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Lil Wayne phones in a verse from jail for Drake's 'Light Up'
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From Entertainment Weekly:
Being cooped in a Rikers Island cell won't stop Lil Wayne from getting some work done. On the eve of his Young Money label mate Drake releasing his highly anticipated debut Thank Me Later (out now), Wayne decided that he wanted to add a verse to "Light Up."
The track already features Jay-Z schooling Drizzy on what it's like to live in the spotlight. The obvious problem for Weezy was how he would record his verse without being able to lay his vocals down in a studio. The answer was simple: Wayne took a day to gather his thoughts and rhymes, then called his crew back to have his verse recorded over the phone.
Last week Wayne's verse leaked online without the beat or appearances from Drake and Jay. This morning Drake's engineer, 40, posted the finished product on their blog.
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