Lil Wayne Says He’s Shut Out of Coachella and the Grammys

Overview

• Lil Wayne, who posted on X Saturday, said he is “uninvited & uninvolved” when Coachella and the Grammy Awards come around.
• Public reaction included a note from Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, who offered support and floated creating an event for the “uninvited.”
• After the New Orleans Super Bowl halftime slot went to Kendrick Lamar, he said the snub hurt and later said he would turn down a future invite.
• He has 28 Grammy nominations and five wins, yet he has never played a solo set at Coachella and only appeared as a 2016 guest during G-Eazy’s set.
• He has criticized major shows as full of rules and gatekeeping in Rolling Stone, and no new invitations or public replies have been reported.