Lil Wayne appeared on the Be Honest podcast with ESPN’s Cari Champion and details what he told to Drake upon signing him to his Young Money label.
“I was the one to tell him, ‘Don’t change anything,'” Lil Wayne says per HotNewHipHop. “Don’t think ’cause you’re coming over here over by me that you gotta rap about the things I rap about.”
Before becoming a rapper, Drake appeared on the MTV show Degrassi and when he did start rhyming, he rapped about wooing women, not the street topics that his mentor is known for.
“Please rap about your little TV show,” Lil Wayne remembers telling him. “Rap about girls ’cause that’s what you’re good at… Don’t start singing about killin’ nobody. Don’t start singing about the streets. Keep it Canadian.”
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wtf? so you mean to tell me wayne is from the streets? I thought he grew up in the studio
he grew up breastfeeding from birdman
And along the years, Drake would start to ignore Wayne and sing about catching bodies, throwing gunshot sounds at the beginning of his songs, rapping about getting hit with a RICO, all while trying to use his best impersonation of a Southern ghetto accent. Look up “cornball” in the dictionary, and Drake’s face would be right next to it.
N ur a fuxkin lame bro.. simple n plain
Truth hurts, don’t it?
Drake’s the last Don left in hip-hop! The 6ix God reigns supreme.
Haha and then Drake started “catchin bodies” after Degrassi. This handicapped mutha fcka could barely walk after Degrassi, let alone catch another human body. I’m glad Quentin Miller toned down Drake’s lyrics for Too Late.
Wow that’s the best advice ever! Im serious, Wayne is a genius. All this southern rap style he been doing lately is major wack, major major wack. That’s not what he got famous for in the first place.
Does it still count if Quentin wrote all of his tracks?
Drake is feeling hisself too much so he started getting OFF TOPIC like a muthafucka and reaching to see how far he could take the hood/talkin shit raps. He started out humble. And plus his Ghostwriters/Writers write all the hood shit he spit. Now the rappers mad and shit but when he was on the come up all these niggas wanted a damn feature on hood songs and gave him a pass. Make up y’all damn minds. All the cosigns and dickriding built this nigga y’all see.
you people are so stupid. just cause u say a bar or 2 thats gangsta doesnt mean hes trying to be a gangsta. thats how he is feeling at that moment. and please stfu about ghostwriters. u clowns have no idea what your talking about.
Lol that’s crazy the fuckin REFERENCE TRACKS LEAKED and this shit has BEEN known and you dick suckers are still in denial about your lord and savior lol. It’s gonna be ok bro
lol it’s all about how he’s feeling at the moment? So if he feels like Superman you gon believe it you lil mf? LMAO your generation is sad
Exactly Wayne
How funny that wayne is talking to drake like he still owns drake whereas in fact every artist signed under young money have since moved to cash money.
None of them moved to Cash Money.
Yes they have. At least the big names.
No, they haven’t. Wayne, Drake, and Nicki are the only big names in YMCMB.
Wayne is talking about when he first signed drake .
Drake = An actor playing a rapper
same with rick ross and chris brown. no one believes wayne is a real blood or skateboarderi he actin the part
All You Drake Fans Still Find It Hard To Believe That He Used Or Still Uses Ghostwriters,he Used Ghostwriters You Deaf-fuck Niggas,una No Dey Hear Word?…That Dosen’t Mean He Can’t Rap,it Can’t Be That Easy To Rap What You Didn’t Write,all It Means Is That He Is Not Original
“He is not original” says someone by the name of the Black Slim Shady. I wish someone would ghostwrite your comments with all that busted ass grammar, punctuation, sentence structure and miscellaneous use of capital letters when they’re not appropriate.
Drake’s IQ is supreme.
Wow all of these comments are from drake haters.. smh soo much free time to talk about someone you don’t fuck wit.
All these Drake haters mad cause he sells more than their favourite rapper
He sells more than Eminem?
Favorite you dumb fuck…of course your a drake dick rider…figures
Drake is as real as Brittney and nsync he was made he aint hood he aint hard core he aint real he is an actor so he is gona act as what he wan people to think he is .
Danny shut you retarded ass up. Hood is the only definition of real and study something. Real is being who you are no matter the up bring.
But at least we can all sit back and relax knowing that Jenny is from the block for sure!
Pretty sure Drake respects Wayne enough to still keep that advice in mind.
It’s not like he’s rapping about Running Through The Six or something
why aint he tell ross to rap about eating crab meats and being a criminal justice dropout turned correctional officer?
Lmao!
Fuck drake
Translation is basically rap about pussy because that’s what you are or rap about bitches because that’s what you are you homo…oh yea by the way happy rosh hoshana you fucking culture vulture
Bcuz of this pussy people r listening to his albums
So his good at what his doing
And someone tell this fucked up “Bling bling lamont shit nigga” that this is not english class,fuck your grammer and structure lesson,who gives a fuck about you,I love my grammer,at least I didn’t go beg a ghostwritter to write it for me,and talking about correcting someone,you don’t ghostwrite a comment,you type it,fuck you bitch ass grammer correcting punk
Man, reading your comments gives me a headache! You’d almost sound more coherent if you closed your eyes and just blindly typed away. You are a product of parents that didn’t give a fuck and a line of English teachers that gave up. “Fuck it, Black Slim Shady isn’t going to learn shit again this year in class,” said all of your teachers.
And if anyone attacks my humble opinion regardless of the structure and grammer,I’ll go slim shady on them ass,you don’t need someone to tell you that slimshady is disrespectful,I simply don’t give a fuck,fuck you bling bling la mont,aint nothing bling bout ya
Them ass? Really, Slim? It should read, “that ass.”
Peewee Longway.,
Hahaha Bling Bling La Mont,u Funny Man,i Like That,we Should Battlerap Some Day,what You Say?
Sure. No ghostwriters, though.
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If Lil Wayne can be a gangsta then we all can xD
Except he was raised by gangsters, grew up with gangsters, and is from Hollygrove. Not Washington State or wherever the fuck you come from putting “xD” in comments.
How you listened to Drake? But, have you listened to Drake on crack?
yeah lil wayne
i know this aint the disscution here but is lil wayne better than eminem??????
Wayne had better albums. Both are washed up now and putting out embarrassing material though.
Never………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Wayne had better albums? HOW, SWAY?!
“No, they haven’t. Wayne, Drake, and Nicki are the only big names in YMCMB.” YMCMB no longer exists. Just Cash Money and Drake and Nicki will lead the next generation of artists. Wayne is no longer relevant. He’s washed up too.
Riiight. Cash Money are no longer relevant and Drake and Nicki won’t lead shit. The label’s at its final days.
There’s a lot of hate I see toward weezy…I guess when your on top you have to expect things like that. Say what you want about him but put whoever you want against him lyrically.. Only maybe a handful canf+*fs with him! You gotta rinse them out… Selsun blue.
Being bling and black shady you both are corny get a life
You managed to fuck up both of our names. You gotta be a dumb/lazy motherfucker to pull that off. Good thing your name only has three letters, Len, because if it had more you wouldn’t make it outta the sign-in page.
Beat rapper alive!!!
It’s funny. When rappers are not as known, everyone loves them. When they blow up, regardless of the quality of their music, niggas say they ‘fell off’. Do you remember what Wayne used to sound like?! Son…Lil’ Wayne is the most improved MC of ALL TIME. He’s WAAAAAAAY better than he used to be. I used to talk shit about Wayne, but he has become one of the dopest MC’s, easily. You niggas sayin’ his new material is trash, you either have some kind of grudge against him or you haven’t really heard it. I’m a straight up Hip-Hop traditionalist, and I can’t even front on Wayne’s shit now, that shit is fire. “He’s Dead”, “I Feel Good”, “London Roads”, “Pull Up”, “Livin’ Right”, “Pick Up Your Heart”…man, his lyrics and flows have gotten ridiculous. He has mastered his craft. You niggas are missin’ out, because you’re too emotional about the music.
so, wayne brought up drake