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Drake: “Lil Wayne Wants Us To Thrive” [Video]
Lil Wayne will be logging time in a New York jail cell in 2010, but the New Orleans rapper’s flame will likely be carried on despite his absence.
That’s because the Young Money top dog emboldens his troops, according to star protégé Drake.
The So Far Gone star said Wayne takes a hands-off approach when it comes to grooming his camp, a strategy that should pay off as the collective’s We Are Young Money project picks up steam in the new year and releases from Drake and Nicki Minaj hit shelves.
“I think the best thing about Wayne is that he doesn’t really get too involved in us developing as artists,” Drake told MTV News recently in Toronto. “He doesn’t give his input on how we should be, or how we should rap, or how we should dress. Wayne just gives us the opportunity. If you drop the ball, you drop the ball. But Wayne’s gonna give you the setup. Wayne is gonna throw you the alley-oop — you just have to cut to the hoop and slam.”
Wayne was arrested in Manhattan following his first solo show in New York City in 2007. Police stopped his bus and found weapons, which ultimately let to the rapper striking a plea deal with authorities where he will serve a year in prison for attempted possession of a firearm. The rapper’s Rebirth album is tentatively scheduled for a February release, the same month Wayne is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing.
Since the time of his arrest, Wayne has assembled a colorful roster of artists, ranging from Harlem rapper Jae Millz and songwriter Shannell to upstart Short Dawg, among others.
The crew, signed to Wayne’s Young Money team, just released their first official project together after various mixtape contributions with each other.
Drake said Wayne has put him in a position to succeed by letting the Toronto lyricist discover himself as an artist, a feat that will undoubtedly take place for the rest of the YM roster while the boss is away.
“With that being said, he really gives you the space and lets you become your own person,” Drake said. “He respects [artists that know] about themselves. He doesn’t want to shape us all. I don’t really know who wants to do that anymore. That was like, in ’96 or something, when labels would be like, ‘You got to be like this.’ Wayne doesn’t want to do that. Wayne wants us to thrive as the people we truly are, which is great.”
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3 shut the fuck up and stop wit dat first and 2 stuff
I think wat Wayne iz doin iz good. I’m
glad he not in all their videos tryin to let people kno he they boss or putting his voice on EVERYBODY’S beat in his camp. He let them do them regardless, and that’s going to cause longevity.
i think waynes doing everything right hes influicing them in too doing what they wanna doo they rock their own style and he rocks his but him and drake and him and twist are amazing on a track but when u pull everyone together j millz gudda gudda tyga twist chuckee drake nicki t streets short its a number one hit ymcmb for life
WAYNE IZ DOIN GOOD AND DRAKE IZ TO YOUNG MONEY AND EVERY ONE ELSE IZ HOLDIN HYM DOWN IT WILL BE DIFFERENT WITHOUT WAYNE BUT WHEN HE CUM OUT BEST BELIVE HE WILL KILL EVERY OTHER RAPPER OUT HERE SO WAYNE DONT HAVE TO WORRIE ABOUT LOSIN HIZ FANS CUZ WAYNE HAZ TRUE FANS LYK ME
LIL WAYNE IS DEEPLY NEEDED AND WILL BE MISSED UNTIL HE RETURNS THE GAME WONT BE THE SAME YOUNG MONEY BETTER BRING THEY GAME AND SHOW US WHAT WAYNE TAUGHT THEM WE NEED MORE ALBULMS BY THE WAY CANT WAIT TO YOUR ROCKSTAR ALBUM DROP LOVE YOU WEZZY F BABY
imma post j3t$ fool on everything on this site untill wayne see it and pull his head outta his ass nd resign curren$y. he tha truth and wayne knoe dat shit. ym aint the same without dat swag spitta bought.
j3t$ fool
yo did yu lot here dat lil wayne rebirth album got pushed bak agian latest it will cum owt is 23 june 2010 it coz of amazon leaking it and rumours that new prom queen gna cum owt :@
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fuck yer lago dot , curren$y is da man . i listned to a young money mixtape that came out wen yme was jus forming its got curren$y mack maine n lil wayne . the songs kick arse an curren$y’s iff hes a freestyler or writer wateva ,his shit kicks arse over lots of stuff.