence after his 2017 single “The Race” went viral. In 2019, he was sentenced to 55 years for the murder of 21-year-old Ethan Walker in 2016. He was also indicted on murder charges, accused of shooting 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar in 2017 and is currently awaiting trial.