One reason Lil Wayne was so upset that he wasn’t selected as the halftime performer for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans? He wanted to do it for his mother. Wayne referenced the Super Bowl situation on Saturday during the sold-out Lil Weezyana Fest at the Smoothie King Center.

Lil Wayne's Lil WeezyAna Fest featured reunions by the Hot Boys and Big Tymers, but also a speech from Wayne about not performing at the Super Bowl.

Like many hip-hop heads, Lil Wayne felt confident out his bid for the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime show slot to Kendrick Lamar. However, home field advantage didn’t serve the “ Bless ” rapper any good in this instance. Yesterday (November 2), when he returned to New Orleans for Lil Weezyana Fest 2024 he was sure to air out his grievances.

Lil Wayne used his Lil Weezyana Fest event to call out the perceived snub he experienced in connection to the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

As promised, Hot Boys - the rap supergroup of Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Turk, and B.G. - reunited in full for the first time in over 15 years at Wayne's Lil WeezyAna Festival Saturday in New Orleans. According to the New Orleans Times-Pecayune,

Lil Wayne isn’t holding back his frustration over not being selected as the featured performer for the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show. His disappointment is powerful, but I think he should let it go. He was not featured in 2013 when the Super Bowl was hosted in New Orleans.

About 20 minutes after Rob49 left the stage, Lil Wayne strolled out carrying an electric guitar and a blunt between his lips. The capacity crowd — organizers had moved this year's Lil Weezyana Fest from Champion Square to the Smoothie King Center to accommodate more people — was immediately all in.

Rapper Lil Wayne went after the NFL again over what he reckons was a snub. The ‘Mr. Carter’ artist hasn’t quite gotten over being passed over for the Super Bowl halftime show performance, with the big game set to take place in his hometown of New Orleans.

Lil Wayne put on a performance of a lifetime when he reunited with the Hot Boys for the 2024 Lil’ WeezyAna Fest. The seventh annual event held in his hometown of New Orleans marked the first time the group has performed together in over two decades.