Lil Wayne Requested Beats Just Before Leaving Prison

'Mack, I need beats,' Young Money president Mack Maine recalls Wayne pleading in final Rikers Island conversation.By Mawuse Ziegbe, with reporting by Sway Calloway





Mack Maine

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Before he was released from prison Thursday (November 4), Lil Wayne made it clear he would be focused on one thing as a newly freed MC: music.

Young Money president Mack Maine revealed to MTV News, during his "RapFix Live" interview on Wednesday, that Weezy spent their final conversation while he was locked up just rhyming, pushing for tracks to jump on as soon he was out.
"He rapped to me. The whole time, he rapped. He rapped a lot of different songs and just kept telling me, 'Mack, I need beats.' So the main ... priority

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