Uncle Luke To Diddy, Lil Wayne, and DJ Khaled: ‘Give Back or Get Out of Miami’
Miami has been glamorized by rappers as a lavish kingdom of bootylicious strip clubs, ever-flowing champagne, constant monetary precipitation, and a hub for the most epic parties on earth. But, Hip-Hop’s hoe wrangler, Uncle Luke, is tired of it. The elder rapper has called Diddy, Lil Wayne, and DJ Khaled out for “freeloading and mooching” off of Miami and not giving anything back to the communities.
In a letter posted in the Miami New Times, Uncle Luke blames Miami’s entertainment industry for becoming groupies and allowing these rappers to freely run a muck in their city. He also called Lil Wayne a sell out for celebrating with the Mavs after they won their NBA Championship over the Miami Heat. In the midst of his rant, he did praise Pitbull for his positive work in the community.
Check it out below:
“I’ve got a message for Lil Wayne, his Cash Money Brothers, DJ Khaled, Puff Daddy and all the rappers from other parts of the country who now live in Miami. I’m tired of seeing these cats using up our beaches, soaking up our sunshine, taking over the nightclubs, and sleeping with our women without investing anything into the community. I want to know when Lil Wayne is going to do more than show up courtside at the American Airlines Arena. Hell, it’s not like he paid for them anyway. You know he got comped.
This free loading and mooching of my city has got to stop. There used to be a day when out of town rappers were scared to throw their weight around Miami. It didn’t matter if they were coming from New York or Los Angeles, they knew better than to act like they owned this motherf*cker.
Artists knew better than to come to Miami and disrespect us. But now folks in Miami’s entertainment industry have gone soft, turning into a bunch of groupies just because they want to say they drank Rozay with the Cash Money crew. Just ’cause Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled are from New Orleans doesn’t mean they don’t have to be a part of the community. They’re getting rich under fun and sun. They rap in their songs about King of Diamonds and LIV nightclub, where Lil Wayne was partying it up with Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks after they beat the Miami Heat for the NBA championship.
What kind of sell-out move is that? I want to see Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Puff Daddy and all their boys start doing more for Miami. I want to see them doing fundraisers to help youth sports and after school programs. I want to see them at FCAT rallies. I want to see them do like Pitbull who works closely with the Kiwanis Club in Little Havana and DJ Irie who puts on a charity weekend for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
I’m giving them a deadline. They got until January 1. If I don’t see them giving back to the Magic City, I’m gonna have their Miami cards revoked. They won’t be getting into any more nightclubs. They won’t be able to go near our women. And Lil Wayne is gonna have to find floor seats for New Orleans Hornets home games because he won’t be allowed inside the Triple A.”
Uncle Luke put a deadline on those dudes! If they don’t put together a charity basketball game or something by January 1, 2012, he is banning them from his city. But, when did Luke become the gatekeeper of Miami? If my memory serves me well, he tried to run for Mayor and his city didn’t elect him!
Let me go book my flight to Miami before Uncle Luke bans me. Until next time…. Xaviera