Lil Wayne has built a brand around his proud use of marijuana and other drugs but told the government he operated a “drug-free workplace” to secure millions in financial aid.

Newly unveiled documents reveal the millions in relief aid artists like Lil Wayne and Post Malone received from the Small Business Administration, Business Insider reports. In 2021, the Young Money CEO received $8.9 million for his Young Money Touring Inc. company.

In his filing, the rapper claimed that his touring company communicated the “dangers” of drugs to employees and told them that violators could be punished or be forced to go to rehab. All the while, the “Lollipop” rapper owns a cannabis line, has a signature lighter sound at the start of his songs and has the word “baked” tattooed on his forehead.

When launching his cannabis line in 2019, Wayne shared his love for weed and how he uses it to make music.

“I used to just want to get high, now I smoke to get inspired,” he said in a statement via Benzinga.

Singer Post Malone made similar claims when applying for the pandemic relief aid for his Posty Touring Inc. The “Sunflower” singer claimed to have warned employees against using drugs and was granted $10 million in aid.

However, Malone has proudly shared his love for hallucinogenic mushrooms and even told one interviewer how differently he views “Shrooms” from “hard drugs.” His views come despite mushrooms’ active compound being psilocybin, which has been a Schedule 1 drug since 1970.

The aid was given under the since-closed Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which was meant to help struggling music venues avoid bankruptcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in 2023, Business Insider reported that $200 million in payments from the initiative was given to big-name artists with millions to their names.

There is still a possibility that grant recipients could be prosecuted or sued for lying on their applications.

An FAQ page states that if “an entity is found to have made material misrepresentations on its application as part of a fraudulent effort to obtain SVOG funding, it will have committed an act of perjury and could be subject to various civil and criminal penalties.”

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