Video: What’s A Lil Tunechi

In this clip shot yesterday at his Miami home, Lil Wayne tells DJ Scoob Doo why he calls himself Lil Tune(chi.)

“My nickname is Lil Tune — my grandmother named me that,” he explained. “She’s passed. My grandmother, her name was Mercedes Carter. She named me Lil Tune. We just threw the ‘Chi’ on there. Like Gucci, I say ‘Tunechi!’ “

via MTV. There’s gonna be more videos (Nino Brown: The Road to Rikers) leading up to Tuesday, which is the day he’s supposed to begin his sentence, and he’s trying to get more Twitter followers than Drake. He’s already at 200K but follow him here.