Lil Wayne has joined Zulu Nation, according to Q-Tip. Observe the following tweets:
Help me in welcoming @LilTunechi to fold of the Zulus
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) November 26, 2014
We need all the help we can get these r URGENT times and if folks are HEARTFELT in lending a face a voice a view so be it! Don't judge — QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) November 26, 2014
Afrika Bambaataa founded the group in the '70s in order to curb urban youths away from gangs. Q-Tip's A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Public Enemy joined the cause in the '80s, alongside several other artists.
From the Zulu Nation website: The Universal Zulu Nation foundation at first was organize [sic] from uniting street organizations in the Bronx, New York who went by the names of the Black Spades, Savage Nomads, Seven Immortals, Savage Skulls. A large base member ship came from out these specific groups, especially The Black Spades, It was through the ideal of Organizing many youth who were involve in many of these specific groups to be part of something new that was about to come on the scene in a different way.
Wayne isn't exactly the type of hyper-politically conscious entertainer that usually joins up, but we can't fault him for contributing to the betterment of society.
LW spent much of this year touring with protégé Drake, who hinted at another jaunt after the release of his new album and Wayne's Tha Carter V.
"We're tied up tonight," he said on the final night. "I know there has to be a winner or they want to see a winner, but I've got an idea. I feel like, you put out this Carter V, I put out this Views from the 6, we do this tour again next year and we start that b---- in Houston."
