The Transformation Of Lil Wayne From 8 To 38 Years Old

Just days ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Lil Wayne took to his Twitter account to share a photo of himself next to then-President Donald Trump in what looked like an endorsement. In the caption, the rapper praised what the former president had done "so far with criminal reform" and showed enthusiasm for his proposed Platinum Plan for Black Americans, which included prosecuting the Ku Klux Klan and Antifa as terrorist organizations and making Juneteenth a federal holiday, as CNN detailed.

"Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he's done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership," Wayne wrote in the caption on Oct. 29, 2020. "He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done."

His post was penned 10 months after Wayne was arrested when police found a gun and bullets on his private plane in Miami, for which he was facing 10 years in prison, per the BBC. On Jan. 19, 2021, his last day as president, Trump pardoned the rapper.

His seeming endorsement of Trump divided his fans. While the post received more than 422,000 likes, its comments section was flooded with messages from disappointed admirers. 

"hi Dwayne (...) it is still very sad to see you actually stand with a president who is a white supremacist less than a week before elections. this is so very harmful," one wrote. Ouch!

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