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(Video) Lil Wayne Talks About Signing Drake and Signing Nicki Minaj

Lil Wayne opened up to MTV News about how he knew Drake and Nicki Minaj had potential to be stars from the first time he met them.

Weezy on Drake:

“The first thing I said was this kid’s a superstar….. “I don’t think you can remember, but I did some interviews back then when they were asking me about him and I said he’s better than me. I can’t sing. I can make a song, but this kid has the actual R&B presence. Then he’s one of the dopest lyricists. That right there, he has a welcoming appearance. I knew he was something bigger than something I had envisioned for my company when I ran into this kid. I was thinking I’m going to put my people on and we’re going to be all right, but then when I ran into this kid, I was like, this a superstar, he’s got a chance to make my company something for real, something to be thought of, to be remembered.”

Weezy on Nicki Minaj:

“I can’t front, I just thought she was going to be the new female MC that none of these other female MCs can touch…..But now, she’s blossomed into a megastar with this new attitude and this style. Now when I talk to her, I just tell her, ‘Do what you do, baby.’ I used to be able to go into the studio and say, ‘Nah, don’t say that, don’t say that.’ You know, ‘That was better.’ Now, do what you do, baby. I don’t have a clue about what you’re doing right now, but it’s working, do it.”

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