While Lil Wayne is famous for his purple drank, he is known to smoke a lot of weed-maybe how his name became associated with the drug.
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Since at least 2015, Tunechi also became a nickname for synthetic marijuana, better known by the slang names spice or K2. Such a favorite nickname it is of his that in February 2010, Lil Wayne joined Twitter with the handle MY CITY: this Father’s Day help me support boys in New Orleans who are growing up fatherless by making a donation in honor of your father or mentor who supports you with Donate directly at /Am0rvcH2cA The first time Lil Wayne publicly referred to himself as Tunechi was on “Run This Town” on his 2009 mixtape No Ceilings: “Anybody’s beat, I’m gon’ go Archie bonkers/ Tunechi be the wildest, let’s run the metropolis.” It immediately became one of Lil Wayne’s most beloved nicknames, inspiring variations such as Lil Tunechi, Tunechi Bitch, and Tunechi the Boss. New Lil Wayne 2012 Carter 5 leak New Lil Wayne - New Lil Wayne 2012 Carter 5 leak Lil Wayne - New 2012 Carter 5 leak Lil Wayne - Lil Wayne feat.
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The – chi was added on later, as Carter explains in a video: “Like Gucci, I say Tunechi!” The full nickname has been said to be something like Tunchieliounchis-but was wisely shortened to Tunechi for the rest of us. Tunechi comes from Lil Tune, a pet name Lil Wayne’s late grandmother, Mercedes Carter, gave to him when he was young.
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One of his go-tos is Tunechi, sometimes stylized as Lil Tunechi. Lil Wayne has dozens of nicknames-some given to him by others, some adopted all on his own (Young Money Democrat comes to mind).