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Check out photos & video of Drake visiting the Late Show With David Letterman earlier today. He scheduled to appear on the show on Friday.      Gallery Link: » 2010 Candids: Visiting the Late Show With David Letterman – September 27th |
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Drake talks about the collaboration between himself and Lil Wayne, which is the first track off Wayne’s I Am Not A Human Being LP. He also discusses a track he did for Rihanna and more. |
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Via Popeater.com: When it comes to technology, rapper/singer Drake is best known for his constant BlackBerry use to jot down any thoughts and lyrics. Now, the artist has decided to throw his weight behind Kodak as part of the company’s “So Kodak” campaign featuring Pitbull and Trey Songz that launches early next month. In an exclusive interview with PopEater on the set of his Kodak commercial, the platinum-selling artist talks about his writing process, the proliferation of rappers willing to expose their vulnerable side and why, despite arena tours, critical recognition and one of the biggest selling albums of the year, he still doesn’t feel completely successful. |
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Via MTV.com: Drake lays his game down flat on Bun B’s “Put It Down,” from the certified classic Trill O.G. “I just bought a car/ The n—a Pimp owned it,” Drizzy rhymes on the chorus, paying homage to UGK’s Pimp C. “I threw some tints on it/ He would have loved it how/ Put it down, put it down.” In his guest verse, the Toronto native says, “I got 100 girls in each phone/ Drizzy Drake mane, Young Sweet Jones.” Sweet Jones, of course, was the late Pimp C’s nickname. In fact, a posthumous Pimp album, due on October 5, is titled The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones. (Drake makes a guest turn on a track called “What Up.”) The 23-year-old Young Money franchise player says he’s heard about the small undercurrent of controversy stemming from his tribute-paying reference to the legendary Texas street general. But according to Drake, there was absolutely no disrespect intended. “I just feel that I’m a huge Pimp supporter,” explained Drake, who sends the MC an R.I.P. at the end of his verse. “I’m a huge Pimp fan. I feel like I’m extended UGK family. Bun and Pimp are like uncles, dads to me. They’re G’s. [When I'm around them], I feel like I do around my uncles. They’re still the coldest cats in the world, but Bun makes me feel … he’s a legend. His presence, it’s like me calling myself Young Bun B, [when I call myself] Young Sweet Jones. “It’s just seeing a bit of them in myself; by no means did I mean to offend. I heard it was somebody upset about me making that reference. I think it was somebody in his family or something. But I never mean any disrespect. I love rap. Young Sweet Jones is just a little nickname. People really started calling me that before I ever said it in a rap song. I used to rep for Houston so hard. They just be like, ‘Man, that’s Young Sweet Jones right there.’ I just put it in a song. And it sounded dope.” |
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Via MTV.com: While Drake’s R&B mixtape, It’s Never Enough, might not drop in October, he does plan to put it out before the end of the year. “I don’t know if it’ll be next month,” he told MTV News on Saturday during his VMA rehearsal. “I’m hoping for Christmastime. I’d really love to get it out for Christmastime. Next month, I’ll be on tour. I’m gonna really get to put the finishing touches on it in November and December. Because it’s a mixtape, I don’t have to wait for the production of it.” |
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Post Categories: Live Performance • Video
Check out this video of Drake and Nicki Minaj performing Up All Night last night at the final Home and Home date with Eminem and Jay-Z |
