Video: Lil' Wayne on Saturday Night Live

(Lil Wayne - "Got Money" and "Lollipop" - Live on "SNL")

h/t Culture Bully

Video: Lil' Wayne - "A MIlli"

This is way too Meta for me. Dude writes a track about why he deserves to sell a million records...and then it happens. WTF?

Check out the video above for "A Milli" to explore a day in the life of Wheezy.

To find out why Lil' Wayne--amongst other prominent African-American musicians--is obsessed with outer space, go here to read about the "Afronaut" trend in music.

Lil' Wayne MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

Video: Lil' Wayne on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (6/20/08)

(Lil Wayne - "A Millie", on "Jimmy Kimmel Live")

(Lil' Wayne - "Lollipop", on "Jimmy Kimmel Live")

Wheezy might be a martian. He might be an alien. However, there's no disputing the fact that, regardless of Lil Wayne's origins, he's having a hell of a time being successful on planet Earth. His latest, official studio album, Tha Carter III, a record which some, if not most, are hailing as a masterpiece, was the first album since 2005 to sell 1 million copies in its first week in stores.

Of course, it certainly helps to have smash singles like "Lollipop" to help motivate people to buy your record. It also helps if you promote the shit out of your record as well. Performing two songs from Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne spits some truth while performing the aforementioned "Lollipop", as well as "A Millie". I'm a little bit underwhelmed by these performances, but I'm not sure why. Possibly its A) That this album has been getting a lot of hype, so anything that doesn't meet those standards is inherently disappointing. or B) Most--not all, but most--hip-hop is disappointing live or C) Most songs don't sound as good when reduced to a small video size.

At any rate, the man's got the number one album in the country right now. Watch him do his thing at the top of the post.

Lil Wayne MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)