Drake’s Cover Story For Fader Magazine
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On September 7, 2008, Lil Wayne stepped onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards and then stepped decisively away from the words on the lyric sheet circulating in the audience with the following lines…
I’m on my Disney thang, goofy flow/ I’m Captain Hook on the beat and my new car is Rufio/ Damn where my roof just go/ I’m somebody that you should know/ Get to shakin’ somethin’ cause that’s what [deleted] produced it fo’/ I make mistakes that I don’t ever make excuses fo’/ Leavin’ girls that love me and constantly seducing hoes/ I’m losing my mind like, Damn where my roof just go/ Top slipped off like Janet at the Super Bowl
Then, as Leona Lewis launched into the hook of Nina Simone’s “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” he croaked, “Drizzy Drake: I love you, bwoy!” That namecheck was the only clue to most attendees that Wayne had just blatantly violated the unwritten rules of his own freestyle game by spitting another artist’s words. Though almost lost in host Russell Brand’s commentary on promise rings and presidential politics, it was a coronation moment rarely seen in the arena of rap, and with one verse, Wayne introduced the name of his protégé to the mainstream in dramatic fashion. Amongst those already familiar with the various Wayne-affiliated rookies collectively known as Young Money, the lines sparked a fierce debate over whether Drake was in fact ghostwriting for the master (he and Wayne both still claim he never has), but by the time the rap blog drama blew over, one thing seemed clear: Drake was the next big thing, heir apparent to Wayne’s multi-platinum throne and Young Money’s most likely flagship artist.
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Comment by Reigning on 1 September 2009:
Fuck That Ghost Writtin Shit… Thats A Extreme Shout Out To The Boy! Ima Have To Go Get This…
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Comment by tke320 on 1 September 2009:
agreed, its probably an homage to Drake, i’m sure Weezy didn’t mean anything by it, but you know how people can get when stuff like this happens. I know for fact that Drake doesn’t ghostwrite for Wayne. Drake was introduced in the biggest way possible by having Wayne spit a verse Drake has already done on one of the biggest stages possible.
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Comment by liljondb on 1 September 2009:
yea drake recycles this verse in birdmans “money to blow”
its pretty new
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Comment by chuckiecheese on 2 September 2009:
actually the song money to blow was a remake of a song that drake did along time ago… I think on the so far gone, but not sure… but yea they added wayne and birdman to the song
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Comment by liljondb on 2 September 2009:
mmm no it wasnt on so far gone
and i never said the original place was in money to blow
i just said he recycled it
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Chozen Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 am
I explain where money to blow came from in this post http://www.hiphopmusicdotcom.com/baby-ft-drake-and-lil-wayne-money-2-blow.html
The same thing hoes for Forever
http://www.hiphopmusicdotcom.com/drake-ft-kanye-west-lil-wayne-eminem-forever.html
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