Lil Wayne Explains How He Met Drake And Nicki Minaj

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.

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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. "