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On 13th August 2021, Lil Wayne performed onstage at the Uproar Hip-Hop Festival at Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum. The rapper along with his lifestyle brand, GKUA, hosted a glamorous, fun-fill Uproar Hip-Hop Festival at The Torch, located outdoors. The immersive and interactive music, arts and nightlife experience was presented by Mandolin.

Lil Wayne was the star of the event, with surprise guest appearances from, The Game, Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa. The first major act on stage was by Big Latto, followed by Polo G. During her performance, Big Latto performed some of her Fan-favorites like The Biggest, No Hook and He Say She Say. Her performance was followed by Polo G and he delivered his famous tracks including Epidemic and Rapstar. 

Later on the evening, the rapper Lil Wayne performed a medley of his biggest hits including Good Kush and Alcohol, How to Love, Mrs. Officer and Rich as F---. 

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Before Big Latto appeared onstage, many dancers showed off their skills during the Uproar Dance Competition. While solo Performers were competing for a cash prize of $3,000 dance duos were competing for $5,000 as cash prize. Ahead of this, various upcoming artists took the chance to perform their original music.

Among other performers were: Young Money Featuring Gudda Gudda, Cory Gunz, Lil Twist, Hoodie Baby, Euro, Jay Jones, Yaj Kader and Mellow Rackz. R&B hitmaker Mario was one among those who attended the festival. 

In addition to the live main stage show and dance competition, the viewers also had access to backstage cameras, pre-recorded content, pre-show entertainment, and roaming audience cameras. Viewers with VIP All Access Virtual Tickets had access to the artist tent, where fans were offered a chance to interact with Lil Wayne and other artists.

According to reports from Offbeat fans from all over the world were able to access the Uproar experience from the digital stage to other areas of the festival, taking part in Uproar in real-time as if they were at The Torch in person. The interactive live stream features include chatting with friends, joining watch parties, engaging in on-site activations, and purchasing exclusive merchandise. 

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, when asked, “It must be a complicated time to headline and organize a big festival,” the rapper responded by saying, “It’s pretty exciting, bro. The show I had probably a month ago in Miami, that was the first time I’d been onstage in so long, I actually had to rehearse the songs. I love performing so much that there’s no usually no real prep for me. It’s just totally ‘What time should I be there.’ But with [Uproar], it changes every day. I always like to give people a peek at everything we’ve got going on with Young Money, but yes, there are a bunch of difficult things going on too. It’d be impossible not to think about that. So we asked what’s the best approach [to safety] we can take?”

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The Uproar Hip-Hop Festival came one year after the release of Lil Wayne’s 13th studio album, Funeral which peaked at No.1 on the Billboards 200 and charted for 19 weeks.

-Aditi