This weekend, in Philadelphia, Lil Wayne will be hitting the stage for the first time to perform a fresh new song at WrestleMania 40. The exciting news was revealed during a surprise appearance on WWE RAW, where Tunechi made the announcement. Jey Uso, a professional wrestler, bumped into the rapper backstage and convinced him to join the main event.
“I’ll definitely be there, and I’ll be performing my latest single,” confidently declared the ex-member of the Hоt Boys. “It’s a first for me – performing at WrestleMania, you know how big of a deal that is.”
While keeping the song a secret, it’s likely that he will be performing “Bless,” his upcoming single with Young featured on the upcoming album collaboration between producers Wheezy and Weezy.
The 41-year-old artist posted a graphic of a wrestling ring while announcing the release of his new song on Friday, April 4th. Wayne is set to participate in WrestleMania XL at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 6th and Sunday, April 7th. The first night of the event is expected to be action-packed.
Last week, Lil Yachty and ScHoolboy Q were amazed by Lil Wayne’s incredible record sales and the amount of money he has earned throughout his impressive career. The two rappers had a conversation on a recent episode of A Safe Place in late March, where they discussed the success of Weezy’s music. Yachty pointed out how even a bootleg CD that was leaked before the official release of Tha Carter III managed to sell a million copies. He reminisced about how he had a copy of the album months before it hit the shelves, jokingly mentioning how it was passed around in a friend’s Buick at the barbershop. Despite some criticism of Wayne’s rock music venture with Rebirth, Yachty praised his versatility and acknowledged that Wayne was a trailblazer in the music industry even before the rise of Drake.
Just to give you some context, the album released in 2010 managed to sell a whopping 176,000 copies in its first week on the market. To give you an idea of how impressive this is, according to Hip Hop By The Numbers, ScHoolboy Q’s latest album, Blue Lips, only sold 34,000 copies in its debut week and reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart.