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Lil Wayne reportedly received an $8.9 million grant in 2020, as part of the Shuttered Venue Operations Grant, a government program created to aid independent venues and arts groups struggling during the pandemic.
An investigation by Business Insider shows the breakdown of what Wayne allegedly used the money for: either himself or unrelated expenses including private-jet flights, designer clothes like Gucci and Balenciaga, luxury hotel rooms for women including a waitress at a "Hooters-type restaurant" and a porn actress.
Here is the breakdown of what Lil Wayne spent the $8.9 million grant on:
- Settling a debt owed to former manager Cortez Bryant: $2.14 million
- Commissions to then-manager Mack Maine: $1.71 million
- Private jets: $1.38 million
- Lawyers at Grubman Shire: $590,700
- Accountants at NKSFB: $589,700
- Clothes: $528,000
- Contractors who worked on Lil Wayne's shows: $327,300
- Settling a debt owed to former accountant: $300,000
- Mystery women: $14,900
- Everything else: $1.3 million
https://www.businessinsider.com/lil-...-grant-2024-12
An investigation by Business Insider shows the breakdown of what Wayne allegedly used the money for: either himself or unrelated expenses including private-jet flights, designer clothes like Gucci and Balenciaga, luxury hotel rooms for women including a waitress at a "Hooters-type restaurant" and a porn actress.
Here is the breakdown of what Lil Wayne spent the $8.9 million grant on:
- Settling a debt owed to former manager Cortez Bryant: $2.14 million
- Commissions to then-manager Mack Maine: $1.71 million
- Private jets: $1.38 million
- Lawyers at Grubman Shire: $590,700
- Accountants at NKSFB: $589,700
- Clothes: $528,000
- Contractors who worked on Lil Wayne's shows: $327,300
- Settling a debt owed to former accountant: $300,000
- Mystery women: $14,900
- Everything else: $1.3 million
Many musicians struggled during the pandemic. Lil Wayne wasn't one of them. He sold master recordings from his record label's artists for more than $100 million. He was pardoned for felony gun possession in a last-minute action by then-President Donald Trump. He purchased a $15.4 million mansion in the mountains of Los Angeles.
And, as a Business Insider investigation found, he received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program that he used to cover more than two years' worth of spending on luxury hotel stays, designer clothes, and travel to and from nightclub appearances around the country.
The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr., spent more than $1.3 million from the grant on private-jet flights and over $460,000 on clothes and accessories, many of them from high-end brands like Gucci and Balenciaga. He billed taxpayers more than $175,000 for expenses related to a music festival promoting his marijuana brand, GKUA, including clothing for artists associated with his record label.
He also used grant money to cover nearly $15,000 worth of flights and luxury hotel rooms for women whose connection to Lil Wayne's touring operation was unclear, including a waitress at a Hooters-type restaurant and a porn actress.
On New Year's Eve 2021, he was scheduled to perform at a concert in Coachella, California.
But shortly before his set was scheduled to start, a concert employee announced that the rapper would be unable to perform "because of the wind and the flights." The crowd booed. (Wind gusts of 20 to 30 mph were reported in Southern California that night, but data from Flightradar24 indicates four other private jets flew the exact route Lil Wayne was scheduled to fly.)
Instead, posts on Instagram suggest he partied that night at a club on Sunset Boulevard with the rapper 2 Chainz.
For expenses related to the concert he never performed, Lil Wayne billed taxpayers nearly $88,000.
Lil Wayne's publicists didn't respond to numerous requests for comment on detailed questions. Reached by text, Lil Wayne made a sexually explicit overture to a reporter and did not respond to questions.
And, as a Business Insider investigation found, he received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program that he used to cover more than two years' worth of spending on luxury hotel stays, designer clothes, and travel to and from nightclub appearances around the country.
The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr., spent more than $1.3 million from the grant on private-jet flights and over $460,000 on clothes and accessories, many of them from high-end brands like Gucci and Balenciaga. He billed taxpayers more than $175,000 for expenses related to a music festival promoting his marijuana brand, GKUA, including clothing for artists associated with his record label.
He also used grant money to cover nearly $15,000 worth of flights and luxury hotel rooms for women whose connection to Lil Wayne's touring operation was unclear, including a waitress at a Hooters-type restaurant and a porn actress.
On New Year's Eve 2021, he was scheduled to perform at a concert in Coachella, California.
But shortly before his set was scheduled to start, a concert employee announced that the rapper would be unable to perform "because of the wind and the flights." The crowd booed. (Wind gusts of 20 to 30 mph were reported in Southern California that night, but data from Flightradar24 indicates four other private jets flew the exact route Lil Wayne was scheduled to fly.)
Instead, posts on Instagram suggest he partied that night at a club on Sunset Boulevard with the rapper 2 Chainz.
For expenses related to the concert he never performed, Lil Wayne billed taxpayers nearly $88,000.
Lil Wayne's publicists didn't respond to numerous requests for comment on detailed questions. Reached by text, Lil Wayne made a sexually explicit overture to a reporter and did not respond to questions.
https://www.businessinsider.com/lil-...-grant-2024-12
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