Lil Wayne teams with Craig Carton for weekly video podcast
The rapper and the sports radio host will launch The Joint Venture Show on July 22, with sports, music and pop culture on the menu.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Lil Wayne is heading back behind a podcast mic, this time with sports talk radio host Craig Carton as his weekly sparring partner.
Deadline reports that the rapper and Carton will launch The Joint Venture Show on July 22, with episodes set to appear on YouTube and other platforms. The video podcast is being produced by Magilla Entertainment, the company whose credits include Peacock’s O’ahu Shores and Discovery’s Moonshiners.
The show brings Wayne back to the podcast lane after his earlier Apple Music series, Young Money Radio. This new one pairs him with Carton for a loose weekly hang built around sports, music, entertainment and pop culture, according to Deadline.
What the show will cover
Deadline says each episode will find Wayne winding down with Carton and a guest after the rapper finishes performing for crowds. The planned chatter includes the week’s biggest and strangest stories, from celebrity beefs and breaking news to barbershop-style debates.
The show’s topics are expected to include arguments over the greatest rappers, the worst collapses in sports and the most disappointing movie sequels, according to the report.
Before the official launch, Wayne and Carton are set to tape an episode in front of a live audience at Fanatics Fest on July 19. Deadline reports that Eli Manning, Amar’e Stoudemire and Darrelle Revis are lined up as guests for that event.
Who is behind it
The Joint Venture Show is executive produced by Lil Wayne, Carton, Matthew Ostrom, Laura Palumbo Johnson, Jason Fox and Fabian Marasciullo, according to Deadline.
Wayne, in a statement reported by Deadline, described the appeal of a good podcast as the feeling of hanging out with friends and talking as if no audience is listening.
“The best podcasts feel like you just kicking it with your people, talking the same way you do when nobody’s listening,” Wayne said. “Ima light one up with the homie Craig and we gonna talk our shit about whatever the day brings. You never know who’s gonna pull up or where the conversation’s gonna go.”
Carton said the show gives the pair a reason to keep doing the kinds of conversations they already have, while adding guests to the mix.
“There’s nothing better than swapping takes with Wayne on sports, pop culture and a whole host of other topics,” Carton said, according to Deadline. “The Joint Venture Show gives us a great excuse to keep doing what we’ve been doing for years, while also having some famous friends stop by and chop it up with us. There’s no better job in the world.”
The July 22 debut puts the series in a crowded celebrity podcast field, but its pitch is direct: Wayne, Carton, famous guests and a weekly pileup of arguments from sports, music and the wider pop-culture circus.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.