In  from December, the rapper touched on many different aspects of his career. Though Drizzy did indicate that , he also noted Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreaks album as inspiration for to start singing. Another source of motivation for him to pursue singing was “obviously, .”

50 Cent Says Drake Citing Him As An Influence To Sing Is "The Coolest Sh*t In The World"John Phillips/Getty Images

“’21 Questions’ will probably be my most inspiring example of a guy who’s not supposed to be singing, singing,” Drake said about Fif’s 2003 hit with . , Fif told Variety that he was overjoyed to hear what Drake had said about him.

50 Cent Says Drake Citing Him As An Influence To Sing Is "The Coolest Sh*t In The World"Presley Ann/Getty Images for STARZ

“Drake was saying recently that I had influenced him to start singing, which was the coolest sh*t in the world for him to say, because  he confessed. “I was always just trying to outline the melody. Because once you have a broad enough audience, you’re gonna have people who don’t speak English, so all they can follow is the melody…And when you’re writing [lyrics], I mean: ‘Go shorty, it’s your birthday’ — that’s not rocket science. Every day is somebody’s birthday.” It is indeed, 50.