Lil Wayne was back in his hometown of New Orleans, where he flexed his bowling skills at Chris Paul's Celebrity Bowling Invitational. In case you forgot, Wayne is a bowling fanatic. He shared this last year with Katie Couric and even threw a few balls with her.

Lil Wayne just dropped the first single, "6' 7," from his forthcoming album The Carter IV which features Cory Gunz. Young Money president, Mack Maine first mentioned the song last week to MTV News saying that the song was like "'A Milli' on steroids." Check it out here!

Lil Wayne cannot do any drugs or liquor as part of the terms of his three-year probation for drug and gun possession in Arizona, but that has not deterred drug dealers from naming deadly narcotics after him.

Lil Wayne is out of jail in time for his oldest child's 12th birthday party. Reginae Carter partied on at Ludacris' restaurant, Straits, in Atlanta this week. Check the photos out here!

Young Money president, Mack Maine, revealed that newly freed Lil Wayne is planning on giving his fans a taste of his upcoming album, "The Carter IV," before the end of the year.

Remember the recent rumor that Lil Wayne punched Drake in the face at the Wynn in Las Vegas? Drake shot the rumor down on Twitter, saying that Weezy punched him in the arm, but sources are saying that when Wayne was locked up Drake started sleeping with Young Money artist Shanell.

Lil Wayne just got out of jail and we're hearing he may have knocked up a new chick! According to mediatakeout.com, one of Weezy's girlfriends is claiming that she's pregnant. The woman attends college in New Orleans and was dating Weezy before he got locked up.

Recession my a**!Young Money's Drizzy Drake splurged on a couple of lucky strippers at Lil Wayne's 'King Of Diamonds' welcome home party in Miami recently. He was photoed in King of Diamonds strip club with Baby, Weezy, Akon and DJ Khaled holding $20,000 in singles.

Drake has responded to rumors that Lil Wayne punched him in the face in Las Vegas recently. A mediatakeout story claimed that Weezy decked his Young Money protege at the Wynn Hotel in Vegas, but Drake has taken to Twitter to shoot down the rumor.

So after being locked up for the better part of a year, the question most people have for Lil Wayne is if his skills as an MC suffered. Weezy's first post-jail verse was unsurprisingly given to his "daddy," Baby, for the remix to his song "Fire Flame."

Lil Wayne has been living it up in Miami since his release from prison. This weekend he was seen at Young Money member Shanell's performance at Lux Nightclub in the MIA.

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Nicki Minaj stopped by Hot 109.7 recently and spoke to the "Rickey Smiley Morning Show!" Nicki talked about everything from her debut album "Pink Friday" to rumors of her dating rapper Remy Ma and working at Red Lobster back in the day. Check out the exclusive here!