Last week, Drake shared a video of his iced out old Young Money logo chain to Instagram and asked his followers to name their favorite Lil Wayne song.

A lot of celebrities got involved with the question, which included J. Cole saying “Mama Gave Me“, Tyga picking “Birds Flyin’ High“, Big Sean choosing “SportsCenter“, Cuban Doll selecting “Prostitute“, Boi-1da saying “Cannon“, and AJ Tracey picking “Hit ‘Em Up“.

Some more names you will recognize from the music industry include Tay Keith choosing “Let The Beat Build“, Honorable C.N.O.T.E. selecting “Hustler Musik“, Preme saying “Tha Mobb” and “Money On My Mind“, Euro picking “When They Come For Me“, Jae Millz choosing “I’m Me“, “30 Minutes To New Orleans“, “BM J.R.” and “Told Y’all“, and Taco selecting “D’usse“, “Money On My Mind“, “Throw It In The Bag (Freestyle)“, “Georgia… Bush & Weezy’s Ambitionz“, “My Daddy“, “Leather So Soft” and “Way Of Life“.

You can check out Drizzy‘s Instagram post after the jump below to have a read of the 100+ comments from many more famous people revealing their favorite Tune track. Be sure to also leave a comment below with what your own favorite song from Weezy is!

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Last week, Trippie Redd sat down with Rendez Vous for a one on one interview while he was in Paris, France.

During their conversation at the 4:05 mark, the host told Trippie that he reminds him of Lil Wayne and asked the Ohio rapper what does Wayne mean to him. Redd then called Wayne his idol, said he looks up to him, and revealed he has listened to all of Weezy‘s albums to see his growth from the beginning to now.

Also in the interview, which you can watch below, Lil 14 mentioned Tunechi is “so inspiring” and all of his music is “meaningful” with him always saying “deep shit”. He even added that Tune is the founder of diamond teeth, face tattoos, dreads, and the rock crossover with hip-hop thanks to his Rebirth album.

Before the conversation changed to another subject, Trippie Redd explained what it was like meeting Mr. Carter and named “Comfortable“, “Nightmares Of The Bottom” and “I Feel Like Dying” as his top 3 favorite Lil Wayne songs!

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Tyga and video director Arrad have paid tribute to Lil Wayne with a music video for “Lightskin Lil Wayne“, which was produced by Boi-1da and appears on the Legendary album.

The video starts with “A Tribute To The GOAT” message before we see Ty recreate scenes from Weezy‘s “A Milli“, “Fireman“, “Lollipop“, “Go DJ“, and “Money On My Mind” music videos.

You can watch Tygaman pay homage to Tunechi with his “Lightskin Lil Wayne” visual after the jump below! How dope is this?

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Trilla Kid recently sat down with The Next Up team for an interview about his music, life and future, which you can watch below.

During their conversation at the 8:10 mark, Trilla mentioned that it was Lil Wayne who first got him into rap back when he was 13-years-old in the 8th Grade.

The Atlanta music artist revealed it was hearing “Pussy Monster” by Wayne for the very first time and watching a video of him performing it live (on The Carter Documentary) that made him want to be a rapper!

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We first heard about this upcoming song back in April, and now G-Eazy is teasing his collaboration with Lil Wayne even more in a brand new interview.

While sitting down with NME, the Bay Area rapper called Tunechi one of his “favorite rappers of all time” and revealed his forthcoming track with Tune will be about living in the moment and appreciating your heroes while they’re still alive.

You can watch Eazy confirm Weezy will be on his new album, which he says will be released “very soon”, and chat all about their collabo after the jump below. The two of them last worked together on “Order More“!

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Not long after dropping his Legendary album on June 7th, Tyga chopped it up with Variety for an interview.

During their conversation, T-Raww mentioned he put the Phantom on his Legendary project artwork to pay homage to Lil Wayne.

Also in the interview, which you can read below, Ty revealed that his favorite Wayne album is Tha Carter II and explained his reasons why!

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