Many musicians struggled during the pandemic. Lil Wayne wasn’t one of them. He sold master recordings from his record label’s artists for more than $100 million. He was pardoned for felony gun possession in a last-minute action by then-President Donald Trump. He purchased a $15.4 million mansion in the mountains of Los Angeles.

And, as a Business Insider investigation found, he received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program that he used to cover more than two years’ worth of spending on luxury hotel stays, designer clothes, and travel to and from nightclub appearances around the country.

https://www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-chris-brown-covid-relief-funds-svog-grant-2024-12