Featured Artist

Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne is the foundational figure in Drake's career: he signed Drake to Young Money in 2009 after hearing the So Far Gone mixtape, mentored him through Thank Me Later and Take Care, and has appeared on every Drake studio album from Thank Me Later through For All The Dogs. Their on-record history includes 'Miss Me,' 'The Motto,' 'HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right),' 'Believe Me,' 'Grindin'' on No Ceilings 2, and dozens of mixtape cuts, joint shows, and freestyles. The 2014 'Drake vs. Lil Wayne' tour cast the two as friendly competitors performing each other's catalogs in head-to-head sets. Wayne has publicly described Drake repeatedly as the artist who carried Young Money into its most commercially successful era, while Drake has consistently credited Wayne as the figure who gave him his first major-label deal and earliest cosigns. Their partnership is unique in Drake's catalog: the only mentor relationship that runs the entire arc of his major-label career.