Canadian MC Drake, who first rose to fame on the television show Degrassi: The Next Generation, recently cleared up his status with Lil Wayne and Young Money Records.

"I been doing this since I was about 13. Degrassi is bigger than what I'm doing right now, it really is. It's bigger than any Drake, Cudi, Wale, you know, up-and-coming rap sh*t. Like I was doing mall tours with 15,000 people, I was signing autographs for three, four hours. I'm not signed to Young Money but definitely Young Money is a family to me. I'm definitely YM affiliated, you know? I have the utmost love for everybody over there, the utmost respect. Mack Maine and Jae Millz, those are like brothers to me, you know? Nicki Minaj and now that I'm in this position I'm just trying to get everything all the way straight."

Although Drake is not signed to Young Money he is scheduled to go on tour with Lil Wayne in July. A bidding war for Drake has been going on for a few weeks with the rapper reportedly close to signing with Universal Motown.

Drake's popularity led to a unauthorized album entitled The Girls Love Drake. The album is filled with songs from Drake's mixtapes and was released May 28th by Canadian Money Entertainment and distributed online through iTunes and other digital music outlets. At the present time Drake and his camp are saying they are planning legal action against Canadian Money Entertainment.