Toward the end of January, Lil Wayne announced he would hit the road in the spring for his Welcome To Tha Carter Tour. When the news dropped, fans were surprised and excited to grab tickets to see the 40-year-old rapper-turned-mogul perform since he rarely tours these days. Unfortunately, on May 13, during the final stop of the 38-city tour, he disappointed his fans, who paid their hard-earned money to see him at Los Angeles‘ Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. According to fans, despite a late start, things seem to be going smoothly before taking a turn for the worse.
Lil Wayne, who sported a LA Lakers jersey to pay homage to the late Kobe Bryant, was welcomed by an energetic audience. Fans got even more hype when 2 Chainz came out as a special guest during the first half hour of the concert, Bossip reported. However, the atmosphere quickly changed when Lil Wayne took an intermission to let his Young Money artists perform a few of their own tracks. In a video circulating on Twitter, he returned to the stage to cut his artist Allan Cubas’ performance short and share a few words before dropping the mic on stage to signal the rest of the show was canceled.
“We appreciate it, but we ain’t about to be bending over backward for these folks. We work too hard for this s**t. We work way too hard. This my muthaf**king artist Allan, that was Twist, that was Yaj; we are Young Money. We appreciate y’all time,” he is seen telling the crowd in the 13-second clip. In complete shock, fans immediately turned to social media to share their disdain for the way Lil Wayne handled the situation just because the audience didn’t go wild while his artists performed. See some of their reactions below:
I will never go to another Lil Wayne concert again after he arrived 3.5 hours late then performed for 30 had intermission put his new artist to perform then came out and canceled the rest of the concert because the crowd wasn’t hype enough for his new artist. #wiltern #lilwayne pic.twitter.com/hB9u4DfHof
— Empress (@HerNameIsEmpres) May 14, 2023
As a n***a from Baton Rouge who grew up on Lil Wayne and spent my hard earned money to see his show tonight in LA…I am thoroughly pissed!!!
— CliffDaGift (@REALCLIFF225) May 14, 2023
Lil Wayne came to LA wearing a Kobe jersey, in Kobe’s city and still disrespected the F**k out of L.A
TAKE THAT JERSEY OFF MY BOY…and get your a** out of L.A
— muvahustla (@First_Ladiiii) May 14, 2023
Lil Wayne beyond messed up for what he did at the LA show last night. Come on man
— Jamal Cristopher (@JamCristopher) May 14, 2023
Imagine paying for them high a** lil Wayne tickets, taxes and service fees. Then he shows up 3.5 hours late to the show and then get mad cuz the crowd ain’t participating when his artists are performing at his show that you came to see him perform so he cancels it. 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
— Jerm (@IamJerm24) May 16, 2023
Lil Wayne himself hasn’t responded to the backlash he’s receiving from fans for canceling his LA concert. What do you think?