On August 21, 2014, Drake and American rapper Lil Wayne performed "Dreams and Nightmares" in Philadelphia on their Drake vs. Lil Wayne tour, dedicating it to Mill's jail sentence. Fellow rapper Big Sean delivered a freestyle medley over various beats for Cosmic Kev's Come Up Show at Power 99 FM, including the song, on October 14. In the freestyle, he shouted out Mill and Philadelphia. Lil Wayne rapped over the beat on his mixtape Sorry 4 the Wait 2, released on January 20, 2015. In June, TV personality Gonzalo "Papi" Le Batard delivered an a capella cover of the song on ESPN's program Highly Questionable, which Mill posted to his Instagram.
