In the past, JAY-Z inspired Lil Wayne to abandon the pad and begin composing bars himself, but he now attributes that motivation to something else.
During a recent appearance on FOX Sports’ UNDISPUTED, Weezy acknowledged that he is “too old and too tired” to recite from a piece of paper in the booth and no longer writes down his lyrics.
“Praise God an iPhone evermore.” Previously, I would need to constantly remind myself to do something because I never wrote it down. “They will perpetually consider it an accomplishment of some sort,” the 41-year-old co-host explained to Michael Irvin and Skip Bayless.
“No, I do not write; at this point in my life, I am too ancient and exhausted to read. “Well, they now have the iPhone, so I shall proceed with the voice memo recording.”
During a summer interview with The Pivot Podcast, Lil Wayne disclosed an alternative rationale for his paperless rap composition method. Early in his career, he attributed JAY-Z’s reprimand of discarding his notebook after he discovered Jigga had rhymed off the dome without writing any lyrics.
“Like Biggie, I adore Biggie, I adore Jadakiss; I adore everything except Jay. Immediately upon hearing it, I halted. You might inquire with my son. “I’ve heard that n-gga JAY-Z has ceased writing,” he declared.