Editing Lil Wayne (section)

===Sports media===
On September{{spaces}}24, 2008, Carter published his first blog for [[ESPN]] in their issue, ''[[ESPN The Magazine]]''. Carter said that he was a fan of tennis, the [[Green Bay Packers]], the [[Boston Bruins]], the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and the [[Boston Red Sox]]. To commemorate the Packers' making it to [[Super Bowl XLV]], he spoofed [[Wiz Khalifa]]'s hit song "[[Black and Yellow]]" (which were the colors of the Packers' opponents, the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]) in a song titled "Green and Yellow".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lil-wayne/news/45468-lil-wayne-talks-sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303070139/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lil-wayne/news/45468-lil-wayne-talks-sport|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2009|title=Lil Wayne Talks Sport|date=September 26, 2008|publisher=MTV News UK|access-date=April 24, 2011}}</ref> He released a second version of the song in 2021, which was requested by the Packers, and updated with the current roster.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 17, 2021|title=Lil Wayne releases new version of NFL anthem 'Green And Yellow'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lil-wayne-releases-new-version-of-nfl-anthem-green-and-yellow-2858227|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=NME}}</ref> Carter has continued writing for ESPN, notably reporting at the ESPN [[Super Bowl]] party.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3878291|title=From Super Bowl XLIII: Lil Wayne and Rick Reilly|author1=Lil Wayne|last2=Reilly|first2=Rick|date=February 2, 2009|work=ESPN the Magazine|access-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref>

On January{{spaces}}6, 2009, Carter was a guest debater against [[Skip Bayless]] on the "1st & 10" segment of ''[[ESPN First Take]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3814076|title=Lil Wayne Debates Skip|date=January 6, 2009|publisher=ESPN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122021943/http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3814076|archive-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref> On February{{spaces}}10, 2009, he appeared on ESPN's [[Around the Horn]] and beat out veterans [[Woody Paige]], [[Jay Mariotti]] and fellow New Orleanian [[Michael Smith (sports reporter)|Michael Smith]] to win that show's episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=2839445|title=Around The Horn Archived Podcasts|date=February 10, 2009|publisher=ESPN|access-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref>

Carter made his debut on ESPN's daily sports round table show ''Around The Horn'' on February{{spaces}}10, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mooney |first=Michael J. |url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2009/02/lil_wayne_wears_a_lil_wade_aid.php |title=Lil Wayne Wears a Lil Wade, Aids in Heat Win |work=The Juice |publisher=BrowardPalmBeach.com |date=February 25, 2009 |access-date=December 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228165111/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2009/02/lil_wayne_wears_a_lil_wade_aid.php |archive-date=February 28, 2010 }}</ref> Carter created the intro song "No Mercy" for the [[Fox Sports 1]] sports debate show ''[[Skip and Shannon: Undisputed|Undisputed]]''. After [[Shannon Sharpe]]'s departure from the show, Carter created a new theme song for ''Undisputed:'' "Good Morning".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/watch/play-69b0aa13800102c|title= 'Good Morning,' Undisputed's new theme song |work=[[Fox Sports]]|date=August 28, 2023|accessdate=August 28, 2023}}</ref> Carter also joined the series as a regular guest opposite Bayless.<ref>{{cite web|last=Griffin|first=Marc|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lil-wayne-set-join-skip-161535852.html|title=Lil Wayne Set To Join Skip Bayless As 'Undisputed' Regular|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|date=August 4, 2023|accessdate=August 28, 2023}}</ref>

Carter has mentioned being a fan of Latvian tennis player [[Jelena Ostapenko]], and was extended an invite to the [[2024 US Open - Women's doubles|2024 US Open]]. Carter also thanked Ostapenko, who attended Drake's tour featuring Lil Wayne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/baseline/articles/quote-of-the-day-lil-wayne-accepts-jelena-ostapenko-s-tennis-invite-ima-have-to-pull-up|title=Quote of the Day: Lil Wayne accepts Jelena Ostapenko's tennis invite: "Ima have to pull up"|publisher=Tennis Channel|date=4 July 2024|accessdate=25 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/4051183/is-rapper-lil-wayne-ostapenkos-biggest-fan-yes|title=Is rapper Lil Wayne Ostapenko's biggest fan? Yes.|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|date=9 July 2024|accessdate=25 January 2025}}</ref>