Lil Wayne talks about his new artist Euro, Drake, Nicki Minaj and more on “I Am Athlete”.
Lil Wayne was the latest guest on the “I AM ATHLETE” for a lengthy conversation with Brandon Marshall, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, Pac-Man Jones and Omar Kelly. On the show, the rapper discussed his goal to be become the “Ultimate Artist, embracing an ever-changing hip-hop landscape, introducing new artist Euro and more. Weezy was also asked about what he saw in Drake and Nicki Minaj before signing them to Young Money.
“It was just about I seen potential,” Weezy continued. “That’s when I saw way more than just potential. When Drake’s music was brought to me from the homie Jas, it was about rap. I was like, ‘This dude sound different.’ What I loved about him was that, he was sounding just as dope as we were. When I say we, I’m talking about the streets and what we came from.”
Lil Wayne Says He Still Hasn’t Reached His Peak: “I Wanna Be The Ultimate Artist”
He continues, “I told him, ‘You could make working in the cubicle… you know how to make that the dopest thing in the world to do. Don’t stop. Don’t change.’ Then one day I heard, ‘[singing voice].’ Like, ‘What the f**k was that?’ I think it was on the hook. I remember asking Mack [Maine] who that is on the hook? He said ‘that’s him [Drake] too’. Then I asked [Drake] you sing? He was I was just messing around. You gotta be the ultimate artist. My homie could do two nights when he hits your city.”
The Young Money creator also discussed how he’s able to build a career that has lasted over 30 years, stating that it’s all about keeping an open mind. “You have to be, first of all, you have to be embracing,” he explained. “You can’t be the person that’s saying I don’t like the new music. You gotta love it. Learn it, like it and love it started you better understand that’s music. That’s not a certain type of music, that’s music. You got to Apple Music and top 100s and them folks right there.”
Watch the interview below.
