Lil Wayne gets Minaj support on tour

Lil Wayne will be supported by Nicki Minaj on his comeback tour.

The rapper - who served eight months in jail on a weapons charge before being released last November - has announced the dates for his latest North American tour and as well as Nicki, there will also be star turns from rapper Rick Ross and rocker Travis Barker.

The 24-city 'I Am Music II' tour opens on March 18 in Buffalo, New York, and will include shows in Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Houston and Atlanta. It finishes on April 29 in Vancouver, Canada.

Following his release from prison in November, the '6'7' rapper took to the stage in Las Vegas for the finale of Drake's 'Light Dreams and Nightmares' tour, where they sang their duet 'Miss Me'.

As he took to the stage, the audience went wild and Wayne told them: "I'm fresh from my vacation. I swear to God ain't nothing, nothing, nothing like home."

Wayne - real name Dwayne Carter - was sentenced to a year in prison in March after a gun was found on his tour bus in 2007. The sentence was reduced for good behaviour.