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Not everyone has a "daddy" like Lil Wayne, but what if someone gave you a Louis Vuitton suitcase filled with a million dollars for your birthday? What would you do with it?

The photo caption from WENN says it all:

Lil Wayne stunned by $1 million birthday gift
Birthday boy LIL WAYNE was left stunned when mentor and pal BIRDMAN handed him $1 million (GBP540,000) at his 26th birthday party in Miami, Florida on Tuesday night (07Oct08).
Stars like DJ Khaled and Akon looked on in amazement as the Got Money hitmaker opened a briefcase Birdman handed him and discovered it was full of crisp new bills. A stunned party guest says, "Lil Wayne was left speechless. He was almost in tears when he hugged his friend. I mean, who wouldn't like $1 million as a birthday gift?" The Club Mansion bash was a lavish affair all round - one of the party's main attractions was an ice sculpture full of frozen $100 bills.

Not only is it completely ridiculous to give a millionaire a million dollars for his birthday, it's also extremely uncreative, obnoxious, and, some would argue, insensitive, given our current economic meltdown. Didn't anyone ever tell Birdman it's the thought that counts?

Remember when Lil Wayne was actually little and helped usher "bling," one of the more obnoxious words and general movements to come out of hip hop, into the cultural lexicon? Were those the good ol' days?

Like so many exes of celebrities before her, 24-year-old Toya Carter is writing a book about her ex-husband and the father of her 9-year-old daughter. Yes, the former Mrs. Lil Wayne is planning a tell-all about her life with the eccentric hip hop star, whom she divorced in 2006 after a two-year marriage. She made the announcement on her MySpace page, and asked her fans (?) what topics she should cover. [AHH]

Lil Wayne reportedly refused to take the stage at Friday night's "Fashion Rocks" event because he didn't want his bag checked by security. So he bailed, then changed his mind and acted like a pain in the ass for the rest of the night.

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The Video Music Awards aired on MTV last night for the 25th year in a row. I have come to two possible conclusions about the show. They are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
1) The VMAs are not good anymore.

2) I am too old to fully enjoy them.

For those of you who actually busied themselves doing something productive last night, here's a rundown of what you would have seen if you had more time on your hands: Lil Wayne hopping about the stage with T-Pain in an outfit that would have gotten him arrested in Rivera Beach and then hitting the stage again with Kid Rock, Kanye singing his new song "Love Lockdown" (people will be critical, and he will throw a tantrum), famous-in-the-UK host Russell Brand making a lot of political/chastity jokes and inspiring promise-ring-wearing Jordin Sparks to imply that those of us without promise rings are sluts, Rihanna performing twice, much to the delight of Chris Brown, MTV inexplicably scheduling good artists like Lupe Fiasco during commercial breaks, Christina Aguilera remixing Genie in a Bottle and then lip-syncing her new song, Jamie Foxx acting like an idiot, and a lithe Britney Spears woodenly accepting three pity awards. The end. Photos after the jump.

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James Montgomery, panelist on MTV's video show (yes, it's gotten to the point where music televison has to set aside a half hour dedicated to actually playing music), FNMTV, wrote a column for MTV.com counting down his most memoral moments from the show's first season. This was the thing that struck him most about Lil Wayne when he met him: "Lil Wayne's hair smells like a mixture of stubbed-out Phillies Blunts and a gallon of cough syrup. I wish I were making this up." Yep, that sounds about right.

• De La Soul, Cypress Hill, Slick Rick and others will be honored at the next VH1 Hip Hop Honors' [SP]

• "A Love Supreme? John Coltrane, Lil Wayne and the Post-Trauma Blues" [CN]

• A look at the old Common, before the Gap ads. [TAN]

• Rohan Marley says his wife, Lauryn Hill, is on the comeback trail. So, that settles it: Pot does make people delusional. [XXL]

• Celebrities remember Bernie Mac. [MTV, HH]

• New theory: John Edwards' cover up cost Hillary Clinton the nomination. [ABC]

• Mr. T said he didn't mean to offend anyone with homophobic Snickers ad. [SP]

• India.Arie's Broadway debut will be delayed. Money woes. [SB]

• "I don’t watch anything where they go ‘action’ and ‘cut’ cause that means its not real. If I wanna see some acting, I can get 15 naked b*tches to act out a scene. I’m a real life nigga. Life’s too short for me to die tomorrow and the only thing I know about is the last episode of Law and Order.” — Lil Wayne [NB]

• Diddy and Cassie are not getting married, says Diddy. [People]

• Chris Brown is set to star in the one millionth dance competition show on television. [EUR]

• Something went terribly wrong between the time the wax statue of Tyra Banks at Madame Tussauds' DC location looks a lot better than the one in New York. The hair is spot on, though. [C&D]

• Lil Wayne messes with the Rolling Stones, gets sued. [Bossip]

The money, which often isn't as much as one might think, that recording artists make off of their music these days is enough to make the average person very happy, but not quite enough to fund the crazy, extravagant lifestyles that they like to publicly flaunt. Hence, the ubiquitous clothing lines, colognes, footwear lines, and other branding deals. In recent days there have been a flurry of such deals, from high brow to low brow

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• So this is what desperate, has-been reality stars do with their TV winnings. While the shirtless sales pitch might get Alton some unwanted emails, it probably won't inspire anyone to buy his scooter. [TMZ]

• I will never drink a beverage called Booty Sweat. [C&D]

• David Banner's fake campaign ad he made to publicize his new album might have been more effective if someone had told him one doesn't run for the position of Secretary of Homeland Security. [SR]

• Something tells me Lil Wayne will never have a tattoo-related change of heart like Skateboard P. [NB]

• Whites and old people don't like Michelle Obama, black people love her, and no one knows (or cares?) enough about Cindy McCain to form an opinion one way or another. [Time]