Lil Wayne Celebrates His 40th Birthday With YG, Keith Sweat And Skip Bayless

Lil Wayne Celebrating his 40th birthday started early…with a star-studded birthday party fit for the legendary rapper!!!

Sources close to Weezy tell TMZ Hip Hop … shindig lodged in a popular Los Angeles hot spot, The Nice Guy—and many close friends and family members—including all four of his children, traveled from New Orleans to attend the event.

Special guests ranged from YG And the Come on dress to me Mac Main And the Cortez Bryant On the hip-hop side… and Skip BaylessAnd the Shannon Sharp And the Marcus Wiley I heard about sports culture.

NBA Young Boy Understandably, he couldn’t be there on account of his highly publicized house arrest, but he sent a video message addressing Wayne as his “son”…because they are two branches of the Louisiana rap family tree.

The biggest shocker of the night came courtesy of an R&B legend Keith Sweet …who surprised Wayne with a special performance of his classic song “Don’t Stop Loving You”.

Wayne’s actual birthday is Tuesday, when he will receive a royal Christmas from the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville. We learned that they are unveiling a special exhibition in his honor.

NMAAM Masters and Vanderbilt will host an event for the gallery, featuring personally donated antiques from Wayne – including Best Rap Album for Grammy Album for “Tha Carter III”, his first handwritten letter during his tenure on the Rikers Island and much more .