About a decade ago, Young Money was the hottest imprint in the game.
That’s because of Lil Wayne, Drake, and Nicki Minaj.
During a stop on the All The Smoke podcast, Weezy discussed how he met his two young charges.
Lil Wayne Tell His Story On How He Met Nicki Minaj & Drake pic.twitter.com/4F11nNOh2f
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First Nicki:
“I wanted a New York female rapper. I wanted to make sure she had two things. She was missing, lacking, two things. Do not sound like Foxy [Brown] do not sound like [Lil] Kim. And when I heard Nick, Nick was sounding like me. She was changing her voice up. I was like, ‘Ok, I ain’t never seen this.’ This is rare air … and you ready to talk this weird sh*t too? That crazy sh*t like me? You perfect.”
As for Drake …
“Drake was first from my little bro Jas Prince, J. Prince’s son. He had Drizzy, brought Drizzy to me. ‘You gotta hear this n*gga.’ It was over for me once I heard him. I wasn’t even paying attention to the rapping sh*t. I was like, ‘He sing? This is him on hooks?’ Cuz I thought it was someone else on the hooks on the song that was just playing. “