Lil Wayne and the Roots played to a huge crowd Saturday at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz Fest

Lil Wayne underestimated his own popularity. He didn’t realize just how vast his crowd was Saturday at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s main Festival Stage.

“I thought that was the glare,” he said as he gazed out from behind a pair of sunglasses that were more like an aviator’s facemask. “Make some noise back by the porta-potties.”

Saturday was the hottest and, by far, the most crowded day at Jazz Fest so far this year…

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