Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne Discusses Nicki Controversy

''She Says She Was Disrespected'' 4:30PM ET June 18th, 2012 Contributor : Stephen Willis A Rocky Williform Company Lil Wayne has broken his silence regarding Nicki Minaj's controversial cancellation of her Hot 97 Summer Jam performance earlier this month. The controversy began with Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg appearing onstage at the showcase and blasting Minaj and her music. Shortly afterwards, Wayne told Nicki not to take the stage. "First of all, I approached the situation like this: that's a female, first and foremost," he said. "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 everything and pulled her from the show because first of all, no person that works with me - because no one works for me - no person that works with me will be disrespected in my presence as long as I'm on this planet." "And like I said, she's a female, first and foremost, so I expect the red carpet - in her manner, the pink carpet - to be laid out for her," he said. "But like I said, it's just an executive move, no bad feelings, no hard feelings. It's just like I said, in my opinion, she says she was disrespected. That's a woman. I feel like a woman is supposed to be respected at all times. Therefore, I feel like I made the right decision."