"Was going to go to the Thunder game tonight but was denied by the team to be in their arena. Wow. Smh. Go Spurs!," tweeted the rap superstar the night of Game 3, which was played in Oklahoma City.
Thunder stars Kevin Durant and James Harden offered him tickets to attend Game 4 of the same series, with Durant offering the rapper two tickets in an attempt to bring some celebrity power to Oklahoma City.
While "Lil Weezy" refused to show up for the game, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest was shown courtside during the game, prompting the rapper to hint that race may have played a role in him being denied seats to the previous game.
“That’s not the point, though,” Lil Wayne said. “It’s the players stepping up but, of course, the players aren’t white. I don’t want to be sitting there on behalf of you and I’m sitting next to a (person) that’s like ‘I don’t want this (guy) sitting next to me.’"
Although he was still upset with the Thunder, the multi-platinum rapper turned up at the Chesapeake Energy Arena for Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Heat and Thunder on Tuesday night.
However, Lil Wayne was still apparently offended or upset by something the staff at the arena did or said to him at some point during his visit.
"Again I was treated like sh!t by the Thunder arena staff...dam..I hope da Heat beat da dog sh!t out em!!" he tweeted about his experience at Game 1.
While he may be upset with the Thunder and their staff, it's not much of a surprise he would cheer for the Heat, as he is routinely at their games when they play at home in Miami anyway, including during their Eastern Conference Finals run against the Boston Celtics.
As matter of fact, I fully expect the self-proclaimed best rapper alive to be sitting courtside in his normal spot Saturday night at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami cheering for the Heat.
Do you agree with Lil Wayne that the Oklahoma City staff has treated him differently due to race? Or do you think they did the right thing by not catering to the millionaire rapper? Share your thoughts below in the comments section.
I believe that Lil Wayne may be more put off by the fact that his "status" didn't get him a seat.
ReplyDeleteIt was explained that courtside seats were SOLD OUT. What were they supposed to do, make someone else move?
He was offered tickets to other seats for that game, but turned them down? He was offered courtside seats to a different game and turned those down as well?
Naw, I'm more of the belief that this was a sense of "entitlement" as opposed to racism. If he looked over and saw Ryan Seacrest seated courtside, it's very possible that Ryan received his ticket(s) prior to their selling out.
I'm sorry, I do not believe that "celebrities" should be pampered and catered to by sheer virtue of their celebritydom.
"Giving" them tickets to draw other celebrities is a smart move, but for them to just expect to receive star treatment everywhere they go, and "just because"...I don't think it should happen like that.
It Lil Wayne wants to impress, I challenge him to PURCHASE tickets for 100 under-privileged youth and take them to see one of the games.
THEN he might realize how blessed he is and stop believing that people owe HIM something.
I agree 100%.
DeleteI think it has a lot more to do with a sense of entitlement than it does any potential racism.
He was likely treated differently by staff at Game 1 because he accused them of being racists during the previous series.
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