Lil Wayne Pauses Concert in Kansas City to Celebrate Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Engagement
Iconic rapper Lil Wayne made a heartfelt moment during his live performance when he halted the show to congratulate superstar Taylor Swift and NFL sensation Travis Kelce on their engagement.
“Travis and my girl, you already know Taylor. ‘Traylor!’ That’s what we call them. Congratulations,” Wayne declared to an excited audience, pausing mid-set to celebrate the couple’s joyful news.
Earlier that week, Swift and Kelce shared the happy news on Instagram, announcing their engagement in a widely shared post on August 26, 2025
Though Travis Kelce’s father, Ed Kelce, revealed that the proposal had occurred about two weeks prior, he clarified it would only be publicly confirmed when Taylor was ready.
The announcement quickly became a global sensation, earning a spot among the Top 20 most liked posts in Instagram history, with over 30 million likes.
Adding to the buzz, Taylor’s track “So High School,” featured in the announcement’s soundtrack, saw an impressive almost 400% surge in US Spotify streams.
A Surprising Shift: From Critic to Cheerleader
This spontaneous concert shoutout took many by surprise, just seven months earlier, Lil Wayne had publicly criticized the Kansas City Chiefs, the team for which Travis Kelce plays. A passionate Green Bay Packers fan, he had lambasted the Chiefs on social media in January, calling them “cheating azz Chiefs” and accusing them of manipulating referees.
Yet at the Kansas City concert, Lil Wayne embraced the moment, donning a black cardigan, a subtle salute to Swift’s song “Cardigan” from her Folklore album, and energized fans by cheering for the newly engaged couple, affectionately dubbed “Traylor”.