Lil Wayne Performance On Stage: Is Lil Wayne making you dumb, or are you dumb because you like Lil Wayne? Research released by a California Institute of Technology grad student early last year charted the correlation between musical preference and SAT scores. The chart suggested that students who listen to Beethoven on a regular basis score approximately 530 extra points over the bottom-of-the-rung Lil Wayne listeners. It's a gross insult to the mainstream, with artists like Beyoncé, T.I., Nickelback and Jay-Z scoring just above Weezy.

The real trouble is finding the connection between the facts. Are people who listen to Lil Wayne just naturally less smart than those who listen to Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead and Muse? On a personal level, I secretly hope so. Those "smart" artists are listed among a few of my favorites, while I gave Lil Wayne's Rebirth an "F" rating earlier this year. But realistically, that's unfair. There are many things to look at when it comes to this research. Lil Wayne might not sound pleasing to me based on where I grew up and my socio-economic level.

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Lil Wayne Next Song Release On November 5: Lil Wayne's much anticipatedTha Carter IV is still schedule to impact retail on November 5 , which is, coincidentally, the same day that the productive-while-behind-bars Weezy is released from jail. Weezy's I Am Not a Human Beingwill be released digitally on his birthday, which is 26 days from now, on September 27.

Lil Wayne Launch In New Music: Lil Wayne knows a thing about rapping off the grid. There was, of course, 'Rebirth' -- Weezy's eccentric, rock-inspired seventh studio album and through the years the rapper has seen his fair share of collaborations. During his first interview from prison earlier this month, Weezy shared  that he would love to collaborate with another eccentric rapper stating, 'I really like my man Tech N9ne from the West Coast.'

Apparently, that's all it took to put the ball in motion on a collabo between two of hip-hop's weirdest guys. Tech N9ne recently revealed that Wayne's camp has already reached out to him to get the two on the same record. "His people have been contacting us already, so I'm anxious to see what he sends me. I'm hearing his camp is all ready to send over some music," he told Vibe. "And I'll be in New York soon so hopefully I can visit him before he gets out.

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Lil Wayne Song Ground Zero' Video Release: A music video  for "Ground Zero", a track which is taken from Lil Wayne's seventh studio album "Rebirth", has been debuted via Motion Dose. The clip includes the incarcerated rap mogul rocking major live concerts with additional narrative footage featuring two female friends.

Elsewhere, Weezy's new album "Tha Carter IV" is planned to be released on November 5, the day he gets out of jail. The announcement was made by Young Money president Mack Maine who told MTV that despite staying behind bars, Weezy was deeply involved in deciding which track made the cut and which didn't.

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Lil Wayne Running In U.S.Open Ground: Lil Wayne, one of America’s best known rappers, may be in prison, but that won’t stop him from writing about what he loves. We’ve already seen his post-Miami Heat NBA breakdown. Now he’s come out with a new piece of sports material, a preview of the U.S. Open. Not just a preview, but a handwritten special to SI.

So to summarize Weezy’s breakdown, he likes Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters to win the men’s and women’s singles. He even took into account Serena Williams’ foot injury and obviously did his research, I’m impressed.

Lil Wayne Order Unpaid Profit From Booking Agency: Lil Wayne is facing a major court battle with his former booking agents after accusing them of holding back his tour profits - they have resolved to "aggressively defend" themselves against the star's "utterly false claims".

The "Lollipop" hitmaker and his company Young Money Touring Inc. allege the owners of Ujaama Talent Agency Inc., Erskine Isaac and David Nelson, owe him money from two of his America's Most Wanted Music Festivals in 2009. The complaint accuses Isaac and Nelson of withholding at least $375,000 in profits from the dates.

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Lil Wayne Files Suit Over Missing Tour Earnings:  Rapper Lil Wayne has fired off a lawsuit against his former booking agents, accusing them of holding back $375,000 in tour profits. The 'Lollipop' hitmaker and his company Young Money Touring Inc. allege the owners of Ujaama Talent Agency Inc., Erskine Isaac and David Nelson, owe him money from two of his America's Most Wanted Music Festivals.

The complaint claims Isaac and Nelson 'elected to divert to Ujaama's own bank account an amount not less than $375,000, the sum that Isaac and Nelson maintain is owed to Ujaama for the tours in question'.

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Lil Wayne Next Concert On 5 November: Lil Wayne Homecoming Concert on November 5 – Lil Wayne, one of the most popular rap artists in the world will be throwing his homecoming concert on November 5th, after he has finished his year long stint in prison on weapon and drug charges according to Drake. It will be the first time that he has been free since he went in over a year ago, and he will be bringing the whole Young Money crew out on stage with him to celebrate his freedom.

Drake also confirmed that he had been trying to get wiz Khalifa to tour with him, but that he had turned down the proposal. Khalifa has said that he is not interested in touring with Drake because he would like to preserve his own brand and build upon it. Drake has continued to urge him to reconsider.

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Lil Wayne 'Lectures' Drake, Bow Wow To Avoid Prison: Lil Wayne's daily prison routine reportedly consists of mundane activities like watching ESPN and chatting on the phone. Despite his seemingly laid-back schedule, the Young Money/ Cash Money leader has cautioned his protégés to steer clear of trouble. Jail is no place for successful rappers, according to Wayne. During a visit to the incarcerated MC, Bow Wow, who joined Weezy's camp last year, said Wayne urged him and Young Money star Drake to stay on their best behavior.

"One thing he told me when I went to visit him, he was like ... 'Bow, this ain't for us, this ain't it. This ain't built for cats like us. They don't understand us, we don't understand them. Don't do it man, just stay out of trouble. You and Drizzy, y'all stay clean, y'all stay doing what y'all do. Y'all can do this forever,' " Bow Wow told Houston's 97.9 The Box. "I knew he meant it, [because] Tune never lectures me like that ... but he was serious.

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Lil Wayne Videos: New Song Miss Me: Drake's  "Miss Me" video featuring Lil Wayne  debuted Thursday night (August 19) on MTV. The clip starts with a man in a hood standing in an alley. He's lighting up a Molotov cocktail and throwing it at the wall. The music starts, and we see Drake performing against a white backdrop, but the shot is wide and reveals a black setting as well. The action cuts to a sexy woman dancing in a room alone, and later we see Drake in that same room, sitting on the floor as the woman shakes it for him.

"Miss Me" has heavy performance scenes throughout Drizzy's verse, and then we see a TV set in the alley. Lil Wayne appears on the wall in the alley rapping, and he again is shown on the wall in the room where Drake and the girl are, like a projection.The Birdman and most of Wayne and Drake's Young Money family appear in the video as well. As the video comes to a close, it's revealed that Drake was the man in the hood at the beginning of the clip. "Miss Me" was directed by Anthony Mandler, who has helmed all of Drake's Thank Me Later videos.

" 'Miss Me,' it was something I was so excited to do," Drake said recently on the set of another Mandler clip, for "Fancy." "It was something not a lot of people expected me to do, especially with Wayne being in the situation he's in. We did it as a team, held Wayne down. All the Young Money big dawgs came down — the men of Young Money — to show the muscle, to show we still in full effect. It's a great piece. It's darker than the feel of the song. It's got very much like a youth-in-revolt, rebellious feel to it. I wanted to be aggressive, man. That was my chance to flex my little 'We did it. We're still here. Young Money is still in demand.' And to deliver a message that I feel very strong about. I'm not trying to be the best in the world. I don't think that's possible. There's always somebody better than you. I just hope they miss me, man. So this is it. 'Miss Me.' "The next video Drake and Mandler will shoot is for "Show Me a Good Time."