Mr. Carter. Lil Tunechi. Weezy. The Fireman. Whatever you call Lil Wayne, he gave fans a reminder of why some also refer to him as “the best rapper alive” during a 90-minute set in Kansas City.
The hip-hop icon born Dwayne Carter Jr., with guitar in one hand and a joint in the other, serenaded a packed T-Mobile Center on Tuesday, Aug. 26, taking those in attendance down memory lane for some of his biggest hits and giving them a preview of the future of Young Money, the record label he founded in 2005.
Other stops on the artist’s Tha Carter VI Tour saw him take the stage nearly an hour late, and his show Aug. 11 in Toronto was canceled due to an “unforeseen illness.” Fans in attendance in Kansas City fared better, only experiencing a 30-minute delay from his original scheduled show time of 9:15 p.m…