The wait is over. Drake’s 1st single off Thank Me Later.

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Lyrics
I know way too many people here right now
That I didn’t know last year, who the fuck are y’all?
I swear it feels like the last few nights
We been everywhere and back
But I just can’t remember it all

What am I doin’? What am I doin’?
Oh, yeah, that’s right, I’m doin’ me
I’m doin me
I’m livin’ life right now, mayne • Read full story

Story is the verse Drake used on Stunt Hard was intended for the Mickey Factz & Travis McCoy (Of Gym Class Heroes) Overdose On Life for Omen’s Be The Judge compilation. Thanks X.

Drake – Overdose [Unreleased Verse]

Drake performing the ” Bed Rock ” and talking about his new single ” over “at HAZE Nightclub on February 2nd, 2010 in Las Vegas. This was his very first Las Vegas Performance Ever, and it was insane. The crowd was packed with girls singing every word to his songs. Drake’s DJ – Future the Prince was on the Turntables tearing it up.

iTunes recently got a peek at Miss RiRi’s iTunes list and she definitely has the pop scene floating into her ears & you know she had to have some Drizzy on there. Thank Me Later Coming Soon.

1. “Best I Ever Had” – Drake
2. “Closer” – Kings of Leon
3. “Young Forever” – Jay-Z feat. Mr Hudson
4. “Venus vs. Mars” – Jay-Z
5. “Meet Me Halfway” – Black Eyed Peas
6. “La La La” – LMFAO
7. “Throw It in the Bag (Remix)” – Fabolous feat. Drake and The-Dream
8. “Party in the U.S.A.” – Miley Cyrus
9. “Thinking of You” – Katy Perry
10. “Umbrella” – Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
11. “Russian Roulette” – Rihanna
12. “Sweet Dreams” – Beyoncé
13. “Waiting on the World to Change” – John Mayer

This is a unofficial reference music video for Drake’s “Killer” featuring Nipsey Hu$$le. Produced & directed by Tony Billz. Not only does he create dope visuals to add to ‘Killer’, but also notice his original artistic interpretation of the song.

Drake knows. He knows that his debut album, due out this spring, faces stratospheric expectations. “I feel like people are gonna get it and pop it in,” the 23-year-old Toronto rapper says, “and, no matter what it sounds like—I could make the most beautiful arrangements of hip-hop in the last 20 years—and people will still be like, ‘Nope, he didn’t do it.’” That’s why he named the record Thank Me Later. Eventually, he believes, everyone will come around. • Read full story

he Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin and Grammy nominated recording artist Drake will join a number of Jazz, Pop, Gospel and Rock artists for the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Slated to run April 23-25 and April 29-May 2 in New Orleans, LA, the forthcoming festival will also feature performances from Lionel Richie, Darius Rucker, Anita Baker and BB King.

“It’s just a way cool thing that Jazz Fest is so broad that it can embrace all these different things, all these different artists,” the festival’s producer, Quint Davis, said in a statement Monday. • Read full story

t’s that time of the year; all the year-end awards are declared by Billboard. Drake won two awards, Hot Rap Song of the year for “Best I Ever Had” and Top New HipHop/R&B Artist of the Year. He is also listed in some other charts that you can peep below (but they don’t make any top 10s). Billboard Charts are calculated using custom formulas collecting sales, streaming and radio play. Men Lie, Women Lie, Numbers don’t.

Drake’s rise to superstardom was one of the biggest stories of 2009. From his humble beginnings as Jimmy Brooks on “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” Drizzy (born Aubrey Graham) took the hip-hop world by storm, thanks to the success of his So Far Gone mixtape and subsequent partnership with Lil Wayne’s Young Money label. Drake collaborated with the biggest names in the game, was co-signed by everyone from Bun B to Kanye, and didn’t let a little thing like tearing the ligaments in his knee stop his climb. Grammy nominated, often-imitated, Drake came out of nowhere to lay the blueprint for success in ‘09. Now he knows G4 pilots on a first-name basis. • Read full story