Lil Wayne Lands 5 BET Award Nominations

Rap Daily: Rapper Lil Wayne leads all Hip-Hop artists in nominations for this year's BET Awards, which are going to take place June 26th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. 

Lil Wayne is up for five awards, including Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year and the Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice Award. 

R&B singer Chris Brown leads all the nominees of any genre, landing six nominations, while Kanye, Rihanna and Drake landed four nods from the network. 

This year's BET Awards will be hosted by comedian Kevin Hart. 

“When we asked folks who should host this year’s BET Awards online, in the streets, among other celebs and throughout social media, one name came back to us loud and clear: Kevin Hart,” said Stephen Hill, BET’s president of music programming and specials. “He is blue flame right now and we are looking forward to working with him on the show,” stated Hill. 

A number of musicians, actors and actresses and sports stars will appear at this year's BET Awards, which will recognize their accomplishments in over 20 categories.

The BET Awards will air live on BET on June 26th, at 8:00PM EST. 

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Lil Wayne Announces 41 More Dates On 'I Am Still Music Tour'

Rap Daily: Rapper Lil Wayne will extend his "I Am Still Music Tour"  throughout  America with a whopping 41 new dates added for this Summer.

The rapper will headline a number of concerts  starting in Hartford, Connecticut on July 13th at the Comcast Theater.

Lil Wayne will be joined by Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Lloyd and Far East Movement on the second leg of the tour, which will wind down September 11th at the Woodlands Amphiteatre.

Tickets in select markets will go on sale through Live Nation.com starting the weekend of May 20th.

DATE   CITY   VENUE   
  7/13/11   HARTFORD, CT.   COMCAST THEATER   
  7/15/11   BRISTOW, VA.   JIFFY LUBE LIVE AMP.   
  7/16/11   HOLMDEL, NJ   PNC BANK ARTS CENTER   
  7/17/11   MANSFIELD, MA   COMCAST CENTER   
  7/19/11   SCRANTON, PA   TOYOTA PAVILION   
  7/20/11   SARATOGA, NY   PERFORMING ARTS CENTER   
  7/22/11   CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH   BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER   
  7/23/11   CAMDEN, NJ   SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER   
  7/24/11   DARIEN, NY   DARIEN LAKE   
  7/26/11   HERSHEY, PA.   HERSHEY PAVILION   
  7/27/11   CINCINNATI, OH   RIVERBEND AMP.   
  7/29/11   RALEIGH, NC   WALNUT CREEK   
  7/30/11   VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.   FARM BUREAU AMP.   
  8/2/11   WEST PALM BEACH, FL.   CRUZAN AMP.   
  8/3/11   TAMPA, FL   1-800 ASK GARY AMP.   
  8/5/11   BIRMINGHAM, AL   VERIZON WIRELESS MUSIC CENTER   
  8/6/11   ATLANTA, GA   AARON'S AT LAKEWOOD   
  8/7/11   CHARLOTTE, NC   VERIZON WIRELESS AMP.   
  8/9/11   MINNEAPOLIS, MN.   XCEL CENTER   
  8/10/11   MILWAUKEE, WI   MARCUS AMPHITHEATRE   
  8/12/11   PITTSBURGH, PA.   FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION   
  8/13/11   TINLEY, IL   MIDWEST AMP.   
  8/14/11   NOBLESVILLE, IN.   VERIZON WIRELESS AMP.   
  8/16/11   OTTAWA, ON.   SCOTIA BANK PLACE   
  8/17/11   MONTREAL, QC   BELL CENTRE   
  8/19/11   TORONTO, ONT.   MOLSON AMP.   
  8/20/11   CLARKSTON, MI   DTE ENERGY THEATER   
  8/21/11   MARYLAND, HEIGHTS, MO   VERIZON WIRELESS AMP.   
  8/23/11   KANSAS CITY, MO.   SPRINT CENTER   
  8/25/11   PHOENIX, AZ.   ASHLEY FURNITURE PAVILION   
  8/26/11   SAN DIEGO, CA.   CRICKET WIRELESS   
  8/27/11   SAN BERNARDINO, CA   GLEN HELEN PAVILION   
  8/30/11   DENVER, CO.   COMFORT DENTAL   
  8/31/11   ALBUQUERQUE, NM   HARD ROCK-PAVILION   
  9/2/11   MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA.   SHORELINE AMP.   
  9/3/11   MARYSVILLE, CA.   SLEEP TRAIN AMP.   
  9/4/11   AUBURN, WA.   WHITE RIVER AMP.   
  9/7/11   OMAHA, NE.   QWEST ARENA   
  9/9/11   SAN ANTONIO, TX.   ATT CENTER   
  9/10/11   DALLAS, TX.   GEXA ENERGY PAVILION   
  9/11/11   WOODLANDS, TX   WOODLANDS AMP.

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The Game Comes Out On Stage With Lil Wayne After Being Released

Rap Daily:Amid conflicting reports that he was denied entry and subsequently detained at Canadian borders while on his “Red Nation” tour, it appears that former 50 Cent protégé The Game is no longer under the authority of our neighbors to the north. The Documentary rapper graced the stages of the Honda Center in Anaheim, California alongside Young Money chief Lil Wayne during a stop on the “I Am Still Music” tour last night (April 22), thrilling fans into a wild frenzy.

Website Rap-Up uploaded a video of the performance of The Game’s track “My Life,” which features an auto-tuned Lil Wayne on the hook. The Game came on stage rocking his customary red bandana on his face, snatching it off to reveal himself with Weezy introducing the surprise guest to the audience. Both rappers wore red Converse shoes, and the self-proclaimed Chuck Taylor tossed his bandana into the crowd and cocked his hat back and launched into a powerful performance of the song.

A heavy user of the social media tool Twitter, The Game was curiously absent from the site as he was supposedly handling his issues with Canadian authorities. A statement from the promoters of the tour stressed that The Game was detained for reasons not linked to the rapper’s past or current criminal activity. “We as the Canadian promoters for the "Red Nation" tour featuring hip-hop artist The Game, completed all necessary work permits and paperwork to allow him entry into Canada,” shared The Substance Group in a statement.

The promoters went on to add, “The past criminal history of The Game was never addressed in conversation with Canadian officials and at no point was that the issue for his denied entry," read the statement. "Customs insisted the reason was strictly his current gang affiliations.” Whatever the case may be, Canadian officials are remaining tight-lipped about what they uncovered and why the Compton native was barred from entering the country.

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Lil Wayne's Twitter Account Hacked, Shocking Messages Sent To Millions Of Fans

Lil Wayne became the latest victim of hackers on Twitter earlier today (January 16th), when his account was compromised by an unknown individual.
As soon as the individual gained access to Wayne's account, the rapper's original name of "@liltunechi" was changed to "@LilChinetu" and a series of tweets started going out to Wayne's 1,268,468 followers.
The first message questionable message went out to 50 Cent, but the hacker soon directed his insults to Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy.
"I sent a donations to your paypal, check it, I heard you got 13,000 sales lil homie, i feel bad for you! #DamnSoulja"
Soon, the hacker started slandering Lil Wayne himself.
"The real reason I made 6'7 is cuz that's how tall the ni**a in rikers was that raped me," the individual tweeted about Lil Wayne to the shock of his fans.
"I went an entire year with kissing baby #withdrawls," the next message read.
As of press time, the individual is still tweeting from Lil Wayne's account.
Here are some of the tweets sent out from Lil Wayne's account:

@thegame you still owe me money for that My Life joint, how your family crip but you blood

@JOEYCRACKTS you fat ass n***a it on when i see you Why

@thegame mad his album never coming out while nicki is platinum

@grouchygreg asked me for a reach around over the amillie beat If

@KillaCham can hack @KanyeWest, how come

@drakkardnoircan't hack @LilTunechi?? And @tyga mom still in the hood? wtf my n***a

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