Hip hop star Lil Wayne will return to Minneapolis’ Target Center on Aug. 20.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Tyga and Belly Gang Kushington are also on the bill.
Born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., the 42-year-old rapper known as Lil Wayne has released 29 singles that went platinum or better, including “Lollipop,” “Got Money,” “Drop the World,” “6 Foot 7 Foot,” “Love Me” and, most recently, 2021’s “Gang Gang.” He’s also hit platinum more than 40 times serving as a guest on singles from other artists.
But he’s had his share of troubles, including an eight-month prison stint in 2010 on a weapon charge, a series of seizures that required hospitalization and messy, public battles with his record label. He’s also become notoriously unreliable as a live act, particularly in the Twin Cities. He headlined successful local arena shows in 2009 and 2011, but canceled his next three metro area concerts at the last minute, including a March 2017 Target Center show he pulled the plug on at 10:32 p.m., after several opening acts had already performed.
More recently, Lil Wayne headlined the Soundset Festival at the Minnesota State Fair in 2019 and shared the bill with Blink-182 at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center later that year. In 2023, he played a club gig at the Fillmore Minneapolis.
“Tha Carter VI,” the sixth in his series of semi-autobiographical albums, is due out Friday after years of delays.
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