GQ: Whatâs up with all the skateboarding?
Lil Wayne: You know, I donât know. Everybody asks me that question, like, âWhat made you start skating?â Yeah, well, umâ¦I donât know. Iâm still like a kid, because unfortunately my childhood was raped away from me because I became a star, a rapper, or whatever you want to call it, and you canât be a kid and a rapper at the same time. So I watch television and I get real amped. Like, people watch commercials, and theyâre like, âWhoâs gonna buy that?â Iâm the person they make the commercials for. I watch them, and Iâm like, âOh God, thatâs awesome.â So I was just watching TV, and I was like, âYeah. I want to do that!â And I called a guy and I said, âI want a ramp on my roof.â I have a pretty big roof at home. So I put a ramp on the roof about five months ago, and man, Iâve been skating ever since.
GQ: I hear you plan to retire when you turn 35?
Lil Wayne: Basically, I have been doing this for eighteen years. Thatâs reason number one. I have accomplished all that I have set out to accomplish and more. Also, I have a label, and Iâve only put out two artists [Drake and Nicki Minaj]. I have a lot more work to do, and itâd be selfish to not focus on being the boss and focus on their projects.But the main reason is my kids, my children. Now, if I thought Iâd be selfish to my artists, imagine what I think I would be doing to my kids.
GQ: How does life look right now through Lil Wayneâs glasses?
Lil Wayne: I can describe it like this: Today I was riding up to the venue. I had just woken up, and I looked out the window, and there was like a billion cars in the parking lot. I turned to my girl, and I said, âIsnât it crazy how all those cars and all those people are there to see me?â And the craziest part was I still could get that feeling. All this time, after all those albums, videos, all those awards and money and groupies and homeys and gangbanging and friends and no-longer friends. That I can still get that feeling, like, âWow. This is amazing.â Thatâs what it is to be me. Yeah.
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