{"id":803744,"date":"2020-02-03T04:41:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=946781"},"modified":"2020-02-03T04:41:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:41:09","slug":"watch-lil-wayne-cover-lenny-kravitz-on-the-masked-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-lil-wayne-cover-lenny-kravitz-on-the-masked-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Lil Wayne Cover Lenny Kravitz on \u2018The Masked Singer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.34.59-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>During the season three premiere of <em>The Masked Singer<\/em>, which aired following the Super Bowl, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lil-wayne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lil-wayne\" data-tag=\"lil-wayne\">Lil Wayne<\/a> was unveiled as the robot. After the rapper performed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lenny-kravitz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lenny-kravitz\" data-tag=\"lenny-kravitz\">Lenny Kravitz<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAre You Gonna Go My Way,\u201d he revealed himself to the audience to the surprise of the judges, who had guessed the robot was Shaun White or Johnny Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86RNfeLDeZQ?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After taking off his robot mask (and showcasing his diamond grills), Wayne said he picked the costume for his kids. \u201cSo when my kids watch the show with me I know they\u2019re gonna like the robot costume.\u201d He also confirmed the judges\u2019 assertion that he\u2019s one of the best-selling artists of all time. \u201cMore than Elvis,\u201d the rapper quipped.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EMGhytf3kgU?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lil Wayne dropped his 13th studio album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lil-wayne-new-album-funeral-942396\/\"><em>Funeral <\/em><\/a>via Young Money Records\/Republic Records last week. The album follows Lil Wayne\u2019s 2018 album,&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/lil-wayne-carter-v-review-731936\/\">Tha Carter V<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/i>which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lil-wayne-carter-v-730344\/\">arrived<\/a> after numerous label delays and a lengthy feud with Cash Money. Over the past two years, the rapper appeared on two tracks from DJ Khaled\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/dj-khaleds-father-of-asahd-837600\/\"><i>Father of Asahd<\/i><\/a>, while also jumping on songs like 2 Chainz\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2-chains-lil-wayne-e-40-2-dollar-bill-video-820601\/\">\u201c2 Dollar Bill,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;Juvenile and Birdman\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/juvenile-birdman-lil-wayne-new-song-ride-dat-878225\/\">\u201cRide Dat\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;and Travis Barker\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/blink-182-travis-barker-gimme-brain-lil-wayne-rick-ross-dta-records-926227\/\">\u201cGimme Brain.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lil-wayne-the-masked-singer-946781\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the season three premiere of The Masked Singer, which aired following the Super Bowl, Lil Wayne was unveiled as the robot. After the rapper performed Lenny Kravitz\u2019s \u201cAre You Gonna Go My Way,\u201d he revealed himself to the audience to the surprise of the judges, who had guessed the robot was Shaun White or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 22:39:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}