Fans went nuts when Kobe Bryant tweeted out what was perceived to be the cover art for Lil Wayne’s upcoming album ‘Tha Carter V’ — and again when Floyd Mayweather released a video of Tunechi & Drake recording for the album.
Well Lil Wayne spoke with ESPN about how that all came about. Check out what he had to say…
Via AllHipHop:
“My homey Cortez [Bryant] came up with it: What do you think about Kobe tweeting the album art? I’m like, what do I think? That’d be dope,” said Wayne. “So I had the homey hit him up simple procedure: Hey, can you tweet this? And he did. It wasn’t planned or paid. I only went to the homeys as a favor for a friend.”
The Young Money leader also revealed that it was Kobe that came up with the “Carter V Season” theme for the rollout of the project. That led to Wayne reaching out to boxing champion Floyd Mayweather to assist with the campaign.
“We knew Floyd had a fight coming up. So all eyes were on him. I have his number, so I had my homey hit him up: Can you put this video of Drake out, as a little tease? He did. And it worked,” added Wayne. “That s**t was crazy. I told him I appreciate him. He said he’s down for whatever else. That’s Floyd – down for whatever.”
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Interesting side note from Lil Wayne in the interview:
“I don’t know if I’ll do another, but if I could’ve had any athlete tease my music, it would’ve been the late Junior Seau.”
