Lil Wayne talks retirement
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Lil Wayne plans to hang it up in a few years to become “a full-time dad,” the rapper told a radio interviewer.
He made his widely reported remarks on Angie Martinez’ radio show. S2S Magazine’s site is among the many reporting his retirement newsflash.
“I’m gone at, like, 35. I’m serious. I have four kids,” he said. “I would feel selfish still going to the studio when it’s such a vital point in their lives.”
The performer also known as Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. isn’t yet 30, so he won’t be disappearing from the music scene for a while.
By the way, keeping up with Lil Wayne will be a little trickier now that he and Twitter have parted ways. MTV, citing an interview conducted by Paris Hilton, reports Lil Wayne has declared he is “on Twitter strike” due to technical difficulties.
“I just shut my Twitter account down because it got hacked,” he said. “Once it got hacked, I had Twitter fix it, they changed it and then it got hacked again, so I just shut it down.”
- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz/jbrett@ajc.com
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74 comments Add your comment
beaux
March 31st, 2011
12:09 pm
By the time he hits 35, Wayne’s kids will have been in and out of Juvie several times. Hang it up now, Wayne!
Gatech Student
March 31st, 2011
12:55 pm
Beaux that was very harsh!
50 Cent
March 31st, 2011
12:57 pm
He needs to hang it up now!!! Look at where my music career has gone! My last album went triple copper.
blossom
March 31st, 2011
12:59 pm
While he’s talking retirement, I hope he starts talking Orthodontist.
T.O
March 31st, 2011
1:00 pm
With the way he spends money and paying child support on 4 kids……. He’ll be broke by 40.
Lexi Smith
March 31st, 2011
1:06 pm
Ya’ll needa stop hatin he will make it and be a great daddy!!!
Weezy 4-19-2011^•^
C-5
March 31st, 2011
1:15 pm
STAY WEEZY! STAY!!!
Too Easy
March 31st, 2011
1:18 pm
Will anyone notice?
C-5
March 31st, 2011
1:21 pm
TOO EASY, WE ALL GON NOTICE..
QUANNY MAE
March 31st, 2011
1:21 pm
” WHO made U a JUDGE of ppl, Lil Wayne is the HOTTEST Artist out there”…When he retire just remember QUANNY MAE”…BIRD MAN JR., JR…NUFF said U heard here FIRST…
mistertwister
March 31st, 2011
1:22 pm
I saw dude live at Philips on New Year’s Eve after the Chik-Filet Bowl game between LSU and GT. I scalped two tickets and I HAVE to say that he has ZERO talent. He couldn’t make it without studio technology.
I ain’t hatin’ I’m just factin’.
Yuck !
March 31st, 2011
1:22 pm
It won’t be soon enough – he’s a foul mouthed rapper, great example for his kids !!
ron
March 31st, 2011
1:23 pm
lil wayne possibly retiring in 6 years or so? boy, that is so tragic. I thought I had problems, but now i am really depressed. what kind of world will this be without this wonderful, important artist?
9ertasdg
March 31st, 2011
1:24 pm
GOOD. then we wont have to be subjected to any more terrible rap albums! Bring back the DF !!!
Birthcontrol4all
March 31st, 2011
1:24 pm
He should have felt selfish for having 4 different baby Mamas!
beaux
March 31st, 2011
1:29 pm
Harsh maybe………but to say he will retire in about 6 years because that will be a “vital point” in the kids’ lives……..too little too late, as usual. I find the guy interesting, but talented? I don’t think so!
gracethemula
March 31st, 2011
1:36 pm
The best rapper alive gon be missed..do what u gotta do weezy..ymcm!!!
melvinowens
March 31st, 2011
1:46 pm
50 cent does not need to rap. he is worth 500 million dollars
The T
March 31st, 2011
1:51 pm
Wayne has 5 kids, it’s a shame he can’t keep count. 1 girl here in atlanta, 1 boy Jr. in ohio, 1 with singer Nivea, 1 with acress lauryn london, and the news confirmed that while in jail he had a dna test and found to be the father of a 8 or 9 year old also named after him.
RJ's WIFE
March 31st, 2011
1:54 pm
Hopefully Wayne has COLLEGE FUNDS set up for all his kids
Jazzy Jerome
March 31st, 2011
1:58 pm
Yea…just wait ‘Lil Wayne, once you hit 30 your metabolism slows down and you’ll start becoming ‘Big Fat Wayne on the Couch Holding the Remote. By the by…I’m gonna change my rap name to “51 1/2 Cent” cause I think I’m better than Fiddy…..
mitzymy
March 31st, 2011
2:08 pm
There are all sorts of rumors out there about Lil Wayne, but in 6 years, he won’t be able to guide his children. They will have already formed their thoughts and habits. The 9 year old will be 15 in 6 years. What will you be able to tell him, Nothing. Clear up the rumors about yourself so that they don’t have to run into them when they get out there.
toby
March 31st, 2011
2:15 pm
who cares
toby
March 31st, 2011
2:16 pm
he worships the devil
Tammy
March 31st, 2011
2:16 pm
@ The T…I know..it’s MY Baby! He my baby daddy!.. downstammy@ymail.com is where you can chat with me personally
becareful
March 31st, 2011
2:29 pm
I love Lil Wayne! he is one of the greatest artist, in these days in time!
Justin
March 31st, 2011
2:30 pm
Well Jennifer you’ve done it again! congratulations
Rappersequalnotalent
March 31st, 2011
2:31 pm
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Rappersequalnotalent
March 31st, 2011
2:33 pm
Who cares? Look at him. No style, almost cross eyed, tatted up a like an inmate from Reidsville. Surprised he hasn’t been popped hanging at one of those loser nightclubs, while wearing tacky jewelry, droopy pants and those STUPID glasses. Great role model for kids too. Does this guy even bathe?
Patrick
March 31st, 2011
2:41 pm
Almost every body that has made a commet about Low Life Lil Wayne… needs to put your Rap music away and go back to School… I can’t believe someone would even give hime a contract.
john mickins
March 31st, 2011
2:56 pm
4 kids, 4 diff’rent mamas? @ the rate these rappers spend(the ones who REALLY make the real $ anyway) he’s gonna have to literally rap until he’s in a wheelchair
john hanna
March 31st, 2011
3:03 pm
weezy iz the best rapper alive always will be he went from middleman in a group called the hot boyz to being the president of young money and ceo of cash money the man has achieved everything he has ever wanted to do but before he retires my life goal is to freestyle battle him and be in one of his genious master pieces instead of shirts that say free weezy he is a father of for so it will be weezy free but you can bet he will never stop being affilated with other artist’s music weezy said it himself he will make music till the day he is buried
mr. Clairvoyant
March 31st, 2011
3:04 pm
Enjoy them now! He probably won’t be around by 35 due to the lifestyle.
john hanna
March 31st, 2011
3:05 pm
and he also said he doesn’t lie so there you have it even when he retire’s it don’t mean he can’t still have albums
mr. Clairvoyant
March 31st, 2011
3:08 pm
john hanna, study hip-hop origins and those who’ve been their. Not the best rapper alive and always won’t be because their are very few eternal messages in his spit. Might as well be just instramental.
mr. Clairvoyant
March 31st, 2011
3:13 pm
Good, has serious potential, but his mesogynistic style simply is poison to the listeners.
Angel
March 31st, 2011
3:13 pm
Wow, here is a guy that has made more money than all of your comments in a few minutes then you will have made in a life time, and your worried about his children’s future? Do your research haters. I think he can afford every baby he has made. uhh it is always racially motivated. Uhh where the heck is Kate plus 8’s daddy? Jon??? hair plugs, face lifts tummy tucks. his teeth cost more than your homes! Love him!
mr. Clairvoyant
March 31st, 2011
3:20 pm
Quanny Mae, are you related to Sallie? Aquire a life.
BBC
March 31st, 2011
3:26 pm
Angel, do not be a slave to $$. It is more to life than affording children. Spending QT is priceless. Me, personally I couldn’t care less about what he does, just don’t infect the people around me.
EuduardoSanchez
March 31st, 2011
3:36 pm
ya’ll are haters…Good Lord you all should be ashamed with ya’ll broke a$$e$
oreary?
March 31st, 2011
3:39 pm
Wow… All the rambling statements, abused capitalization and poor spelling/grammar mistakes are enough to make most people feel sick.
john hannah, I believe you forgot these:
!..;,.,.!. There could be more that I missed, but it’s hard to decipher the junk you posted.
joe white
March 31st, 2011
3:40 pm
Please stop now
mistertwister
March 31st, 2011
3:44 pm
Whatever. He still sucks as a musician.
mistertwister
March 31st, 2011
3:46 pm
oreary?, i couldn’t have said it better!
Tells me Lil’ ol Wayne be selling to illiterates!
mistertwister
March 31st, 2011
3:47 pm
Capital “I” in the last post. Don’t need to get roasted…
oreary?
March 31st, 2011
3:50 pm
mistertwister
Ha! There’s a big difference between a typo and blatantly posting garbage.
50 Cent
March 31st, 2011
3:58 pm
Lil Wayne needs to follow in my footsteps. Invest in Vitamin Water!
Ol School
March 31st, 2011
4:05 pm
The way rap music sounds now he needs to go ahead and retire.
Retire?!!! XD
March 31st, 2011
4:19 pm
This is my favorite headline of the day!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, please allow me to daydream it’s true….. I know better from Jay Z’s “retirement”. Odds are by the time he’s 35 he’ll be a GRANDdaddy.
beaux
March 31st, 2011
4:25 pm
Murderers make money; robbers make money; drug dealers make money. Should we emulate/praise them as well?
Salazar
March 31st, 2011
4:42 pm
Say what you will about Wayne but the fact is-he is impactful
Also, when he was a kid he was shot in the chest & survived!
His biggest mistake was not copyrighting the Phrase “Bling-Bling” Those two words comprise the single most influential input/impact on urban and pop culture & has outlasted most contributions people make to their respective field…
However, what impresses me most about Wayne-is He NEVER writes lyrics….when He’s in the studio he is spitting from his memory & his mind…I applaud Wayne for his contributions to Hip-Hop, Pop, & Urban Culture…he has even changed the focus of his lyrics over the last few years.
I just wish he would keep his pants up & stay out of the penal system. Ok-since I know he won’t pull his pants up-just stay out the Penal System…
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truthbtold
March 31st, 2011
4:53 pm
Just because some people are in awe of this guy because they have never had the standards by which they measure talent elavated. It does not make this man any more talented. He is a part of a generation of recording artists who can’t sing, don’t perform with any instrument, don’t write music, don’t read music, and can’t even dance! To walk around a stage using profanity (cursing out your audience), and citing rhymes comprised of vulgar lyrics and bragging about that fact – to have this viewed as talent just shows how low the bar is amongst his audience. You don’t even need to have any real interest or talent in music to impress the music buying public today. You can go into any ghetto or hood in America and find an illiterate drop-out with no musical skills at all, and play some beats in the background while nursery rhyme slang and profanity is recorded over the track – and that’s considered music. No wonder they don’t want to finish school and get a job.
Rich Black
March 31st, 2011
5:01 pm
Never heard of the guy. He wasn’t blessed with good looks that’s for sure.
99 Cents
March 31st, 2011
5:25 pm
I’m going to give everyone my 99 cent worth this time. So listen and pay close attention please. I’m a white guy that pretty much has no ear for rap music. I’m a guitar player and have been for most of my life in and out of bands since I was about 15 and I’m 43 now. For many years I used to look down on all this rap stuff because of the violence it brings with it. The thugs it turns into rap stars who are not able to leave the thug life behind. Those that call themselves gangsters turned rap stars and still live a life of breaking the law. But over the years my views have changed towards these people. It’s not who they are or who they have become it’s why they reached where they are. They will always have the haters for it but the plain truth is talent has many forms and the talent these people are striking into they would have not got into with out the talent they have. Rather they came off the street from the projects or walked in with a silver spoon in there mouth is it anyones business other than there own? So what he had four kids and with four different mothers. It’s his life not yours trust me four or five is normal I have seen men with over ten kids and most of the time in and out of jail. He has the money to have as many as he wants. And if he decides to drop out of sight and be a father then you guys should be wondering how someone you call a foul mouth rap star with no talent could see his future as such. The man has a plan and all of these rap stars needs one. Some of the guys will live forever in the music they have let the world. It’s a path of wisdom just because you don’t have the millions they have is no reason to hate them or knock what they do have or how the got it. I have seen many of these people do a great deal of good in ways not many other people in the music industry has. Well there is my 99 cents worth and maybe even a full bucks worth depending on how you soak it in.
toby
March 31st, 2011
5:41 pm
@99 cents mmmm nicely put
Mark Richt and Paul Hewitt
March 31st, 2011
6:10 pm
You need to start being a father as soon as your children are born, and start preparing before then. Don’t wait until they have been indoctrinated by other people.
just nosey
March 31st, 2011
7:00 pm
mark? is paul your “life partner”?
toby
March 31st, 2011
7:01 pm
do all the kids know one another
Nightowljrm
March 31st, 2011
7:29 pm
Okay, this doesn’t make since to me. If he’s going to “retire for his kids”, he should go ahead and hang the hat up now. I mean, let’s be honest, his kids are only going to emulate him and everything else in the pathetic, vain, and astronomically repulsive Rap/Hip-Hop world. His lyrics, as well as the lyrics of his other “music”-mates, glorify drugs, gang activity, illicit and immoral sex, and brutal violence. Not to mention his “music” is auto-tuned, computerized, unoriginal, stale, repetitive, and a constant violation of womens’ rights. But anyway, back to the actual issue – his kids. Like I said, they’ll simply emulate him and his lyrics. That being said, he’ll end up a grandfather by age 35 anyway. He’s an abomination and should be sorted out now – not when he’s 35. I’ll be glad when he’s out of the music realm.
toby
March 31st, 2011
7:31 pm
i pray for the kids future…the apple never falls far from the tree aka roots
ijj
March 31st, 2011
8:41 pm
f
chris
March 31st, 2011
8:43 pm
when he retire i wonder what will happen to this rap today i hope it dies and burn in hell
BADMUSIC
March 31st, 2011
8:48 pm
No one cares Wayne has been on the decline since da drought 3. new wayne sucks shoulda retired a while ago
JEC IV
March 31st, 2011
9:58 pm
When will the AJC learn? Never I guess. They probably get a good laugh on the “opinions” offered on these blogs. Whatever you think is the truth, you have the American right to have that “opinion”. No matter how ignorant most of your opinions are.
Rappersequalnotalent, you have no earthly idea what you’re talking about. I’ve been listening to clowns like you for years spew about the worthlessness of rap music. You’ll never get it. You think all rap music is about misogyny, drugs, violence and sex. Not so. Most mainstream rap music is about that. Plus, most mainstream rap music is reflective of what Americans really value- money, sex and guns. We claim that we despise these things, but the reality is- we don’t.
As for Lil’ Wayne’s supposed retirement, I say make as much money as you can Wayne until then. But you probably won’t stay retired for long. Jay-Z’s retirement lasted like two seconds.
copper
March 31st, 2011
10:01 pm
yawn…he’s the only one that should care or do what he says.
TiredOfIt
March 31st, 2011
10:05 pm
When he retires he should move to a lily white town in segregated Ga. and marry his first cousin, as a way of keeping it real. Start rapping about small town values, like humpin’ his sisters, mother, dogs, sheep, and other things our pale skinned brethren do in small towns
mecq
March 31st, 2011
11:11 pm
beaux… criminaqls make money just like the slave traders. Be careful b4 your daughter ends up being one of his baby mama’s. Those who throw dirt consistently lose ground.
carlaroqs
April 1st, 2011
8:51 am
@tiredofit–wowwwwwwww.—- @patrick-”…go back to school?…” you have so many errors in your post that YOU yourself apparently never attended school–hey maybe you can become a rap star!!! lil wayne, you are on the map, do whatever makes you happy. put your children and God first and may the Lord bless you. you really are not so different from any other artist in any other arena– actors go to jail, country singers go to jail and rock and rollers go to jail. emulate greatness in All areas of your life and stand alone and be different in POSITIVE ways. you have achieved much, now reach for more.
mistertwister
April 1st, 2011
9:39 am
You folks DO know it’s APRIL FOOL’S DAY, right???
NOW the claim that he is “talented” makes sense!
Tammy
April 1st, 2011
10:19 am
@ john mickins …um ..do you read stupit? I said I’m his fifff baby mama!
FaithLady
April 4th, 2011
2:53 pm
Who really cares, but at least he is showing some signs of father Hood, Finally!
FaithLady
April 4th, 2011
2:58 pm
OH! Cry me a river 99 cents…. Shut up all already!
summerhill ga
April 5th, 2011
4:32 am
“I can not judge, lest i be judged”…any of the above who made comments actually know Wayne Carter, or worked in his shoes?