Drake Cancels Overseas Tour

With Drake being one of the hottest rappers out right now it is no surprise that the 23 year old rapper had plans to expand his music across the borders, but this will no longer be happening.  At least not for now.  Read his reason why below.

Despite my best hopes, it is apparent that my mother will need surgery earlier than anticipated," the statement read. "In light of this news, I have made the difficult decision to cancel my European tour in order to support her during her recovery, just as she supported me through the years.

I cannot thank my European fans enough and look forward to performing abroad soon. I ask everyone to please respect my family's privacy during this time.

I am wishing Drake’s mom the best and hope she gets well soon.

Who is Telling the Truth?: Drake vs. Kia Shine

By Moguldom

Young Money's Drake has come out swinging against Memphis MC Kia Shine  who has made claims that he owns 25% of the Toronto MC's hit single “Best I Ever Had.” In a post on Drake website, he wrote:

“There have been questions posed to me the last few days about the writing of Best I Ever Had and I figured I'd take the time to clear the air directly. I have never met Kia Shine or worked with him. I wrote the entire composition in Toronto and I borrowed one line from a Lil Wayne song that he produced the BEAT for. The claims of 25% ownership are false and for a artist to brag about splits on a song is distasteful to begin with.”

Kinfolk also responded to the confusion as he hit up the bank to deposit a fat publishing check. Speaking with Global Grind, he stated,

“Basically I did a record for Lil Wayne called "Do It For The Boy," which was on The Leak mixtape back in October. My dude DJ Absolute & Enuff was spinning the joint in NY. I gave Wayne the joint back in March of ‘08 and I had yet to hear the completed version until Absolute hit me. Actually, he was in the office with my man Daralle Jones at Atlantic. He wanted buy the song from me to use for Jahiem. I tried to contact Young Money to get paid for the original track before I made a move, but couldn't get anyone to hit me back.

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Hot or Not: Drake ft. Trey Songz “Successful”

I have been jammin’  to this song for the past few months and finally the video has been released.  Personally I don’t think the video is anything spectacular but it is a step up from the “Best I Ever Had” Video.  Click here to watch.

New Ish – Weezy and Drake

 

Click here to listen to the joint by Weezy and Drake, “So far gone”.  What ya’ll think?

Drake Addresses His Fans

Yesterday Drake blogged to his fans about his injury during a concert on Friday that will cause him to get surgery and take a few months off from rapping.

Angels and Demons

This bottle of Opus One is low but my spirits are high my friends. I am about 2 hours away from Toronto, CA where I will be spending the next chunk of time recovering from a surgery that I now must have. I embarked on this tour with a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL and due to the events that happened the other night lord only knows what other damage I have done. On the bright side I will begin the reflecting and soul searching that its going to take to make this album and my outfit on the night I fell was crack. I will forever push myself beyond the limits despite advice and recommendations given because even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world. Its funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have. I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone else’s formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to gain entry to this game.

“Missing someone gets easier everyday. Because, even though it is one day further from the last time you saw each other, it is one day closer to the next time you will”

See you soon.

Drizzy

Good to see that he is keeping his head up.

Drake Busts His A** On Stage

I guess Drake just isn’t having the best of luck these days, he already injured his ACL a few months ago and then he injured himself again on Friday during a concert in Camden, New Jersey.  Click the image below to watch him take the fall.

Drake Speaks about BET Awards Performance

In a recent interview with Complex Magazine Drake explained the reason behind him and Lil' Wayne's performance at the BET Awards in which pre-teen and teenage girls were dancing while they sung "I Wish I Could F*** Every Girl in the World".

Complex: There were rumors of a $4 million bonus…

Drake: [Laughs] Where is it? Tell me where it is, I’ll go pick it up right now. I got some money. I got a little money. I’ll be alright for a couple months.

Complex: Damn, that’s horrible. At the BET Awards this past Sunday, everyone was shocked to see you sitting on a stool. Did you ever think to yourself, Maybe I shouldn’t perform?


Drake: That, actually—to be honest—was a terrible idea that I’ll never do to myself again. [Laughs] But I was being pressed from different areas to perform, and I think what really happened at the BET Awards is with the passing of Mike, the climate really changed, as far as the award show goes. I don’t think it called for us to perform “Every Girl” and “Always Strapped,” and I think it was an award show filled with tributes and music and these genuine heartfelt speeches. And to sort of climax out of a very tongue-in-cheek point, and then people misconstruing Wayne’s daughters and her friends coming out on stage…

Complex: Yeah, it really was an awkward moment.


Drake: Yeah, it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn’t planned like that, but with that being said, it is what is. I believe in Wayne and myself and it’s nothing we can’t bounce back from. To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn’t intended to offend anybody.

Complex: Watching it at home, the BET Awards seemed to be a mess. Did it seem that way in person?


Drake: Well, I can only speak for my portion of it. I had asked for something very specific for my performance and none of those were met, as far as production value, so…

Complex: That’s BET for you…

LoL at Complex Magazine clowning BET...Well at least Drake knows it was a bad idea I wonder what Wayne thinks, he probably doesn't see anything wrong with it.

Brand New: Drake "Best I Ever Had"

***Cool side note the video was directed by Kanye west!Not too shabby huh!

Rihanna and Drake Hook Up

Rihanna has just been wildin' out for the past few weeks first the naked pics, then the strip club, and now she's sucking face with rapper Drake. WTF??? So is Drake her new boo or was she just having some fun? Personally, I think she still isn't over Chris and is trying to do ANYTHING possible to make it seems as if she is over him, or maybe she is really just "A good girl gone bad".