Birdman appeared on the “Big Facts” podcast and was asked about a now-famous photo of himself kissing Lil Wayne on the lips in 2006.
The Cash Money Records co-founder, who is now 52-year-old admitted that he did it out of fear, specifically that it would be the last time he saw Lil Wayne, 38.
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“I always looked at Wayne as my son and I always looked at it like, ’cause I was in the streets, and I thought this might be the last time he ever see me,” Birdman said Lil Wayne.
“Cause I was living like that. That’s what that s – – t really started from ’cause I thought that every night I leave, I might not ever come back,” He added.
Birdman also spoke on his paternal relationship, “I was his father when he didn’t have a father since he was 9 years old. And I love him like my own, and I’d give my life for him and I’d take a life for him.”
Birdman also said the record producer stated that the only reputable opponent for a Verzuz battle against Wayne would be … Wayne himself.
“Himself, Wayne versus Tunechi,” Birdman said, referencing the frequent Drake collaborator’s nickname. “He got too much s – – t going on, he don’t need to touch that. Come on, brother — this is Tunechi.
“This n – – – – r had 100 singles in one year. He passed Elvis Presley in one year. One hundred songs on Billboard, so I don’t think an individual could top that. The work Wayne put into it, I wouldn’t even play with that s – – t.”
Birdman has previously addressed the smooch during a 2009 radio interview with Tim Westwood.
“That’s my son. If he was right here, I’d kiss him again. I kiss my daughter, my other son you have children? Well, if you did, you’d understand what I meant with it. I just think people took that too far, man. That’s my son. I’ll do it again tomorrow; I’ll kill for him. Ride and die for him,” he said at the time.
Rapper Turk, a former member of the Cash Money Records-signed New Orleans-based group Hot Boys, also spoke about the kiss in 2014. He told VladTV that the record label’s young members looked up to Birdman as a father figure.
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“They caught them in a moment [and] the fans and the media made it into an issue that it wasn’t. They’re just like the mob — they kiss each other all the time. And I’m not with Baby and them to this day, but that was just something a n – – – a did in house,” Turk said.
