Rapper Lil Wayne answered the question who is his favorite Canadian artist outside of Drake and his answer may come as a surprise for many. He was given a selection of Justin Bieber, Avril Levine and Fefe Dobson but Wayne said his favorite was rapper Kardinal Offishall.
Kardinal had a slew of hits in the early to mid 2000s way before Drake entered the scenes and is a well respected rapper in Hip Hop circles.
He posted Wayne’s comments on his Instagram with the caption; “Maximum respect to one of the greatest of all time @liltunechi. Between @champagnepapi and Lil Wayne showing me so much love over the past couple weeks, I’m telling you I’m just grateful to keep receiving these flowers while I’m alive to smell them. All praises due. No pun intended. No gimmicks or marketing or viral moments will ever get you the respect of the people. Earning the respect from the people you respect is the greatest gift.…thank you🙏🏿.”
Wayne was in Canada last weekend for the second time where he performed at the Young Money Reunion with Drake and Nicki Minaj. He also took the time out to announced his upcoming album The Carter VI.
Kardinal Offishall’s History
Real name Jason Drew Harrow, he was raised by Jamaican immigrant parents in Toronto. At age 14, he performed live on stage for the first time, with Nelson Mandela in attendance during Mandela’s first visit to Toronto following his release from prison earlier that year (1990). By 1993, he decided to change his alias “KoolAid”, and went by the moniker “Kardinal Offishall” after being inspired by the great 17th century French politician Cardinal Richelieu.
I the last year he clocked over 60 million YouTube stream and his top songs are Dangerous with Akon
and No. 1 with Kerri Hilson.
