Lil Wayne vs. Drake

versus

tue 7/7/2009

name	Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.	Aubrey Drake Graham.
nickname	Weezy.	Drizzy.
hometown	New Orleans, Louisiana.	Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
birthdate	September 27, 1982.	October 24, 1986.
early start	Was a member of Hot Boys at the age of 15.	Played "Jimmy" in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
affiliated with	Hot Boys, Cash Money Records, Young Money Entertainment.	Lil Wayne, Young Money Entertainment.
signature look	Fitted cap, tattoos, baggy jeans, no shirt.	Cardigan sweater, fitted pants and sunglasses.
ticket to the big time	Dedication 2 and Da Drought 3 mix-tapes.	So Far Gone mix-tape.
mentor	Birdman.	Lil Wayne.
breakthrough single	B.G.'s Bling Bling.	Best I Ever Had.
latest single	Prom Queen.	Successful ft. Trey Songz.
killer collab	Ms. Officer featuring Bobby Valentino.	Ignant S**t featuring Lil Wayne.
rumored to be dating	Lauren London.	Rihanna.
say word?	"It's nothing to a big dog and I'm a great dane, I wear eight chains, I mean so much ice, they yell, 'skate Wayne.'"	"A lot of y'all are still sounding like last year, the game need change and I'm the m***********g cashier."
controversy	Criticized for having teenage girls dancing on stage with him while he performed a sexually suggestive song at the BET awards.	A fake Drake album was sold on iTunes and Amazon for a week before it was taken down.
in their own words	"I am good music. Bootlegged or not, what you just heard, or what you will hear, is great. And that's the point I'm trying to get across at the end of the day and the beginning of the morning: that I'm great. Things I say have value and I would love for you to value them, however you get it." - Lil Wayne	"As far as music goes, it’s always been a major part of my life. My uncle is Larry Graham, who played bass for Prince, my father, Dennis Graham, wrote for Al Green. My dad drummed for Jerry Lee Lewis. I've always been around great music." - Drake
forthcoming studio release	Rebirth will be released next month.	His debut, Thank Me Later, will be released later this year.
the critics	Rolling Stone: "OK, it's true: he really is the best rapper alive. A dreadlocked dadaist poet from New Orleans with a bad weed habit and a voice like a bullfrog."	The New York Times: "[He's] an extremely adept student, pairing the whimsical, intricate rhymes of Lil Wayne with the melodic gifts and self-flagellation of Kanye West. He’s a braggart and a skeptic, a stud and a nerd."
webprops	1,458,400 friends on official MySpace.	314,297 friends on official MySpace.
best video moment	Riding on top of a Hummer limo across the Vegas strip in Lollipop.	Traveling across the world to find a new boo in Replacement Girl.