Lil Wayne Drafts a Fantasy Football Team of Rappers, Names JAY-Z as Tom Brady.
Lil Wayne has put together an intriguing fantasy football team featuring some of the biggest names in the rap industry, envisioning JAY-Z as the team’s Tom Brady, or the revered former quarterback of the dream team.
Earlier this month, the rapper and sports enthusiast appeared on Pittsburgh Steelers star Cam Heyward’s Not Just Football podcast, where he outlined his unique squad.
“I obviously gotta be the coach,” Wayne started. “As far as quarterback, you need a thinker, someone that can oversee everything and make everybody feel great about themselves. So you need an artist that can work with everybody, and so, therefore, you need an artist with multiple skills… I gotta go with my god, the 6 God, as the quarterback. Champagne Papi. We’re going with Drizzy as the quarterback. ‘Cuz also, Jay would be Tom Brady, so Jay’s not in this. JAY-Z is Tom Brady, he’s just retired. He’s got a new job coming up, he’s making $300 million, he’s gonna be okay.”
Wayne then discussed his choice for running back: “I want the running back to be tough. I like tough running backs… Our running back will have to be someone like… Beanie Sigel. You see Beanie Sigel back there, and you’re like, ‘Please don’t give him the ball.’”
He continued: “At wide receiver, we need somebody that’s gotta be flamboyant. They gotta be swaggy… We going Future. Future’s tall, and also, he coulda been quarterback. You know how the wide receiver can come in and play quarterback at times… Opposite him we’re going with 2 Chainz.”
You can check out Weezy’s entire team in the clip below, which starts at about the 3:45 mark.
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During the same episode, Lil Wayne also listed his dream musical collaborations, naming several artists who are no longer alive.
“Michael Jackson,” he said immediately. “The second one would be — not even the second [but] 1A would be Prince. You already know that the other two — if we’re going to do rap — the other two have to be Biggie and ‘Pac, plain and simple.”
He then turned his attention to current artists he’d love to collaborate with: “Now somebody that’s living, that’s right here walking this planet with us: Lauryn Hill.”
Lil Wayne also recently expressed his stance on the ongoing beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. While performing his 2011 Drake collaboration “The Motto” in Las Vegas, the Young Money founder held up his OVO chain and seemingly rapped the refrain from Kendrick’s diss track “Not Like Us.”
Reactions were mixed, with some fans thinking Wayne was supporting Drake, while others believed it was a nod to his “Mona Lisa” collaborator, Kendrick Lamar. Upon closer inspection, however, Weezy could be heard modifying Kendrick’s chorus, saying: “They don’t like us.”
Lil Wayne’s fantasy football team and his reflections on dream collaborations highlight his deep connections within both the music and sports worlds. As a figure who has worked with some of the greatest names in the industry, his insights and creative ideas continue to captivate fans and fellow artists alike.
