Lil Wayne thinks none of the artists on his record label should be disrespected. The 29-year-old rapper recently pulled Nicki Minaj - who is on his Young Money label - out of the Summer Jam Concert in the US when radio DJ Peter Rosenberg slated her track 'Starships', and he believes anyone he signs up to work with him deserves a certain level of reverence. He said: 'That's a female, first and foremost Nicki Minaj is a female. I don't know what anyone else believes, but I believe females deserve the ultimate respect at all times no matter, when or where or how. 'As soon as she called and told me she felt disrespected, I just declined everything. I pulled her from the show because no one that works with me will be disrespected in my presence as long as I'm on this planet.' Wayne also pulled his artist DJ Khaled from performing at the same event following the criticism, but he admits he has no bad feelings because of it. He added to MTV News: 'I expect ...

Jason Merritt/Getty Images Lil Wayne has made it clear in no uncertain terms that he sticks up for his Young Money stable of artistsbut especially the women on his label's roster. In an interview with MTV News , Weezy explained his decision to cancel protg Nicki Minaj 's headlining gig at New York City's annual Hot 97 Summer Jam two weeks ago, saying it had to do with one simple thing: a lack of respect for women from the radio station's DJ Peter Rosenberg , who dissed the "Starships" rapper in front of her fans before she was set to go on. MORE: Lil Wayne Pulls Nicki Minaj Out of Radio Concert After DJ Diss Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player . "That's a female; first and foremost Nicki Minaj is a female. I don't know what anyone else believes, but I believe females deserve the ultimate respect at all times no matter, when or where or how," Lil Wayne told ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) With a clothing line and a powerhouse group of artists under his umbrella, Lil Wayne claims he's trying to stay above the fray. The rapper says "there's no beef" between himself and Pusha T, despite back-and-forth diss songs released in recent weeks. Conflict between the two, simmering for years, boiled over when Pusha T of The Clipse signed with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music group released a track targeting Lil Wayne and his Young Money signee Drake. Lil Wayne, who rarely responds in such cases, quickly released a brief song online called "Ghoulish" aimed at Pusha T "and anybody that love him." But in an interview at a Los Angeles Macy's department store to promote his skateboarding-inspired Trukfit clothing line, Lil Wayne told The Associated Press he doesn't plan to escalate the Pusha T conflict. He's got business and fashion on his mind. ___ AP: What's next musically? And what happened in the beef between...

Lil Wayne, whose sexist lyrics have pissed off grown-up feminists and five-year-old feminists alike, explained that he pulled Nicki Minaj from Summer Jam because women ought to be respected. In a move that showed little respect for the authority of the woman in question, Lil Wayne, who signed Minaj to his record label in 2009, pulled her from Hot 97's Summer Jam concert earlier this month , after she was insulted by a DJ from the station, who said one of her songs was not "real hip-hop." Weezy announced his decision, respectfully, on Twitter. He explained himself for the first time in an interview that aired on MTV News on Monday. First of all, I approached the situation like this: that's a female, first and foremost. Nicki Minaj is a female. I don't know what anyone else believe, but I believe that females deserve the ultimate respect at all times no matter what, where, when or how. So as soon as she called me and said she felt disrespected, I just declined eve...

Rapper Lil Wayne has opened up about his decision to pull Nicki Minaj from the bill at Hot 97's Summer Jam in New York earlier this month (Jun12), insisting no one who works with him will be "disrespected". Minaj was scheduled to headline the gig with Nas, Foxy Brown, Cam'ron and Lil Wayne himself as special guests, but her label boss axed the show at the last minute after hearing that Hot 97 Dj Peter Rosenberg had criticised Minaj and her style of rap-pop earlier in the day. Speaking with Mtv News, Wayne says, "First and foremost, Nicki Minaj is a female. I don't know what anyone else believes, but I believe females deserve the ultimate respect at all times, no matter when or where or how." Minaj has already spoken out about the Summer Jam no-show during an hour-long radio chat with Hot 97 Dj Funkmaster Flex, in which she stated, "When you want our team to come to your show, treat us with respect." Former Fugees star Lauryn Hill replaced Minaj...

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne has no plans to give New York's Hot 97 an apology for pulling his Young Money team from performing at its Summer Jam concert earlier this month and now defends his swift action. According to Weezy F. Baby, disrespecting Nicki Minaj cost Hot 97 a Young Money takeover . "That's a female; first and foremost Nicki Minaj is a female. I don't know what anyone else believes, but I believe females deserve the ultimate respect at all times no matter, when or where or how," Wayne said in an interview. "As soon as she called me and told me she felt disrespected, I just declined everything -- I pulled her from the show because ... no person that works with me will be disrespected in my presence as long as I'm on this planet." ( MTV ) Recently, Minaj revealed plans to put on her own free New York City concert. "Just run the entire interview. Don't chop nothing else. I will tell you this one last thing: When I sat in th...

Birdman hails from New Orleans, but his favorite basketball team is from Miami, where he now resides. So when it comes to picking a favorite for this year's NBA Finals matchup between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cash Money CEO is very clear. "It's Miami Heat all day in every kinda way," Baby told MTV News on Friday. We caught up with Bird and Cash Money's newest signee, DJ Greg Street, in Atlanta while Street was broadcasting live from V-103. In anticipation of Sunday night's Game 3, Street urged OKC star Kevin Durant to put on a show, but Birdman was taking things just a bit more personally. "OKC gotta pay for their disrespect that they did with my son that never would be honored," he said with a smirk. Back in May, Birdman's "son" (and #1 selling artist on Cash Money) Lil Wayne wanted to take in an NBA Western Conference Finals game in Oklahoma City, but team officials refused to give Weezy any special treatme...