Inside Lil Wayne’s WeezyAna Festival: Hot Boys and Big Tymers Reunions, and Wayne’s Disappointment at Not Performing at the Super Bowl

variety.com:

Shaheem Reid If rap were more like one of Lil Wayne’s favorite sports, football, the iconic MC would be similar to Tom Brady when he joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the age of 43.

At this point in the 42-year-old rapper’s career, Wayne, like Brady, has soared high enough in his profession to be considered one of the greatest of all-time.

Still, he’s not satisfied and wants — or needs — to compete. On Saturday night, Wayne gave his hometown of New Orleans the latest installment of his annual extravaganza, the Lil WeezyAna Festival (it started in 2015), with not one but two major reunions: Birdman and Mannie Fresh reprising the Big Tymers — and one of the greatest rap groups of all time, Wayne’s teenage outfit the Hot Boys.

It would be the first time in over two decades the popular collective comprised of Wayne, Juvenile, Turk and B.G. would perform live together, after many rumored and officially advertised attempts — the four could never get together, due to conflicting schedules, dissension in the ranks or major prison bids by B.G.