Lil Wayne Explained The CircumstanCes This Led To His Infamous Octaber 2020 Photo with Donald Trump And Revealed That He declined an offer to play at the president's inaugration this year in a New Cover Story for Rolling Stone.
Wayne Met Trump in Florida Ahead of the 2020 Element and Said the picture was taken spur-of-tHe-Moment During ABOT ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS AND Other Initiatives for the Black Community. The rapper Said He waste there that Day Because Trump Adviser and Son-in-Law Jared Kushner was a big fan and was encouraging Trump to pardon wayne on gun charges he'd sonon face. (Wayne was charged in November 2020, and Trump Did Pardon Him in Janogy 2021.)
“He's naming the exams that he crammed [to while listening to me]that i Helped Him, “Wayne Said of Kushner.” He was like, 'I'm not about to watch my hero go to jail for this.' ”
Of Trump Himself, Wayne Jaked That The President was “An Asshole” of a Wisecracker: “Ain't take night Serious,” Wayne Said. “Literally in There Saying Shit like, 'What do we have to do again? Shit, the Forgot.' ”
He Also Remembered the president Joking Around With His Lawyer, Bradford Cohen, Who Also Happened to Be a contestant on The apprentice (and Once Represented Trump Himself). He recalled trump and cohen Telling Each Other, “Fuck you!” and Trump Cracking, “You Got This Motherfucker Representing You? You're Going Down!”
As for the photo, Wayne Recalled: “There Was Some People in There Like, 'Y'A all Should Take a Picture.' He didn'T event ask for a picture. [It’s] Poppin 'in This Bitch. And he has these Nice Little Two Things With Him, Too “(Ostensibly Meaning Two Women).”[Trump] Says, 'These Motherfuckers Asking Me for Fucking pictures all fucking day, man. Can we pity? ' “
Wayne Continued, “I Said, 'It's the President. Ok.' [Trump] Was Like, 'Thank you. Bitches [been] Bothering me all day. ' ”
Unsurprisingly, The Photo Garnered Plenty of Backlash – But Just As UnsurPrising, None of It Seed to Bother Wayne. “Fuck no, I don't care about no backlash for nothin 'i do, you know me, man,” he said. “My mama would it mad if i ain't smile. That might have beauty the only backlash i would have world about.” He aid of the perception that he is a trump supporter because of the photo, “I don't feel about it
Wayne Went on Say He Was Asked To Perform at Trump's 2025 Inauguration, but declined Because “We Had Something to do.” He Also Said That, If He'd Been Asked To Endorse Trump During the Last Election, he would likely declined.
“I would told him, 'you probably don't want that,' Because i don't know what's going on,” he said. “I Can Tell You Who Won The Last Game, But I Can't Really … You Know What I Mean?”