Lil Wayne Turns A Postgame Handshake Snub Into The Packers’ Newest Anthem

“Special Ops” arrives as Lil Wayne’s latest Green Bay Packers anthem, and most of it is aimed squarely at Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson.

Lil Wayne has rel “Special Ops,” a new Green Bay Packers anthem for the 2026 season, produced by Manny G and Swede, longtime collab of his who both worked on last year’s Tha Carter VI, along with a third credited producer, Ethan First. The track takes aim at all three of Green Bay’s NFC North rivals, but it saves its sharpest lines for the Chicago Bears and head coach Ben Johnson specify, reference the icy postgame handshake Johnson gave Packers coach Matt LaFleur after Chicago’s Wild Card win ended Green Bay’s 2025 season. Wayne needles Johnson direct over that moment, essential demand he bring the same energy again and mock the shirtless celebration that follow it, while the rest of the verse leans on cold-weather Lambeau Field imagery and straightforward division trash talk aim at the Vikings and Lions as well.

The time lines up with something bigger than a diss track. “Special Ops” relled alongside the Packers unveil their new Nike “Rivalries” uniforms, which the team will wear for its Week 5 home game against the Bears in October, and the song itself references the new jersey direct. It is a neat bit of alignment for a fanbase still sore over how last season ended: after the Bears’ comeback Wild Card win, Chicago went on to sweep both regular-season meetings and take the division, turn  what used to be a fairly one-sided rival into the Bears’ to lose head into 2026.

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None of this is new territory for Wayne, whose Packers fandom has outlast several coach staff and quarterback eras at this point. He first became attach to the team’s soundtrack in 2011 with “Green and Yellow,” a Wiz Khalifa “Black and Yellow” remix rel  ahead of Green Bay’s Super Bowl XLV win over Pittsburgh, and return to the same well in January 2021 with an update version record at the Packers organization’s own request ahead of that year’s playoff run. “Special Ops” continue that pattern rather than break from it, right down to swap in whichever rival happens to be occupy the Packers fanbase’s attention that season.

What’s different this time is how pointed the target is. Past entries mostly celebrated Green Bay; this one spends real time on a single oppose coach over a single handshake, which say as much about how personal the 2025 finish land with Packers fans as it does about Wayne’s own writing choice.

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Wayne’s Packers loyalty has never been subtle. He has said his fandom traces back to childhood, when his father brought home Packers merchandise after attending Green Bay’s Super Bowl XXXI win over New England, and he has kept the bit going through multiple eras of the team, showing up at Lambeau for playoff games and weigh in public on everything from injury news to coach decisions over the years. “Special Ops” fits neatly into that same running commitment, just with a considerable more specific target than usual.