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'We both have the
same energy,' Weezy says of T-Pain.
One is hip-hop's king of collaborations. The
other is his R&B equivalent. For once, you can
believe the rumors: Lil Wayne and T-Pain indeed
have plans to form a supergroup.
Weezy confirmed the report with a simple "Yeah"
on Monday in Los Angeles, where he was filming his
spot in Cassie's new video "Official Girl" before
he performed later in the day at a sold-out House
of Blues.
Pain has been publicly hinting about the
venture, but didn't come right out and say Wayne's
name. Weezy said it's true.
"We both have the same energy," he said. "I
don't sleep. If you ask anybody, I don't sleep. I
think it's the cousin of death. As much as you
sleep, you're impersonating death to me. He don't
sleep. I play all day. He plays all day and all
night. The connection is crazy. He loves to be
creative, he loves to work; I love to create, I
love to work. He really wants people to respect
his rapping; I really want people to respect my
harmonizing."
One thing Weezy doesn't have to worry about is
getting respect. Tha Carter III is on track
to be the top-selling album in the country come
Wednesday. It's just a matter of the numbers right
now: Will he sell a million copies or end up
somewhere in the high 900,000s?
As for selling over 400,000 copies in his first
day of release, Weezy humbly said, "I'm
surprised," but did note that he didn't think
about what his numbers would be prior to the
tally.
Wayne also announced that on June 27, he'll be
starting his tour in support of the LP. The outing
shares the same name as his album.
"I just want people to leave the show and feel
like they saw something that they gonna remember
forever," he said of Tha Carter III tour.
"You know how our parents always tell us about
some concert they went to [back in the day], but
they remember it like yesterday? I want that to be
every night, every city for me.
"I'mma stay in my lane and what makes it great
for me," he said of the performance. "I can't do
no more, or no less."
Further details on Wayne's tour and album with
T-Pain were not available at press time.
---Shaheem Reid,
with additional reporting by Yasmine
Richard, MTV News
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