May 31st, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Audio
This version doesn’t have all the Rah Rah Rah PULLLLLLLL UP shit the DJs always do on mixtapes. Enjoy.
Edit: This song is produced by Needlz. I love crediting producers; they don’t get much love.
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Download here.
May 30th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Interview, Video
Video: Drake Working On ‘Best I Ever Had’ Video
via MTV News
Ladies love him, girls adore him. No, we’re not talking about old-school rap legend Rob Base — we’re talking about Heartbreak Drake. The Lil Wayne protégé has incredible buzz surrounding his breakout hit, “Best I Ever Had.”
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May 29th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in News
via The New York Times
If there was a time in hip-hop before Drake, it’s tough to remember. On rap Web sites, which abhor a vacuum, seemingly every move he’s made in recent months has been captured and archived in what has amounted to, essentially, a Drake lifecast: video footage and photographs of concerts, audio clips [...]
May 28th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Interview, News, Video
via MTV News
With its mix of singing and rapping, Drake’s buzz-building mixtape So Far Gone has drawn comparisons to Kanye West’s latest effort 808s & Heartbreak. For his part, Drake said the Chicago lyricist had a huge impact on his music and even described ‘Ye as “the most influential person” in [...]
May 28th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Interview, Video
via NahRight.
May 27th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Photos
Lots of familiar faces. Photos spotted via NahRight. Photo Credit: Nunez for Wireimage/Mel D. Cole for VillageSlum.
May 27th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Video
Drake recently performed at Cal State LA closing out for UNI and Ryan Leslie. MySpace Hip Hop had a chance to sit with him for some exclusive personal questions. Check out his answers and clips of him performing his mixtape hits. What was missing? “Replacement Girl” from his set… we can only hope for him [...]
May 27th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Photos
Our girl Nisha just sent us a picture of her dad’s license plate. Ironically, it starts with ATF; lol.
May 27th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Photos
Shouts to Besidone Amoruwa from The Voice for sending these over. These are pictures of Drake while he was out in San Bernadino is California for his So Far Gone Tour. Photo credits go to Curtis J. Moore of CMoore Photos. Congrats to Hard2PleaseEntertainment for putting on a great & successful event. Lots of celebrities [...]
May 27th, 2009 | By Karla | Published in Video
Peter Rosenberg talks to Drake about lots–including the fact that Drake is Jewish and was in fact Bar Mitzvah’d. Kanye shows up for some vintage Kanye-Rosenberg awkwardness.
Spotted via NahRight.
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