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DJ Scoob Doo Explains Origin of Lil Wayne's 'Nino Brown' DVDs

Posted 11/4/10 7:00 pm EST by in RapFix Live

By Vanessa Denis, with reporting by Sway Calloway

During the "Welcome Home, Weezy" special edition of "RapFix Live" on Thursday (November 4), Lil Wayne's personal videographer DJ Scoob Doo explained the origin of his "Nino Brown: Road To Rikers Part 1" DVD, which boasts personal footage of Lil Wayne.

“I think it took me taking a chance by creating, the ‘Nino Brown’ without him knowing, kinda like being the fly on the wall, if you will,” the Cash Money insider told Sway during the interview.

Scoob Doo went on to explain the filming process and how he gathered the footage.

“I would have a camera crew handy and I would get footage, maybe for a weekend," he said. "And then probably eleven months would pass and then I would get maybe two minutes of footage and then four months would pass and I would probably get ten minutes.” Read More...

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Fans, Celebrities React To Lil Wayne's Prison Release

Posted 11/4/10 6:09 pm EST by in Music News

By Bridget Bland

Following speculation over what time Lil Wayne would be released from Rikers Island, the Grammy Award-winning MC was finally discharged around 8:30 am Thursday (November 4) and his fans couldn’t be happier.

Moments ago, the Young Money boss headed to Twitter and wrote the hashtag “#WelcomeHomeWeezy” as well as "aaaaaaahhhhhhmmmmm baaaaakkkkkkkkkk." His followers on the social networking site, including some celebrity fans, have eagerly re-tweeted his message, adding their well wishes and even some of Wayne's notable song lyrics.

Weezy’s protégé Nicki Minaj wrote, “Wayne’s home! #WelcomeHomeWeezy” and mentioned Cash Money’s Birdman and Mack Maine and her label boss, Wayne.

On Wednesday, Drake, who recently teased that Wayne might appear at his Las Vegas show on November 6, shared a heart-felt message with his own Twitter followers, regarding the "A Milli" rapper’s coming home.

“I just want to thank you all for keeping Y[oung] M[oney] alive for the last eight months,” he wrote in reference to his friend and label boss’s incarceration and time away. Read More...

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Watch 'Welcome Home, Weezy' on 'RapFix Live' Now

Posted 11/4/10 4:01 pm EST by in RapFix Live

It's Welcome Home Weezy Week and RapFix has you covered with a special edition of "RapFix Live."

"#WelcomeHomeWeezy," Lil Wayne tweeted at noon. Then, at 3 p.m., the MC added "aaaaaaahhhhhhmmmmm baaaaakkkkkkkkkk."

On Thursday, following an eight month sentence, Lil Wayne departed New York’s Rikers Island after a long night of fans, friends and family awaiting. RapFix covered the event with a live blog of Weezy's return featuring moment-to-moment updates.

RapFix continues our breaking news coverage of all things Weezy during “RapFix Live,” which streams here on RapFix and MTV.com at 4 p.m. ET Thursday (November 4). Are you ready?

In celebration of the Young Money chief returning to the free world, several guests from inside the Cash Money and Young Money families will stop by and share bits on Wayne’s jail departure, if he's really leaving Rikers for a remote studio and just how soon we can really expect a new mixtape like No Ceilings part two. Read More...

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Lil Wayne To 'Chill With His Family' After Prison Release

Posted 11/4/10 2:54 pm EST by in Music News

By Hillary Crosley, with reporting by Gil Kaufman and Sway Calloway

As of Thursday morning, the MC, who many argue is the best rapper alive, was released from New York's Rikers Island.  On Wednesday (November 3), Mack Maine, one of Lil Wayne's best friends, juggled phone calls from Lil Tunechi's mother Ms. Cita and other family during his sit down with MTV News' Sway.

"His mom's been calling during this interview. She just flew in and, basically, he's gonna wanna chill with his family, his kids, too," said the Young Money President.

At press time, it was up in the air whether Lil Wayne will head to Arizona for a bit of legal business stemming from a drug case in the South West state. During Mack Maine's interview with MTV News, he said "We have to go to court on the 5th in Arizona," which would be Friday. Read More...

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10 Lil Wayne Collaborations RapFix Needs Now

Posted 11/4/10 1:55 pm EST by in List Mania

By Chris Yuscavage

Lil Wayne is free!

And as we heard earlier this week, Lil Tunechi's not going to waste any time getting back to work. According to a recent report, the rapper is planning to begin recording after leaving Rikers Island in New York City on Thursday—on the plane ride home! For the first time in years, he's been writing his lyrics down during his bid, so he's reportedly anxious to get back into the booth.

But aside from recording solo stuff, there are also plenty of artists out there looking to work with Weezy. Not necessarily because they want to capitalize on the press he's receiving, but because they didn't get a chance to record with him prior to serving his prison sentence. That's right, besides missing Drake's debut, Nicki Minaj's steady growth and a handful of other notable events, Wayne's also missed the rise of several artists whom he should meet in the studio immediately.

To help, RapFix created a checklist of the artists Wayne needs to check in with sooner than later. If Wayne's grind is still as strong as it was pre-prison, we fully expect these joints to hit—by the end of the week. Are you ready?

Lil Wayne x Waka Flocka Flame
When Wayne checked into jail, Waka Flocka was still basically "the tall guy with the dreads in Gucci Mane's videos." Fast forward eight months and Waka is running the South right now. Waka, featuring Wayne, is only a matter of time. Read More...

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Live Blog: Lil Wayne's Prison Release

Posted 11/4/10 12:06 am EST by in Live Blog

By Hillary Crosley, with reporting by Rahman Dukes and Jayson Rodriguez

11:33 Young Money insider posts first photo of a free Lil Wayne, while Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine and Cortez Bryant share their thoughts. "FREE AT LAST!" Bryant tweeted. "Ya heard me yea!"

10:47 Young Money/Cash Money crew spotted entering Manhattan hotel.

8:35 A spokesperson for inmate information at Rikers Island confirmed to MTV News that Lil Wayne has been discharged. We are currently tailing a Department of Corrections bus headed into Manhattan.

8:00 A caravan of some eight vehicle (Maybachs, Phantoms and Escalades) left a Manhattan hotel where other members of the Young Money/Cash Money camp -- including Nicki Minaj -- have been spotted.

Lil Wayne had been scheduled to be released early Thursday morning (November 4) after an eight month sentence stemming from a 2007 gun arrest after a concert at Manhattan's Beacon Theater.

"Between the hours of 1 - 2 a.m. ... WEEZY IS COMING HOME," Drake tweeted. Sources close to Wayne had also maintained that the rapper will be released early Thursday.

MTV News was one the scene outside Rikers Island, delivering up-to-the-minute coverage of Lil Wayne's release throughout the night, and into this morning.

7:20 Most of the reporters and paparazzi have long since left, along with all of the fans who showed up to welcome Weezy home. After we were told "He's not getting out tonight," most stayed, but by now have long since left.

Another guard said, "Not today. Maybe tomorrow. But definitely not today".

Then he called over another guard to corroborate his story.

For now, we're going to continue to wait. When Wayne does actually get out, we want to be here.

6:07 "I'm here until ... he gets out," on rain-soaked fan, Alex Cirio, told us. "I'm here."

Likewise, Alex.

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Lil Wayne To Visit Miami After Prison Release

Posted 11/4/10 12:02 am EST by in Music News

By Hillary Crosley, with reporting by Sway Calloway

As tweeted, 'RapFix Live' host Sway Calloway spoke to Young Money's Mack Maine on Wednesday (November 3). Between juggling calls from Wayne's immediate family and the Birdman himself,  Mack shared his expectations for the first 72 hours of Lil Wayne's release from prison. And like any good rap scenario, Lil Tunechi is headed straight to the land of debauchery—the strip club.

"It's gonna be crazy. We have a private party first and then we going to King of Diamonds after, which is a strip club. It's going to be crazy, it's going to be real elegant, extravagant, we gonna party like when Frank came home, like [the movie] 'King of New York,' " Maine explained. "It should be a lot of beautiful women, just ... beautiful scenery. Just treat him like a king, like the royalty that he is and make him feel like we really missed him and welcome him back to the family, basically."

Lil Wayne will be returning home following an eight month sentence at New York's Rikers Island facility, which has also housed MCs Shyne, Foxy Brown and Remy Ma in the past. Read More...

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