Video: Travis Hunter Shouts Out Lil Wayne in Heisman Speech with Rapper in Attendance

Heisman victor Travis Hunter has his fiancée to convey for introducing him to 1 of the astir notable rappers successful the world, Lil Wayne.

The 21-year-old admitted during his 2024 Heisman Trophy acceptance reside connected Saturday that he was unfamiliar pinch Lil Wayne's euphony earlier gathering his fiancée, Leanna Lenee.

"Wayne, you don't cognize really you came into our life. My fiancée loves you," Hunter said arsenic the rapper sat alongside Colorado coach Deion Sanders and teammate Shedeur Sanders. "I didn't cognize nary of your songs until she fto maine cognize because I don't perceive to music. She fto maine know, she told me, 'You gotta perceive to this. If you're going to perceive to (music), perceive to Wayne.'"

As he pumped himself up for games wherever he averaged 96 yards per crippled offensively and dominated connected defense, Hunter admitted he was plugged into Lil Wayne's music.

"From that time on, that is each I perceive to," Hunter said. "Pregame music, those are the songs I'm listening to. When I get successful that TRX and I blast that music, I'm listening to Wayne."

The Colorado Buffaloes prima was calved successful 2003, making him conscionable five-years aged erstwhile Wayne's best-selling album "Tha Carter III" was released. It would beryllium 3 much years until Hunter's acclaimed favourite song, 6 Foot 7 Foot was released connected "Tha Carter IV."

"It's crazy. 6 Foot, 7 Foot, 8 Foot... That's my song," Hunter added. "I respect you for coming retired present and supporting maine man."

Wayne, a five-time Grammy Award winner, was precocious passed complete for the 2025 NFL Super Bowl halftime capacity successful favour of Kendrick Lamar, overmuch to Hunter's dismay, arsenic he shared connected his podcast, The Travis Hunter Show.

"Kendrick Lamar being the halftime Super Bowl 59 halftime performance, it's gonna beryllium successful New Orleans, which is benignant of crazy origin I was reasoning it was gonna beryllium Lil Wayne each the way, and I'm astir to beryllium retired location moving connected the section 'six foot, 7 foot, 8 ft bunch. Tryna spell retired location and beryllium lit pinch Lil Wayne."