Two years ago, you may remember the rapper being sent to Rikers Island on a gun possession charge. Now, Lil Wayne’s 8 month stint in jail will be immortalized in a memoir to be published later this year.

His upcoming memoir is titled “Gone Til November” and I think Lil Wayne should do more time for stealing this title from Wyclef Jean. The Haitian musician penned a chart-topping song by the same title many years ago.

Billboard reports Lil Wayne’s tell-all will be published via Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, on November 28. The rapper’s latest album, “Tha Carter IV” sold 964,000 in its first week and perhaps the same will follow through with his memoir.

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Lil Wayne is expanding his empire even further with a sports show. The weekly talk show will be called ”Weezy’s Sports Corner.”

“I don’t know if you’re familiar, but when I was locked up, I was blogging,” he says in his announcement video.

The show will be unscripted conversation about sports, with other sports personalities each week as panelists.

Do you think Weezy knows anything about sports?

WEEZY’s SPORTS CORNER 12/24/11 1 OF 7 from DERICK G on Vimeo.

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Lil’ Wayne is expanding his empire with a skateboard clothing line. He will debut his Trukfit apparel line at the Agenda trade show in Long Beach, California. Wayne is passionate about skateboarding and street culture, so this should be a fit.

“Lil Wayne has long been recognized as a music and pop culture icon,” said Trukfit representative Sarah Cunningham. “He has developed a unique style — both sonically and visually — and extending his brand and vision into apparel was a natural progression. As Lil Wayne is passionate about skateboarding, it only made sense for him to infuse that passion into Trukfit.”

Sarah also says that Wayne is so serious about skateboarding that he often rides at the local park after getting done with a show.

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Apparently the Uggs phenomenon is nowhere near over – and it’s just entering its next phase of the life cycle. Assuming Lil Wayne has anything to do with it.

In Drake’s newest video for “The Motto,” Lil Wayne shows off his newest footwear. His choice is the DayGlo green ugg-style boots.

So what do you think. Are they cool or tacky?

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Canadian homeboy Drake loves the west coast so much he had shoot his latest video for “The Motto” in the Bay area of California.

Along for the ride were Lil Wayne, Tyga E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. as they all show up in his new video for the bonus track off his new album, “Take Care”.

Drake revealed in an interview the video was made entirely on real film, something most performers rarely do in this digital age.

While the cars in the video are nice to look at, their outfits…not so much. When you have to pay thousands of dollars for such fancy car rentals, there may not be room left in the budget for styling. Drake is seen wearing a cheetah print winter coat and Lil Wayne tried to rock bright green winter boots. I wonder what Anna Wintour of Vogue has to say about this.

The video wasn’t without it’s good moments. For instance, the beginning opens with the mother of the late rapper Mac Dre sending out a heartfelt message to her slain son.

Check out “The Motto” below.

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It seems one dude isn’t enough for pop singer Ke$ha. In a song that was just leaked on the internet, Ke$ha hooked up with T.I., Lil Wayne, Andre 3000 and Wiz Khalifa for a song appropriately called “Sleazy”.

T.I. doesn’t do much on the track. He just samples his own material from a verse in Nicole Sherzinger’s song “Whatever U Like”. Andre 3000 steps up to the plate after flying under the radar this year. It’s always great to hear him spit a verse or two.

Lil Wayne and Wiz are also standouts in the song. Ke$ha could really learn a thin or two about rapping herself, if she stayed put with these two bonafides rappers.

Check out the new song and let us know what you think of it!

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The Muppets are back! Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang are ruling the Thanksgiving box-office this weekend and the world is officially in a nostalgic frenzy.

Before Jason Segel revamped the series, the adorable characters were famous in their own right. Their television program (1976-1981) featured a variety of celebrity cameos, from Alice Cooper to 007′s Roger Moore, in the final episode. It’s the family friendly programming that transcended generations. The franchise includes a seemingly endless stream of beloved films such as “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” “Muppet Treasure Island,” “Muppets From Space” and “The Great Muppet Caper.” If this is all breaking news to you, then I highly recommend you check them out – or at least add it to your wish list this year.

Since legendary puppeteer Jim Henson created the Muppets in 1974, there has been an incredible assortment of Muppets appearances, performances and moments. Aside from the hilarious parody trailers and Saturday Night Live appearance recently, it felt appropriate to take a moment to reflect on the classics. We pulled together our favourite ten, let us know yours!

Bohemian Rhapsody (2009)In 2009, the gang released their rendition of Queen’s famous song. This viral video introduced this generation to “Bohemian” just like Mike Myers did with Wayne’s World.

Kermit Cycling (1979)
“Jolson sang, Barrymore spoke, Garbo laughed, and now Kermit the Frog rides a bicycle,” began Roger Ebert’s original 1979 review of “The Muppet Movie”. “If you can figure out how they were able to show Kermit pedaling across the screen, then you are less a romantic than I am: I prefer to believe he did it himself.” Muppet magic.

Larry King Live (1994)
Kermit and Gonzo guest-hosted the show with featured guests including supermodel Carol Alt and Hulk Hogan. Surprising that neither replaced King when he retired last year, but there’s still the hope for Regis-replacement.

(Day O) Banana Boat Song (1978)
Before Lil Wayne and Jason Derulo ruined the song, Harry Belafonte and Fozzie Bear’s collaboration was pure brilliance. Fozzie even asks the question that we all want to know, “What is a “Tally Man”?”

Keep Fishin’ (2002)
Weezer resurrected the Muppets from temporary obscurity for their music video off their fourth album, “Maladroit”.

Bennie And The Jets (1977)
Elton John became a reoccuring character in the late 70s, performing many of his songs including “Crocodile Rock” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. But it is the banter between Elton and Kermit during “Bennie” that defines his involvement. You could also see where Cee-Lo took a few notes.

Alice Cooper (1978)
As Gonzo declares him “the voice of doom,” this episode also guest starred horror film-icon Vincent Price and revolved around the theme of “ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night.”

Buddy Rich VS. Animal (1981)
Two of the greatest drummers of all time face-off in this classic skit from the Muppet Show. Who won? You be the judge.

‘Treasure Island’ Roll Call (1996)
Directed by his son, Brian, this post-Jim Henson film is not the same – but it has it’s moments, like this one. Kermit’s Captain Abraham Smollet is introduced to his crew of “cutthroats, villains and scoundrels.”

The Rainbow Connection
Perhaps the greatest Muppets moment of all-time, the opening banjo strum is guaranteed to cause a lump in the throat. Covered by many, including Willie Nelson, Sarah McLachlan and Jason Mraz – enjoy!

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Lil’ Wayne and the Cash Money Records crew returned to New Orleans Friday to give out free Thanksgiving turkeys.

“It’s actually been my first time back here for the past eight or nine years, and they’ve been doing this for 15 years,” Lil Wayne told MTV News. “I haven’t been back here to do this for so long just being super busy, just always on tour.”

Cash Money does a turkey giveaway each Thanksgiving, although most of the crew have relocated outside of New Orleans.

“Those times I did it years ago, I was just a kid and I was just doing it because Baby and Slim, we were giving away turkeys at a park and that’s what we were doin’,” Weezy said. “Now it’s a totally different feeling, because I can actually give you that and say, ‘Here, happy Thanksgiving.’ I can do that, and I can provide that for you. That’s a different feeling in general, and it’s a beautiful feeling overall.”

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Young Money likes to keep it in the family now that Drake has reunited with Lil Wayne on “The Motto”, according to MTV News. It’s one of the bonus tracks on Drizzy’s upcoming album Take Care, out November 15.

“This is me and the bossman. It’s a straight West Coast thing, no joking around,” Drake says, while introducing the song on the Power 106 radio station.

When Drake and Weezy get together they make it rain. The song is pretty dope with fresh rhymes and killer beats. It’s way more gritty than their last collaboration, “The Real Her”, which is a more emotional slow jam.

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NME reported that during a radio interview, Justin Bieber has revealed details about his upcoming album, Believe.

Justin said: ‘”I’m working with a lot of cool people. I’m working with Kanye. Drake is gonna work on the album with me, and a lot of different artists.”

Everyone wants a piece of the Beebs, including rap artist Tyler the Creator who admitted that if he ever worked with the teen singer, he’d be starstruck.

Another rapper, Lil Wayne once said Justin was texting him all night about collaborating. Lil Wayne rejected the offer, claiming he didn’t want to mess Justin up.

Sounds like Justin, who’s turning 18 next year, wants to rebrand himself as a mature, bad-ass artist. He may even want to take a stab at rapping, now that he’ll be in the company of high-profile rappers like Kanye.

It’s hard to picture Justin Bieber turning into a tough baller. Before we know it, he’ll be smoking weed, getting gold grills and slappin’ girls asses in his next video. Hold on to your young, Justin. We like you when you’re cute and innocent.

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A documentary is currently being made by one of his Lil’ Wayne’s friends where Wayne admits he had an addiction to Sizzurp. Sizzurp is a codeine-based drink.

Wayne says he started drinking it because his idol Pimp C would rap about it. However, as Wayne became more famous he became dependent on the drink to deal with the pressure.

In the video, Wayne says he doesn’t use the stuff anymore because,”I’m not sick anymore.”

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This is adorable! To celebrate his 29th birthday, Birdman brought Lil’ Wayne a birthday cake and bought him a crazy expensive watch.

The event was recorded with Birdman giving Wayne a Audemars Piguet watch. These watches can sometimes cost neatly $400,000! Wayne was also given a huge birthday cake.

Wayne marked his 29th on Twitter by saying, “Here’s to another year! Getting older but better with time. Luv!”

LIL WAYNES 29TH BIRTHDAY from DERICK G on Vimeo.

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Jay-Z doesn’t dwell too much on Lil’ Wayne, although Wayne’s song has some pretty insulting lyrics directed at Jay.

In Wayne’s Song “It’s Good,” Wayne says,”Talkin’ bout Baby money? I got your baby money/ Kidnap your bitch, get that how-much-you-love-your-lady money,” Wayne spits on the song. To many, it was a direct response to Jay’s supposed jab at Young Money’s head honcho and his adoptive “father,” Bryan “Baby” Williams, on “H.A.M.”

Jay told MTV News that back and forth insults are part of the rap game.

“That’s sport, that’s rap music,” Jay said. “Nothing is going to change but the participants. I don’t even see why that’s news.”

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MTO is reporting they have viewed a sex tape with Lil Wayne and a woman who appears to be Nicki Minaj.

Some men from New Orleans are selling the tape which apparently is three years old, and was taken by Wayne himself.

The tape was passed around by some guys in New Orleans, and now three men are selling it. They want $150,000 for the tape.

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A well known groupie spent the weekend with Lil Wayne in Miami, however it appears he couldn’t keep up with her.

Wayne flew the young lady to Miami where they spent a “romantic weekend” together, reports MediaTakeOut. Unfortunately, he went overboard on the drank and passed out.

MTO was sent some pics of Wayne passed out by Wayne’s girl. Wayne is getting older unfortunately and just doesn’t have the stamina anymore.

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Lil Wayne was a big fan of Nirvana when growing up.

“I was a real big fan of that,” Weezy told MTV News’ Sway after his MTV “Unplugged” taping earlier this year.

“Because I was young and I actually listened to the lyrics, and I probably felt at that time that I was rebelling and I could associate myself with that and relate to the things [Cobain] was talking about and speaking about in the song,” Tunechi remembered. “I probably couldn’t, but I thought I could.”

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Lil Wayne was interviewed by Vibe which got really political. Wayne discusses life for blacks in America, and says that right wing Americans dislike blacks.

“You learn from what the right-wing is doing and you take something from it,” he said. “I feel like as a people, the most that we can do is better ourselves and learn. Then look at yourself and ask, ‘Am I the person they’re talking about or am I not?’ You have to make the most of who you are because the Republicans are never going to like us.”

Wayne also believes right wing attacks against Obama are motivated by his race rather than his political policies.

“I don’t think I have to say that for everybody to know that,” he said.

Interestingly, Wayne does support the tax polices of right wing America. So, there is something at least.

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Lil’ Wayne is becoming unstoppable. “Tha Carter IV” has sold nearly 1 million copies in its first week, and now Wayne has 18 nominations for the BET Awards.

He has been included in some major categories like Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, and Video of the Year for his contribution to “I’m On One” and “Look at Me Now”.

The full nomination list includes:

Best Hip-Hop Video
Big Sean f/ Chris Brown – “My Last”
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – “I’m on One”
Eminem f/ Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – “All of the Lights”

Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab)
Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – “Hustle Hard (Remix)”
Big K.R.I.T. f/ Ludacris & Bun B – “Country Sh*t (Remix)”
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – “I’m on One”
Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz – “Out of My Head”

Best Live Performer
Busta Rhymes
Cee-Lo Green
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Rick Ross
Kanye West

Video Director of the Year
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Kanye West
Hype Williams

Producer of the Year
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
Kane Beatz
Lex Luger
No I.D.
Kanye West, Emile, Jeff Bhasker & Mike Dean

MVP of the Year
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Rick Ross
Kanye West
Wiz Khalifa

Track of the Year
“6 Foot 7 Foot” – Produced by Bangladesh (Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz)
“Black and Yellow” – Produced by Stargate (Wiz Khalifa)
“I’m on One” – Produced by T-Minus (DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)
“Look at Me Now” – Produced by Diplo & Afrojack (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne &
Busta Rhymes)
“My Last” – Produced by Lex Luger (Big Sean f/ Chris Brown)

CD of the Year
Big Sean – Finally Famous
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers

DJ of the Year
DJ Drama
DJ Enuff
DJ Envy
DJ Khaled
DJ Prostyle

Rookie of the Year
Big K.R.I.T.
Big Sean
Frank Ocean
Diggy Simmons
Tyler, the Creator
Wiz Khalifa

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Kanye West
Wiz Khalifa

Best Club Banger
Ace Hood – “Hustle Hard” (Produced by Lex Luger)
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – “I’m on One” (Produced by T-Minus)
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – “6 foot 7 Foot” (Produced by Bangladesh)
Waka Flocka Flame – “No Hands” (Produced by Lex Luger)
Wiz Khalifa – “Black and Yellow” (Produced by Stargate)
YC Worldwide f/ Future – “Racks” (Produced by Sonny Digital)

Best Mixtape
Big K.R.I.T. – Return of 4Eva
B.o.B – No Genre
J. Cole – Friday Night Lights
Kendrick Lamar – Section .80
Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now” (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
Lil Wayne – “Motivation” (Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne)
Nicki Minaj – “Monster” (Kanye West f/ Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver)
Wiz Khalifa – “Bright Lights, Bigger City” (Cee-Lo Green f/ Wiz Khalifa)
Wiz Khalifa – “Till I’m Gone” (Tinie Tempah f/ Wiz Khalifa)

Hustler of the Year
Diddy
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Kanye West

Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice)
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – “6 Foot 7 Foot”
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake – “Moment 4 Life”
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – “All of the Lights”
Wiz Khalifa – “Black and Yellow”

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For those of you hoping for a huge showdown between Jay-Z and Lil’ Wayne, don’t expect it. Jay-Z refuses to get into a fight with Lil’ Wayne.

According to Steve Stoute, who is the business partner of Jay there will be no reply.

“For Jay-Z to do ANYTHING that resembles moving backwards right now would be insane. And a Jay-Z beef is moving backwards. Jay is SO MUCH bigger than rap at this point. He’s a movement. And THAT’S where his head is at. That’s where his focus is. And NO ONE is on his level, even worthy of him battling with. No one. So you probably won’t see that happen, ” Stoute said.

Wayne can take a lesson from Jay in the art of class.

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Lil’ Wayne and Jay-Z are in a pretty bad fight. Wayne has some lyrics on his new album about kidnapping and raping Jay’s wife. It was in response to some lyrics Kanye wrote about Wayne.

Drake however is staying out of the fight, although he’s on Wayne’s album.

“I just got a beat and did a verse over it,” he said. “Whatever any other individual has to say, you have to ask the man himself. I just did what I know how to do.

“I just got on a record. I heard the beat, did a verse and heard the final product…At the end of the day, rap is an individual art. You express yourself and whatever you wanna say, you say it, so I guess that’s a question for Wayne more than me.”

Drake is a such a Canadian kid – he’s staying out of the fight and hoping everyone can get along.

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