Lil Wayne To Join The ATH Panel For A Day
Monday, February 09, 2009
If there is anyone out there crazier than Woody Paige, Lil Wayne is probably the guy. The rapper has already appeared on First Take multiple times, and has his own blog on ESPN.com, but ESPN has decided that's not enough. Wayne will be on the panel of tomorrow's airing of Around the Horn. Seriously....
Fresh off his four wins at the 2009 Grammy Awards Sunday night, rapper Lil’ Wayne will be a panelist on ESPN’s Around the Horn Tuesday at 5 p.m. He will match wits with regular reporters Woody Paige, Jay Mariotti and Michael Smith in the 30-minute sports debate program moderated and scored by Tony Reali. Lil’ Wayne, who contributes to ESPNthemag.com and has appeared on ESPN's First Take and, led performer nominations with nine and won four -- Best Rap Album (for Tha Carter III), Best Rap Solo Performance ("A Milli"), Best Rap Performance by Group or Duo ("Swagga Like Us"), and Best Rap Song ("Lollipop"). He will appear on ATH from Los Angeles.I guess you can't really make that show anymore annoying than it already is, and Lil Wayne is actually pretty good during his appearances on First Take. With that said, this seems to be inline with a lot of the other current gimmicks on the network to garner ratings for certain shows.
Set your TIVOs now, folks!
(Via ESPN PR)
7 Comments:
Poor Michael Smith. Guy needs a better agent.
Too bad Chris Brown had to cancel at the last minute.
In all seriousness, I will watch this episode just to see him, even though i dread this show. Good Job by ESPN except for nothing else than creating buzz for a GOD AWFUL SHOW WITH HACK'S.
Pathetic.
This is supposed to be a sports network but they will continue their B.S. that appeals to the young and mainstream.
Like who the fuck cares what Lil Wayne has to say about anything?
Ya'll are haters. Let the man give his opinion. If you don't like change the channel. Bitches.
In related news ESPN has now officialy Jumped The Shark!
What? No DMX?