On ‘RapFix Live,’ Young Money president Mack Maine teases Drizzy’s upcoming LP, says Nicki Minaj is ‘back on the music grind.’ By Driadonna Roland, with reporting by Sway Calloway Mack Maine on “RapFix Live” Photo: MTV News
He may have ‘Started From the Bottom,’ but Drizzy’s top-grossing hip-hop tour and three Grammy nods prove he’s here. By MTV News staff Drake Photo: Getty Images
Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, the Weeknd and more join Drizzy at his annual hometown fest Sunday night. By Nadeska Alexis Drake performs at OVO Fest 2012 Photo: Getty Images
Drake isn’t just an (alleged) pro at throwing champagne bottles, he’s also an accomplished actor. The former Degrassi star snagged a role in the upcoming Ice Age 4: Continental Drift animated film, where he plays a woolly mammoth named Ethan. “He’s a young, strapping, handsome jock,” Drizzy told The Boombox… Continue
Drake isn’t just an (alleged) pro at throwing champagne bottles, he’s also an accomplished actor. The former Degrassi star snagged a role in the upcoming Ice Age 4: Continental Drift animated film, where he plays a woolly mammoth named Ethan. “He’s a young, strapping, handsome jock,” Drizzy told The Boombox… Continue
Drake isn’t just an (alleged) pro at throwing champagne bottles, he’s also an accomplished actor. The former Degrassi star snagged a role in the upcoming Ice Age 4: Continental Drift animated film, where he plays a woolly mammoth named Ethan. “He’s a young, strapping, handsome jock,” Drizzy told The Boombox… Continue
‘We actually all like each other,’ Drizzy tells MTV News about tourmates including J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame and 2 Chainz. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway Drake and 2 Chainz on the Club Paradise tour Photo: MTV News When it comes to Drake and his Club Paradise tourmates, it’s all crew love. When rounding out the roster for his current run, Drizzy wanted not only to build an entertaining lineup, but to show that hip-hop doesn’t have to be all about beef. “I just wanted people to come out and see a unity, because in hip-hop it’s always been based off of confrontation,” Drake told MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway during the May 17 Club Paradise gig in Houston . “I think one of the coolest things about where we’re at right now, it’s real united. We actually all like each other.” For this leg of his tour, which kicked off May 7 in California, Drake tapped J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and French Montana to ride out with him. “The rare times that I get into a girl’s car or be subjected to what someone is listening to in their vehicle, it happens to be those guys,” Drizzy reasoned. Montana is preparing to drop his debut album, Excuse My French, this summer, so he welcomes the exposure. “We’re all crossing each other’s fans, so it’s a good look for everybody,” he said. “Look at the energy in here — we having fun doin’ it.” Rick Ross prot
‘It meant a lot coming from him,’ JoJo tells MTV News on VMA black carpet about Drizzy’s response. By Jocelyn Vena JoJo Photo: MTV News LOS ANGELES — JoJo has certainly grown up somewhere between releasing “Leave (Get Out)” back in 2004 as a 14-year-old and her very NSFW remix of Drake’s “Marvin’s Room.” As soon as JoJo dropped the sultry, sassy track , redubbed “Marvin’s Room (Can’t Do Better),” earlier this summer, blogs and music lovers went crazy over her mature voice and even more mature lyrical content. In the song, she coos lines like “F— that new girl that you like so bad/ She’s not crazy like me, I bet you like that.” Much like the Drizzy version, JoJo’s version is a swirling ode to drunk dialing that special someone, and the longing of the track seemed to resonate with folks — which is the most surprising part to JoJo, considering she drops a few F-bombs. “I was shocked!” she told MTV News on Sunday night on the VMA black carpet about the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the remix. So how did she end up recording her answer to Drake’s track? “Well, one of my friends was like, ‘Jo, you gotta hear this new Drake song!’ I loved it, and I thought Drake was really emotional and honest,” she explained. “I was like, ‘This a great record,’ so I had a little time in the car ride [on my way to the airport]. So I wrote my version in the car ride, and I landed in L.A., I went to the studio, I recorded it, and the next day I put it on the Internet, and people really, really loved it. And I was totally shocked, ’cause I was scared to use the F-word, and I didn’t know how people would respond to it.” The track, produced by Jordan Gatsby and featuring vocals from Travis Garland, is not only fan-approved, but also approved by the Canadian rapper himself. “He said I killed it and that he was really happy with everyone’s response,” she said of Drake’s reaction. “It meant a lot coming from him. It was all out of respect.” The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards have wrapped, but the real action is just getting started! Stick with MTV News for winners , fashion pics, video and behind-the-scenes stories about everything that went down. Visit VMA.MTV.com for the latest. Related Artists JoJo Drake
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