Lil’ Wayne and Drake reunited for a cut off of Dedication 6 with a freestyle over Jay-Z’s “Family Feud.” It marks the 38th time the Young Angel and Young Lion have appeared alongside one another on wax; the 17th song they’ve recorded as a duo. To put things into perspective, hip-hop’s most celebrated bromance — Jay-Z and Kanye — have collaborated on 20 songs, 16 of which came by way of their joint album, Watch the Throne. Drake and Wayne’s partnership is much more consistent.
Since 2008, Drake has featured on eight Lil’ Wayne songs; Wayne, nine of Drake’s. Their alliance peaked from 2009–11, a period in which Wayne was unanimously viewed as the best-rapper-alive, while Drake was rapidly ascending into hip-hop’s upper echelon. Over this three-year stretch, both MCs were present on each other’s solo offerings. On Drake’s 2009 mixtape, So Far Gone, Wayne featured on five tracks; Wayne’s 2010 project, I Am Not a Human Being, found Drake as a guest on three; they linked up on Thank Me Later’s “Miss Me”, before, in 2011, Wayne appeared on three songs off Take Care, while Drake participated in two on Wayne’s Tha Carter IV.
In honor of the most loyal tandem in hip-hop’s modern era, let’s rank all 17 of Drake and Lil’ Wayne collaborations.
