From Cards Dice to Life.. These are the Gambling Stories. Bishop Brigante catches up with fellow T Dot artist Drake and gets the highs and lows from Drake on his gambling ventures. See how Drake reflects on the infamous “The Watch” video against Brigante himself.

Directed by Jake Davis. “Successful” will also be the new joint today on BET’s 106 & Park. Tune in.

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From the video shoot photos, to behind the scenes videos, to 30 second sneak peaks, and now extended trailers. Video dropping soon…

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Here’s the new master as promised. There’s some slight changes to Kanye’s verse and the song itself (piano, horns, drums, vocals – I hear it) but the song altogether sounds greater than before! Thank you 40.

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No album. No major deal. Who does it like that? Mazal Tov.

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The video for Mary & Drake’s collaboration off Mary J. Blige’s “Stronger” album which drops November 24th. Directed by Anthony Mandler.

Yesterday, Hip-Hop’s rookie of the year phoned in DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz Radio on Hot 107.9 Topics at hand? “Forever”, the rerelease of So Far Gone, his deal, and wanting to work with Sade and Andre 3000 for his album, Thank Me Later. Drake talks about his favorite “Forever” verse, his upcoming knee surgery, mentions that he’s currently in LA working with Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, the So Far Gone retail, and more..

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The clip is dark and opens with Drake overlooking the city. He continues to peer out from the balcony of a building during his first verse until he meets with Trey. As the two exit the condo, Drake turns back to the doorman, and his mind flashes as he and the man switch roles. The mood of the video matches the song; “Best I Ever Had” turned out to be a misstep for the upstart MC when the over-the-top clip didn’t match what fans felt the song portrayed.

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The most anticipated song of the week has dropped. Forever is produced by Toronto’s own, Boi-1da and is set to appear on the More Than A Game soundtrack – LeBron James’ movie. It’ll also be on Drake’s Thank Me Later album. Be sure to buy the song on iTunes this Friday to support Drake & the team. Artwork by yours truly, Karla aka hustleGRL.

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According to MTV News, Young Money president Mack Maine spilled the beans on the song saying that “they re-did it, it got mixed over the weekend, now it’s getting mastered,” as well as Rich Paul, who works with Lebron James, saying this (in the audio above):

“Forever” will appear on as part of a collection of tracks inspired by the film (due in theaters October 2), with the soundtrack coming on September 22 on Interscope Records. Polow Da Don will executive produce the set, which will also include songs by T.I., Mary J. Blige, and Young Jeezy.

Forever was initially supposed to be only Drake & Kanye:

“It was done, it was just Drake and Kanye, and then they went back and got two more prolific talents and it just made it even crazier, ” Paul told MTV News late Tuesday. “They blessed Drake crazy.”

The song came together when Gee Roberson, an executive at Atlantic Records who also manages West and helps to oversee the careers of Drake and Wayne, visited LeBron during the playoffs in May.

“He came over and played this — it was me, LeBron and Maverick [Carter, James' manager],” said Paul, who will co-executive produce the project for James’ camp. “And he played the track, it was hot. It went right with the movie, it was like perfect for a moment that you want to be forever. And when he decided to put Wayne, Drake, Kanye and Eminem on it [together], it just makes is better. It’s one of those songs fans will really want to hear forever. It’s that type of feeling.”

Lil Wayne as long expressed a desire to rap alongside Eminem on a track — and now, he’s done it.

To add to all of these developments, I can confirm that it’ll have the same beat as the original, but it features new verses from Drake/Wayne, as well as possibly a new hook:

“There’s gonna be an unexpected feature on the hook,” he said. “Right now we have three different R&B singers writing the hook to see who comes up with the best one. I’mma be shocked. So I can’t tell you who it’s gonna be.” On the original, Drake performs double duty, rapping and singing the chorus.

And while “Swagga Like Us” was performed on the Grammys but never got a video, plans call for Drake, Wayne, West, and Em to shoot a clip for “Forever” next month in New York, Paul said, directed by Hype Williams.

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