Four time GRAMMY award-winning hip hop icon Lil Wayne will bring the first annual Lil WeezyAnaFest to New Orleans, LA on Friday, August 28th. Presented by Morris Bart, the one-evening event will take place at Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square and starts at 7 PM.
A native of New Orleans, the city holds a special place for Lil Wayne. Due to logistics out of his control, Wayne has not had the opportunity to take his celebrated live show to the city on his most recent major tours. For this special evening, Lil Wayne will be putting together a show that the city will not forget. The week of the concert also marks the ten-year anniversary of when Hurricane Katrina hit Wayne’s hometown. Having been highly involved in several charity projects in his hometown, Lil Wayne is furthering his philanthropic work in New Orleans by establishing Tha Carter Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation. In part to commemorate the anniversary, local nonprofits will receive grants to support their ongoing efforts to improve the quality of life in New Orleans after Katrina.
The concert, which will be live streamed for fans exclusively on the TIDAL X platform for fans around the world, will feature several surprise guests and friends of Wayne. To add to the excitement, fans will be treated to a very rare performance by the New Orleans super-group Hot Boys. Performing together for the first time in over ten years, Wayne will be joined on stage by original members Juvenile and Turk, along with Mannie Fresh. With plans already in the works to make the event annual, it is Wayne’s hope that the festival will be a night where New Orleans residents and music fans alike can come out to enjoy great live music and pure entertainment for a special cause.
Tickets to Lil WeezyAna are currently available to purchase via Ticketmaster here:http://www.ticketmaster.com/morris-bart-presents-lil-weezyana-fest-new-orleans-louisiana-08-28-2015/event/1B004EE3C8C47A62.
Official FWA and festival merchandise can be purchased now here: http://lilwayne.shop.bravadousa.com/.
Having sold millions of albums worldwide and garnered four GRAMMY awards, Lil Wayne is one of the most successful and critically lauded artists in Hip Hop. He released his first project at the age of 12 and went on to release his first solo album in 1999 when he was just 17. He released his first installment of his legendary Tha Carter series in 2004 before releasing three others, including the landmark Tha Carter III in 2008. Lil Wayne also holds the record for the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a male solo artist with 109 entries, having surpassed the record previously set by Elvis Presley. His most recent studio album, I Am Not A Human Being II, was released in 2013 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 Charts. Wayne released FWA (Free Weezy Album) this July 4, exclusively on Tidal, where it was streamed over a staggering ten million times within the first week alone. Outside of his iconic music career, Lil Wayne has continued on as the CEO of his own Young Money Records, as well as successful apparel brand Trukfit.
