Drake released “Laugh Now Cry Later,” a new collaboration with Lil Durk, on Thursday at midnight. In the video for the track, which sometimes seems like a lengthy Nike commercial, Drake plays basketball with Kevin Durant and throws around a football with Odell Beckham Jr. The “Laugh Now Cry Later” …
Read More »Drake and DJ Khaled Try to Solve the Song of the Summer Crisis
For the bulk of 2020, Drake has been trying to plug the dam. The Toronto rapper has been besieged with so many leaks, he’s found various places to stash his ever-evolving collection of new music. In early May, the OVO brain trust decided to release Dark Lane Demo Tapes, a …
Read More »Drake Jumps to Number One on Artists 500 Chart
Drake jumped to Number One on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, racking up 119.7 million streams for the week of April 3rd through April 9th. The rapper and streaming heavyweight is a mainstay on the chart, typically hovering somewhere in the Top Five, and the release of his new …
Read More »RS Charts: Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Holds at Number One
Roddy Ricch‘s “The Box” survived a fierce challenge from Drake and Future‘s “Life Is Good” and held on to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The Compton-born rapper won the week thanks to 57.1 million streams, while Drake and Future pulled in 46.8 million. “The Box” …
Read More »RS Charts: Post Malone Takes Control of Artists 500 Chart
Post Malone solidified his chart dominance by topping the Rolling Stone Artists 500 with a whopping 381.8 million song streams for the week of September 6th through September 12th. The rapper’s huge week was prompted by the release of his new album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, which debuted at Number One on …
Read More »Drake Takes Another Shot at Kanye West on French Montana's 'No Stylist'
French Montana and Drake share an apparent mutual disdain for fashion. On Thursday, September 20, the duo dropped the spiritual successor to “No Shopping” with the London On Da Track-produced “No Stylist.” The song features hallmarks of their previous collaborations — materialistic raps, braggadocious bars about faceless women and veiled …
Read More »Drake's 'March 14' and Pusha-T's 'The Story of Adidon': A Complicated Relationship
For a week at the end of May, rap fans obsessed over the latest skirmish in a long-simmering feud between Pusha-T and Drake. Pusha-T attacked first on “Infrared,” the final song on the Kanye West-produced Daytona, questioning Drake’s ability to write his own raps without ever mentioning the Canadian superstar …
Read More »How Drake Made 'Scorpion,' the Most Ambitious Album of His Career
Drake‘s ambition grows more grandiose every year. In 2017, he released the genre-hopping, 22-song More Life playlist, which sounded like an attempt to conquer every sector of popular music at once. He one-upped himself last Friday with Scorpion, a 25-track double album designed to shock, awe and discombobulate. Pulpy Nineties …
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