Birdman addresses rumors that he dissed Lil Wayne at the 2024 Essence Festival.
During a, recent interview, Birdman talked the Cash Money reunion set with Juvenile, B.G. and Mannie Fresh at the New Orleans festival during the “Birdman & Friends.”
Fans were met with disappointment after Lil Wayne did not join Baby during the reunion set. Instead, Weezy had a set of his own.
“I swear to God on everything I love — and I love nothing more than Ms. Gladys — I will never let my city down and be a p*ssy-a*s n-gga for nobody” Baby said while on stage.
While speaking with Gregory “Geedy P” Earls, Birdman addressed the online chatter that he and Wayne were beefing. “I seen n-ggas was talking about, ‘Wayne ain’t wanna do this and do that.’ Wayne wasn’t even gonna do Essence. I called my son and asked him to do it because I was doing Birdman & Friends. He did it ’cause I asked him,” he clarified.
“We always knew that Wayne was gonna have his own set. Because me and Juvie and Geezy and Fresh, we rehearsed together every day and we had our own set together. But we all knew that Wayne was gonna have his own set. He was only a surprise guest.”
“He had done Essence two years in a row and he turned them down personally, and I asked him would he do it for me, and he did it for me. Shout out to my son Weezy, man.”
He also denied that his comments on stage were aimed at Weezy. “No, no. I ain’t got the heart to say nothing negative about Wayne. I love my son, man. That wasn’t what that was about.”
“What I meant by that is I ain’t gonna let this game play me. The game done played a lot of n-ggas. I ain’t never gonna be a pussy-ass n-gga to this industry and let them play me. I ain’t built like that and I ain’t gonna let my city down by being a pussy-ass n-gga.”