Drake and Lil Wayne have a stronger bond than most hip-hop duos out there, although folks are still questioning their current standing. The Joe Budden Podcast recently debated their dynamic on their latest episode, a clip of which was caught by ZADCOZZY on Twitter. More specifically, Budden and his cohosts theorized about Weezy's $100 Million Young Money masters sale to Universal Music Group (UMG) in 2020, which reportedly also included Drizzy and Nicki Minaj's masters with the label.
Of course, take everything here with a grain of salt, as there are various assumptions, interpretations, theories, and considerations flying back and forth. Still, all the hosts seemed to agree that Wayne not selling the masters back to his mentees might be a point of friction, even if they admitted this as speculative.
However, Joe Budden took things a step further by insinuating that this could have something to do with Lil Wayne and Drake's alleged relationship issues. For those unaware, one of the many resurfaced accusations in Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track is that the Toronto superstar slept with his New Orleans mentor's girl while Tunechi was in jail. As such, Budden posited that Wayne possibly denied The Boy his masters for this reason. But again, that's wholly speculative and unconfirmed.
Drake Lawsuit
Elsewhere, the JBP theorized that UMG wanted the 6ix God's masters as part of the Wayne deal, which led to a presumed rift between the two. But Budden said that he can't be sure about these rumors. Maybe this is an effort to improve relationships with UMG for future deals and business, which is ironic considering Drake's failed defamation lawsuit against them. Then again, that was years after this whole debacle.
Speaking of that lawsuit, the OVO mogul will seek appeal over his lawsuit's dismissal, which accused UMG of defaming him by releasing and promoting "Not Like Us." We will see how that pans out.
As for this debacle, Lil Wayne's busy with other matters, so he probably won't address this publicly anytime soon. Just goes to show how much speculation and theorizing can paint a massive business deal.
