Make Me Proud

Featuring Nicki Minaj

"Make Me Proud" pairs Drake with Nicki Minaj at the height of their Young Money chemistry, a single built around admiration for a driven, accomplished woman. Drake's verses praise intelligence and ambition over surface appeal, while Nicki closes the song with a fast, technically dense verse that flips the framing - asserting her own autonomy and excellence rather than simply being praised. The song is widely read as one of the clearest documents of the Drake-Nicki creative relationship, a back-and-forth that mixes flirtation, mutual respect and competitive showmanship. It became a notable single from Take Care and a frequent fan-cited example of Nicki out-rapping a host on his own track, which only sharpened its appeal. Within the album it offers a lighter, more outward-facing moment between the record's heavier interior passages.