Lil Wayne‘s upcoming Lil WeezyAna Festival will mark a full reunion of the Cash Money Millionaires as he has added Big Tymers to the lineup.
The duo, made up of Birdman and Mannie Fresh, confirmed their participation in the event on Thursday (September 5), with the Cash Money co-founder writing on Instagram: “Can’t do a reunion without STUNNA BIG TYMERS baby!”
Topping the bill is the first proper Hot Boys reunion that will see Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk share the stage for the first time in years.
Mannie Fresh was previously announced as a performer, with the legendary producer also set to deliver a “special DJ set,” while fellow New Orleans native Rob49 is another confirmed act.
The festival, produced by Live Nation Urban, Young Money and DMANI, takes place on November 2 at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center.
Tickets went on sale today (September 6) at 8 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster.
While the Big Tymers have previously reunited and put their past issues behind them, the road to a Hot Boys reunion has been anything but smooth.
In July, B.G. and Turk began feuding after Birdman’s Cash Money reunion set at Essence Festival, during which he brought out B.G., Juvenile and Mannie Fresh but not Turk.
Following the performance, Gizzle took aim at his former groupmate, saying: “It’s only one n-gga ain’t in this bitch, ya heard me? He brought that on hisself, ya heard me? N-gga did a bunch of ho shit and can’t take it back. He gotta fault his self for not being here.
“I know there’s gonna be a lot of people that’s like, ‘Oh, well, such and such, whoop de whoop.’ The n-gga know what he did last summer. And I’ma just leave it like that.”
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Turk hit back by telling B.G. to “sit his muthafucking ass down somewhere” while declaring that he would not be involved in a Hot Boys reunion.
In response, the “Bling Bling” rapper downplayed Turk’s role in Hot Boys, comparing him to Destiny’s Child outcast LeToya Luckett, and claimed that he would not be missed if a reunion were to happen without him.
Juvie has also announced that a new Hot Boys album is in the works, which would mark the group’s first since 2003’s Let ‘Em Burn.
But this, too, has been met with conflicting responses from the rest of the group, with Lil Wayne appearing clueless about the project when asked about it on NFL star Cam Heywood’s Not Just Football podcast.
“That’s what he [said]? I ain’t been to the kitchen yet. I would not lie to you, I have not been in that kitchen yet,” Weezy said. “I have no problem with going to that kitchen, but I ain’t smell it, it ain’t come through the window yet. I ain’t smell the food […] They ain’t told me nothing yet.”
