Lil Wayne, the human embodiment of New Orleans and professional “A Milli” chant enthusiast, has spoken out after being dramatically sidelined for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. That’s right, Weezy F. Baby was ghosted harder than your high school crush.
As we all know, Kendrick Lamar was announced as the headliner for the February 9, 2025 extravaganza at Caesars Stadium in New Orleans. But apparently, no one thought to inform Lil Wayne, who was born in the very city where the Super Bowl will take place. I mean, they could’ve just texted him, right? “Yo, Wayne, sorry, you’re not invited to your own city’s biggest party. Heart emoji?”
On Friday (Sept. 13), the 41-year-old rap legend took to Instagram to drop a heartfelt confessional. And let me tell you, it was more emotional than the last season of your favorite reality dating show.
“First of all, I wanna say forgive me for the delay,” Wayne began, with the kind of somber tone that made it sound like he was about to drop a diss track… but aimed at his own feelings. “I had to gather the strength to do this without ugly crying on camera.”
His fans, no doubt sitting there clutching their Lil Wayne albums like a toddler with a blanket, were treated to a sincere (and slightly overdramatic) speech. “Thank you to every voice, every opinion, all the care, the love, the support,” Wayne said, as if he was giving an Oscar acceptance speech for a role he didn’t get. He added, “Your words turned to arms and held me up when I tried to fall back.” Wow, Wayne, who knew Instagram comments had the power to turn into an emotional safety net? We need that technology in all social media apps ASAP.
But then came the heartbreaker: “Not being picked… it hurt. It hurt a lot,” he said, probably while staring wistfully at a photo of the Super Bowl stage that could have been his. Wayne went on to basically admit that he jinxed himself by mentally preparing for the Super Bowl spotlight, like a kid who already picked out their birthday cake before even sending out invitations. “That hurt,” he repeated for the dramatic flair. “I thought there was nothing better than that spot, on that stage… It broke me, but I’m just trying to put myself back together.”
Man, someone needs to call up Humpty Dumpty for a collab album, because Lil Wayne is in pieces, y’all.
In case you’re wondering who’s responsible for this epic snub, allow me to introduce you to the usual suspects: Jay-Z and his Roc-Nation empire, aka the puppeteers behind Super Bowl halftime show decisions. Yes, that’s right, even though the NFL and the city of New Orleans supposedly have a say in who gets to rock out at halftime, Jay-Z is sitting on that throne with more power than Thanos holding all six Infinity Stones.
Lil Wayne, the man who brought us Lollipop and rhymed “fitted” with “get it” 12 different ways, has been left to nurse his broken heart while Kendrick Lamar gets ready to drop knowledge bombs and bars on the biggest stage in football.
Someone please get Wayne a Super Bowl snack platter and a good therapist. February’s going to be rough.