Nicki Minaj thanked rapper Lil Wayne profusely during her most recent performance, highlighting the importance of Wayne to her career. She brought Wayne to the stage to the roar of an enthralled audience, crediting his influence and mentoring alone for her achievement. Nicki bowed three times in front of Wayne, expressing true reverence and calling him “the best rapper alive.”
She revealed, “Make some noise for the man that single-handedly changed my life,” with an impassioned declaration. Without you, I am nothing. No matter how long I’ve been in this industry, you are, in my opinion, the greatest rapper alive. I appreciate you transforming my life. Lil Wayne graciously replied in kind, praising Nicki’s extraordinary skill and influence on the rap landscape.
Though he may have been the greatest rapper alive, he acknowledged modestly that Nicki Minaj was more talented and influential than he was. This moving conversation highlights the deep mentorship and friendship that exist in the rap scene, especially at the Young Money record label, where Lil Wayne helped Nicki Minaj and Drake establish their careers.
Drake praised Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj as the greatest rappers of all time during the massive Young Money reunion event in Toronto over the weekend.
On Saturday night, the three met at the city’s Budweiser Stage; however, there was a brief delay since Lil Wayne got stopped at the Canadian border. Sadly, Lil Wayne ran into problems crossing the border. Fortunately, Drake crosses the line, as a cheeky screen at the event announced.
Drake became even more distraught. “Make some noise in honor of the greatest rapper of all time—you changed the city and my life forever.”
And Drizzy made sure he didn’t forget about Nicki. The other best rapper of all time is standing onstage with him; she’s the one with the pink hair over there, he said. By the way, these are they really serious? Like, Nicki is untouchable. She is similar to the creator in that everything begins and finishes here.
During the performance, Lil Wayne made an announcement on the release date of his highly anticipated album, Tha Carter VI: “coming soon.” It is going to be the sequel to Tha Carter V from 2018.
Drake also talked about the feedback he got on his most recent album, Honestly, Nevermind. He declared, “(The album) is one of the best things I ever did.” “I enjoy pushing myself, but a lot of people have told me things like, ‘You know, that too fast, I don’t know… you’re sounding like Zara music.’” “Would you like me to slow it down?” I asked. Do you wish Drake from before? It is all that needs to be said.