Lil Wayne and Kanye West take the stage at NYC hip hop station Hot 97′s Summer Jam Concert on Sunday.

Lil Wayne’s in trouble again; but this time it’s copyright infringement that could land the “Lollipop” star back in a court of law. Country singer Karma Ann Swanepoel has filed a lawsuit in Louisiana alleging Wayne jacked her track “Once” for his single “I Feel Like Dying,” TMZ.com reports.

Lil Wayne has signed on to play a basketball star alongside Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker in the new film The Patriots.

Bey and Weezy have hopped on a remix of Usher’s new hit single “Love In This Club.”

Usher Ft. Lil Wayne & Beyonce “Love In This Club”

Rolling Stone Magazine has christened N.O-bred rapper Lil Wayne 2008′s “Best MC.”

Rolling Stone writes:

Lil Wayne has two primary passions: making music and smoking weed. Tonight, those have come into conflict. Wayne is sitting on his tour bus in New Orleans, having come back to his hometown for two concerts. He’d like to head into a studio to do some mixing for Tha Carter III, 2008′s most anticipated rap album. But there’s a problem. Wayne isn’t allowed to smoke in the studio. So he stays on the bus, lighting blunt after blunt and watching Animal Planet on the TV. He’ll sleep there tonight for the same reason: Wayne can’t smoke in his hotel room either.

This is the last in a series of supposed album covers for Lil Wayne forthcoming LP, The Carter III.

Lil Wayne on the May 2008 issue of Vibe Magazine.