Drake Rapping to... Clipse?

A fantastic Drake nugget I found in an ancient article on the "beef" between Clipse and Lil Wayne:

Drake also revealed that Pharrell and the Startrak movement inspired him to get into music. He even went so far as to pay $200 on eBay for a plastic microphone that was allegedly signed by Pusha T of Startrak’s rap group Clipse. He used the plastic microphone to act out imaginary red carpet interviews and perform Clipse songs in his room.

The article is a great read in its entirety, but this anecdote about a young Drake ad libbing Clipse songs is particularly delicious. Drake and Pusha T often stand at opposite ends of the hip hop spectrum today - Pusha T with his hard-nosed street raps, and Drake with his introspective melodies. And yet despite these stylist differences, here we see another delightful example of game recognizing game.