Lil Wayne is known as a legend in the music industry and his impact lives beyond his own musical genius, and is evident in the artists he discovered to make Young Money. Wayne recently spoke with Brett Berish, CEO of Sovereign Brands, and had an interesting response to the possibility of their being another Drake or Nicki.
“There is no such thing,” he says. “I hate when people ask name that. There’s no such thing as the next Drake or the next Nicki.”
Brett clarifies that he wonders whether or not Wayne looks forward to discovering the next big artists, and Wayne says the industry is just too different now a days.
“Back then, when I discover Drake and Nicki, the game was different. Music was different. What I mean by that is they come in right before all the social media popped off. They came in when music had everybody’s attention. It had everybody looking to see how is next, what is next.”
“You had a choice. This is what’s next? Do I like, yay or nay?” he continues. “That’s not what it is these days. Now it’s a thousand news things a day. Unfortunately, given that fact, you gotta be more than someone to become a Drake or a Nicki these days. Right when you think you Drake or Nicki, they got’ post something of a little six-year-old saying something that’s more popular than your songs. It don’t even matter no more.”
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