For well over a decade, Lil Wayne has fervently repped the Cash Money/Young Money movement. Indeed, the rap titan has been at the forefront of the cause alongside mentor Birdman and achieved the lion-share of his success with the imprint
However, following a very public falling out with the latter, Weezy has made no secret of his desire to move on to pastures new.
And if his words at a concert last night hold any weight, he may have done exactly that…with Jay Z.
Details below…
At the KMEL Summer Jam show at the Oracle Arena in Oakland last night, Wayne announced to the thousands in attendance that he “just signed a deal” with his idol Jigga.
Peep the jaw-dropping moment here…
It’s important to stress that it could be a management deal, which wouldn’t necessarily impact the label side of Wayne’s situation.
However, if indeed he’s has signed with Roc Nation (as a record label home), it would undoubtedly cause a seismic shift in the Hip-Hop landscape.
For, along with Nicki Minaj and Drake, he’s been a core and anchoring name in the Cash Money/Young Money clique – a clique that has commercially been the most successful in Hip-Hop over the last decade. In many ways, such a move could arguably signal the official undoing of the potent collective, who’ve lost the likes of Tyga in recent years and sees Drake set-up a new label (for his OVO artists elsewhere)
Needless to say, we’ll be watching how this plays out…closely.