Drake asks fans for messages to Lil Wayne

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Drake asks fans for messages to Lil Wayne

The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, June 1, 2010 4:09PM EDT

Double Juno winner Drake poses with his trophies at the Juno Awards, Sunday, April 18, 2010 in St. John's, N.L. (Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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TORONTO - Drake is volunteering to bring fan messages when he visits incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old Toronto rapper tweeted that he was planning on a trip to see Lil Wayne, who's serving a year sentence at New York's Rikers Island after pleading guilty to gun possession.

"FINALLY got some time for a visit tmrw to go see my brother," Drake wrote to his nearly 650,000 Twitter followers on Tuesday.

"So if you got msgs that need to be delivered write #TellWayne."

Lil Wayne has served as a mentor-like figure for Drake since he first heard the younger rapper in 2008 and signed him to his Young Money label in '09.

The 27-year-old New Orleans native will also be featured on Drake's long-awaited debut full-length, "Thank Me Later," set to drop June 15.