Lil' Wayne, The Rex, Eager Eastern European Security & Groupies Who Are Only Good For Sex...

I can't pinpoint when it was exactly, that I watched it for the 1st time, but Chris Rock's stand-up comedy special 'Bigger & Blacker' came to mind at approximately 11.30pm, Sunday 16th March Deuce Double 0 Eight...

The sketch that came to mind was his commentary on an issue that's been ongoing within the Black community for decades, 'Black People vs. Niggaz'...

All I can say is, boy....

I mean, it's not like I haven't been to these kinda events before. When I heard that Weezy and the Cash Money dudes were coming over, I knew from jump, that these were the type of people that would reach his show. Fans of his music, chicks who appreciate him more for his tattoos than his complex lyricism (iJoke, iJoke, iKid, iKid), hipsters and alas, goon-squads who seem to suffer from this inferiority complex whenever rappers from the States decide to come over here in the UK. However, this was indeed Lil' Wayne's 1st visit, I had seen enough YouTube clips of his shows to know he was a good performer and the fact that in London, we had the hottest (no homo) rapper alive doing a show, was enough to convince me that ''Yeah, I NEED to be in Stratford for this shit''.

And when the show actually started, the shit was live. Dude opened with Party Like A Rockstar, done his 1st verse for Money On My Mind and was about to go into his verse for the remix version of Duffle Bag Boy but then!? That's right, niggaz couldn't act right. I was on the far left side of the venue where these wench speakers were blocking the view of the left side of the stage, but from what I can gather, a few gentlemen (and I use the term loosely) decided to invade the stage to intimidate the New Orleans rapper or jack his shit or whatever. His 400-pound bodyguard put a swift end to that matter. Lil' Wayne then proceeded to showcase his 'gangsta' by removing his chains, then courageously proclaiming 'I want dat nigga'z head on the stage before I leave'. This resulted in the crowd getting even more hype than they were already but THEN! Friggin' ell, THEN! This dude in the crowd thought to himself...

''Yeah, imma feel good about myself when I go to bed tonight, knowing I was the exceptional individual who threw a plastic tube at Lil' Wayne, knowing he wouldn't spot me in the crowd''

All that I can say to this dude, his fam, pat yourself on the back innit. Because then, Weezy (and I don't blame him) said fuck this, and walked off stage. Now, at this point, my road instincts kicked in and me & bredrin had a feeling, shit was about pop off and so did about another 200-400 people who decided to make a swift exit. We got outside and it was only then we got news he came back and did another 3 songs I think before shit got locked off properly.

Lemme exhale for a minute...

''Wooooossaaaahhhhh''

Now, it didn't matter that I forked out £25 that right now, I can't really afford. It didn't matter that when I got searched by security, they had this one dude who looked like he came straight outta Moscow (Crazy mother fucker named Mosoltov, from the group called...) that was fondling man's ballbags for any 'concealed weapons', it didn't matter that whomever set up this show *cough cough Play Ent cough* didn't bother even doing a soundcheck or anything, it didn't matter that there were almost 30 people on the stage consisting of entourage members, security, groupies aka aspiring models/actresses/receptionists. All that mattered was I came to at least see dude perform a few of my favourite songs and just witness this event in itself because it is a 1st.

But then it occurred to me on my way home. What happened last night, is kinda like what happens when grime MC's, footballers, rappers get a whole lot of money, when they come from poor backgrounds. They don't know what the fuck to do with it. They don't value or appreciate it. And that's what happened yesterday. In addition to that, we have within our young inner city community, what I've noticed to be an almost Napoleonan (sp.) attitude with the Yanks but the thing is, I knew this before I even set foot inside of the venue. I knew this shit was gonna happen. From the friggin' Genesis, I knew yet. Yet, I still went. So, the question is, am I any smarter than the 2 gentlemen who invaded the stage and threw shit at Lil' Wayne. It's debatable.

But know this. There's 1 lyric on the song 'Weezy Baby feat. Nikki (The Carter II) that goes...

''Who are ya, where are ya, I can't see ya, you're air to me''

Boy, at the time he wrote it, I know it was meant for rival rappers but now I'd say it was quite applicable to way he sees London or the poor representation we gave to him yesterday...