Drake (left) and Lil Wayne (right) pose for a photo in 2012.Photo: Bruce Yeung/NBAE via Getty
In a new interview for collaboratorLil Yachty’s FUTUREMOOD"A Moody Conversation"series, Drake, 36, shared that Wayne, 40, only called him “Rogers” in their 2008 collab “Ransom” because he misread the OVO rapper’s email address.
“My email was drizzydrake@rogers.com,” Drake said. “Rogers is the service provider in Canada. Wayne thought that — he didn’t realize at that time that the @ in the email was like a middle, interference. So he just thought my name was Drizzy Drake Rogers.”
“I mean, he rapped it once,” Drake continued. “I didn’t have the heart to correct him… God bless his heart.”
The MC previously shared the name mix-up story in a2010 interviewwith Katie Couric, but his new sit-down with Yachty marks the first time that Drizzy revealed his initial hesitancy toward correcting his mentor.
Drake (right) and Lil Wayne (left) appear on stage together in 2015.Josh Brasted/WireImage
Of course, Drake and Wayne go way back, as Wayne signed the Canadian rapper to his Young Money Entertainment label in 2009. They’ve also got a stacked resume of collaborations — from 2010’s “Miss Me” to 2011’s “The Motto” to 2021’s “Seeing Green” alongside label-mateNicki Minaj, and haven’t been afraid to give each other their flowers over the years.
At the the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective earlier this month, Weezy was honored with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, as Drake saluted him in a pre-recorded speech.
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“I’m here tonight on behalf of the Black Music Collective,” Drake began, before winking at the camera. “To present the Global Impact Award to Ed Sheeran …”
In a 2010issue of PEOPLE, Drizzy even listed Wayne as one of his hip-hop idols alongsideJay-Z,Kanye West, Andre 3000 and Nas. “It’s hard as a rapper not to become repetitive,” Drake said at the time, “and [Wayne] always has a new way to make it fun. And I get to witness his work ethic. He’s working when you’re sleeping.”
source: people.com
