--- title: Lil Wayne Stuns in Halftime Outfit for National Championship description: Lil Wayne's outlandish, outrageous outfit for the National Championship halftime show was the night's real winner. canonical: https://time.com/5496678/lil-wayne-halftime-outfit/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-08T18:59:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:46.523Z og:title: Lil Wayne Stuns in Halftime Outfit for National Championship og:description: Somewhere between the Hamburglar and Elton John og:url: https://time.com/5496678/lil-wayne-halftime-outfit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c868ce87d078a0/698942e0e76ad201da633ee2/lil-wayne-national-championship-2019-halftime-show-outfit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2019 ESPN College Football Playoff Halftime Performance og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lil Wayne Stuns in Halftime Outfit for National Championship twitter:description: Somewhere between the Hamburglar and Elton John twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c868ce87d078a0/698942e0e76ad201da633ee2/lil-wayne-national-championship-2019-halftime-show-outfit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lil Wayne's Outrageous Halftime Show Outfit Was the Real Winner of the National Championship Game  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 8, 2019 6:59 PM UTC  SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 07: Lil Wayne performs with Imagine Dragons during the 2019 ESPN College Football Playoff halftime performance at Treasure Island on January 07, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 07: Lil Wayne performs with Imagine Dragons during the 2019 ESPN College Football Playoff halftime performance at Treasure Island on January 07, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)Tim Mosenfelder—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 8, 2019 6:59 PM UTC While Clemson claimed a large victory over Alabama for the 2019 National Championship game on Monday night, it was [Lil Wayne](http://time.com/4375587/lil-wayne-sports-songs-championship/) who commanded the attention during the event’s halftime show when he appeared on stage alongside rock band [Imagine Dragons](http://time.com/5322558/imagine-dragons-dan-reynolds-lgbtq/) in an outrageously outlandish outfit. Weezy’s ensemble was part Elton John, part Hamburglar, and all kinds of crazy. The rapper donned a wildly patterned, [$9,300 floor-length faux fur coat from Gucci](https://www.shopspring.com/products/56286059), oversized bedazzled sunglasses, a brightly airbrushed T-shirt, vinyl leather pants, over-the-knee fur-trimmed puffer boats, fingerless gloves, a striped scarf, and to top it all off, a wide-brimmed hat to cover his red and pink dreadlocks. It was a fashion statement not soon to be forgotten and as might be expected, the Internet had plenty of feelings about tha Carter’s eclectic look for the night and wasted no time in taking to social media to sound off as self-appointed fashion police on the matter. One viewer thought that Weezy was paying tribute to two musical and fashion icons at once. > [](https://twitter.com/AriA1exander/status/1082474420554235906) While this fan thought Wayne’s outfit looked like something else entirely. > [](https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/1082474036079353856) Some saw a resemblance to McDonald’s Hamburglar. > [](https://twitter.com/ataylornky/status/1082476365444718592) While others found his footwear twin. > [](https://twitter.com/tylerjames04/status/1082476084002725888) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5496678/lil-wayne-halftime-outfit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5496678/lil-wayne-halftime-outfit/"},"headline":"Lil Wayne's Outrageous Halftime Show Outfit Was the Real Winner of the National Championship Game","datePublished":"2019-01-08T18:59:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:46.523Z","description":"Lil Wayne's outlandish, outrageous outfit for the National Championship halftime show was the night's real winner.","url":"https://time.com/5496678/lil-wayne-halftime-outfit/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c868ce87d078a0/698942e0e76ad201da633ee2/lil-wayne-national-championship-2019-halftime-show-outfit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c868ce87d078a0/698942e0e76ad201da633ee2/lil-wayne-national-championship-2019-halftime-show-outfit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2019 ESPN College Football Playoff Halftime Performance","caption":"2019 ESPN College Football Playoff Halftime Performance","creditText":"Tim Mosenfelder—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5496678/lil-wayne-halftime-outfit/","name":"Lil Wayne's Outrageous Halftime Show Outfit Was the Real Winner of the National Championship Game"}}]}] ```