Drake responds to Lil Waynes sentencing
Not even jail time can faze Lil Wayne. The rap superstar is keeping his head up in the wake of his expected year behind bars over attempted gun possession. He is scheduled to be formally sentenced in February. Wayne’s Young Money affiliate Drake speaks exclusively with Rap-Up.com about how his friend is coping with the news and how he’ll be holding down the fort when his boss takes leave.
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Drake Nominated for 3 Soul Train Awards
Congratulations to Drizzy Drake who has been chosen as the number 3 hottest MC of the Year by MTV, behind Lil Wayne and Jay-Z. Watch the video below where Drake calls in to give his feedback on this accomplishment:
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“We’re filming a video for it soon helmed by Hype Williams. The track will be serviced just a few weeks after,” Omen tells Billboard.
The song came about when Omen teamed up with Drake’s longtime musical collaborator, 40, and together they came up with the production. “I was working on some drum patterns and 40 had the melody going. 40 is very skilled and has a crazy ear for obscure sounds and chords,” says Omen. “It took us the whole night to come up with the track, but we finished it and played it for Drake the next day, who already had the song’s concept.”
The idea for the track, which Omen describes as a “Prince-like, powerful song,” is about “empowering females. Drake said he had a song idea called ‘Shut It Down’ aimed at club-going females. When they go out and they get dressed up and put their makeup on and get their hair done, they have the capacity to shut the club down,” Omen recalls.
The-Dream eventually got on the track; as of now, he has a verse and appears on the last two choruses and on the bridge.
But Omen’s working relationship with Drake started years before this track came into fruition. Omen, an up-and-coming producer then, met 40 in Toronto back in 2003 while working on Canadian artist Jellystone’s album. A few years later, during another visit to Canada, Omen was introduced to a new artist 40 was working with named Drake. “He told me he needed my insight on Drake’s direction,” says Omen. “I heard Drake, and immediately thought, ‘this kid is crazy!’”
Drake has responded to Kia Shine’s alleged “25 percent ownership” accusations regarding his hit “Best I Ever Had” record and said the claims made on the Southern artist’s behalf are completely fabricated.
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Drake nominated for 5 BET Hip Hop Awards 09
Lyricist Of The Year
Drake
Eminem
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West
Track Of The Year
Day “N” Nite – Kid Cudi
D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune) – Jay-Z
Every Girl – Young Money (Lil Wayne, Drake, Jae Mills, Gudda Gudda & Mack Maine)
Live Your Life – T.I. f/ Rihanna
Turn My Swag On – Soulja Boy Tell’em
Rookie Of The Year
B.o.B.
Dorrough
Drake
Kid Cudi
Wale
MVP Of The Year
Drake
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Kanye West
Hustler Of The Year
Diddy
Drake
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West
Drake holding So Far Gone & Man On The Moon
Writing via his Twitter page, Drake posted an image of himself holding both Cudi’s Man On The Moon and his new retail re-release, So Far Gone.
“We are rarely proud when we are alone,” Drizzy wrote. “But to have another artist who pushes me and inspires me is a blessing. @kidcudi Mazel Tov!”
Drizzy previously name dropped Cudi as one of his fellow up-and-coming emcees entering the rap game.
“I been doin’ this since I was about 13,” he said in an interview over the summer. ‘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.”
KarenCivil has just posted a cool little preview of the upcoming mixtape by the best new rapper Drake Drizzy and DJ Empire, called Drought is Over: Drake Edition. Check out the cover below, and a trailer video beneath that. Karen will be leaking out a song sometime tomorrow she said, I can’t wait!
Drought is Over: Drake Edition Cover
A few days ago, your favorite new rapper Drake was in NYC and he appeared on Funkmaster Flex’s radio show, where he had an interview and a freestyle. He’s such a good rapper I still can’t get over it.
Drake Interview with Funkmaster Flex:
Drizzy Drake’s Funkmaster Flex Freestyle:
download Drake’s Funkmaster Flex Freestyle here
Your favorite new rapper Drake Drizzy was on HOT97’s Angie Martinez show earlier today. This was the first time that Drizzy has had a radio interview outside of his home country, Canada. I gotta give a shout out to RapRadar for the radio rip, and All Things-Fresh for the embedded audio below.
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If you want, you can download the interview here.
