Lil Wayne reveals why Missy Elliott is his favorite rapper

This week, Lil Wayne spoke at DJ Khaled’s new podcast on Amazon music called “The First One.” Both of them have collaborated on several tracks before such as “I’m On One,” “Jealous” and “Welcome To My Hood.” In the same interview, Weezy revealed that Missy Elliott was his favorite rapper who motivated him to experiment with various sounds as well as ad-libs.

 “Missy Elliott — that was my favorite rapper because that would be why I was making so many sounds,” Wayne told Khaled. He also gave credits to Mannie Fresh for pushing him to make use of Missy-influenced sounds in “Block Burner.”