Lil Wayne is a living legend and he was feeling the love from the raucous Kansas crowd. Weezy headlined Travis Kelce's Kelce Jam 2024 presented by Jim Beam on Saturday night (May 18) about half an hour outside of Kansas City across the Missouri state line.
Thousands of people packed the outdoor Azura Amphitheater on a magical day wearing unique outfits to celebrate their favorite Kansas City Chiefs, as well as themed outfits around superstar and musical girlfriend Taylor Swift, who has been around the world performing shows in Stockholm, Sweden, The Eras tour.
The New Orleans rap deity followed sets from 2 Chainz and Diplo while the crowd anxiously awaited the main attraction when Wayne came out just before midnight CT for his 2008 Jay-Z-assisted “Mr. Carter,” bringing all the fans to their feet.
Patrick Mahomes, 2 Chainz and Travis Kelce on stage during Kelce Jam at Azura Amphitheater on May 18, 2024 in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
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As only Weezy could, he nonchalantly took the stage smoking a blunt while rocking a Gucci hat, black long sleeve with baggy Gucci shorts and combat boots. “Trav, you took them out tonight. One time for my mother—-gn—a Travie, man,” Wayne said as he was taken aback by the surprising numbers in the audience, which seemed to be more than he expected. “God I didn't even see them. Over the top, make some f—–g noise, dammit!”
The energy was taken to another level when Weezy brought out his Welcome 2 ColleGrove vice president and frequent collaborator 2 Chainz.
After going through “Rich As Fk,” the Kansas City Chiefs even participated in the “Duffle Bag Boy” performance. Kelce appropriately brought along a Louis Vuitton bag, but inside was the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which Chainz briefly rented from the three-time Super Bowl champion.
Earlier in the day, Kelce revealed exclusively to Advertising sign that “Duffle Bag Boy” was one of his all-time favorite songs and remains a staple of his pregame playlist to this day before taking the field.
“I'm a huge mixtape era guy,” Kelce says. “Wayne has been one of my high school favorites since the early 2000s. Since 2 Chainz is here, 'Duffle Bag Boy' is one of my favorite songs of all time. I have it on my game day playlist and everything.”
Playaz Circle's “Duffle Bag Boy” arrived in 2007 and reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Aside from Tity Boi's cameo, Lil Wayne kept the setlist similar to last year's Welcome to Tha Carter tour, which included fan favorites like “Hustler Musik,” “I'm Goin In,” “Lollipop,” ” Let the Beat Build', 'Blunt Blowin'', 'Fireman', 'Mrs. Officer', 'We Be Steady Mobbin' and 'The Motto' before finishing with 'A Milli'.
Weezy had so much fun throughout the hour-long set that he hopes to perform at Kelce Jam 2025 if Travis has him. “Trav, I don't know if you do this every year. But make sure I'm on the list every f––g year,” the Chiefs star pleaded.
As one fan leaving the venue bluntly put it, as Whitney Houston's “I Will Always Love You” serenaded those remaining, “That was awesome.”
Watch a live broadcast of the total festival in X. Lil Wayne's set starts around 4:11:00.
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lil-wayne-2-chainz-travis-kelce-jam-2024-performance-1235687224/
