Lil Wayne stops rapping to pursue skateboarding,

[Jar]

Lil Wayne is taking his love of skateboarding one step further. During an interview with DJ Drama, Weezy explained that he's putting Rap on the backburner so that he can entertain his love of skating, justifying his decision by stating that his fans "deserve some peace from me."

“I picked up the skateboard and I thought it would be a hobby, but it’s a lifestyle. You have to be fully committed. In order to be fully committed, you have to live that lifestyle. What these young kids say right now, you have to be about that life. I guess I’m about that life," he said. “It’s kinda of putting rap on the backburner, that’s all. Rap is a taking backseat to skating. That’s alright. But I kind of feel I deserve that. … I think fans deserve some peace from me."

But before he dials down his output, the Young Money rapper plans on releasing his Dedication 4 mixtape, for which he's rapped over beats including "I Don't Like," "Ca$hin Out" and "Burn." For Wayne, his relative quietude in the game stemmed from his boredom with Rap.

"I just felt like it was time. I got bored," he said of recording Dedication 4. "Yeah, I mean, being me, I always feel like I ain’t done nothing yet, so I’m always looking for the next thing to do. But other than that, it does get pretty boring when it comes to the rapping and stuff. I’ve done so much of it, I’ve been doing it since I was eight. I’m going to be 30 in September, and I’m still rapping. So I kind of feel like I’m getting old."




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[chris duke]

Old, but not too old to skateboard....

Wtf does that even mean? Does he want to film a section? Compete?

Someone needs to introduce him to Montre, that way he could see how bad ass he (lil wayne) would look blading.

[big billy 13]

gets high on cough syrup and starts to skateboard. makes sense. I know what i'm staying the hell away from the next time i get sick

[hhhjjjkkklll]

Old, but not too old to skateboard....

Wtf does that even mean? Does he want to film a section? Compete?

Someone needs to introduce him to Montre, that way he could see how bad ass he (lil wayne) would look blading.

maybe he just wants to skate and have fun and enjoy his money

[Harry Maynard]

Good for him. I hope he sticks with it, would be cool if he actually got really good

[someguy]

do people get really good when they are 30? anyway Tha Carter IV sounded like a last album. He done good. at least he aint gonna keep tryna make a buck off it until he's 100 and see the whole game pass him by like ghostface and shit.

[chris duke]

maybe he just wants to skate and have fun and enjoy his money

Well that sounds awesome, when you put it like that.

[Red Rider]

Something something something getting that Tony Hawk money.

[big billy 13]

maybe he will get super famous and everyone will be able to refer to it as "getting that lil' wayne money"...Lolz fingers crossed at seeing that fool in an episode of the fantasy factory.

[delroca]

maybe he just wants to skate and have fun and enjoy his money

sounds like the dream.

[wilk]

He probably will get good pretty fast. My buddy here just started about 4 months ago and he's 28. Already doing handrails and gaps at the skate park that even I won't do. He actually motivates me to try new things...it's pretty awesome. It would be cool if he picked up rollerblading instead, but idk....there's no big name stars or whatever that rollerblade, it would be cool if someone was into it. Fuckin dip skate was a fail...smh.

[Matthew Shannon]

So, he realizes his rapping sucks now and moves on to the next profitable venture?