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Drake is continuing to stand by Tory Lanez amid the rapper’s attempt to appeal his sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, this time calling for Lanez’s freedom. On Monday, Drake posted a photo of the rapper, who is currently in prison for shooting Megan in 2020, with the caption, “3 you,” a slang term for “free you,” with the number 3 symbolizing open handcuffs. Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison in August, nearly eight months after he was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in her feet.…

On the morning of Feb. 6, “Drake” was trending on X (formerly known as Twitter); not too unusual for one of the world’s most successful rappers. The reason, though, turned out to be extremely unusual for the pop star and reverberated across the internet for a week – what looked like a video of Drake engaged in a solo sex act was circulating. He hasn’t commented on the video or its veracity explicitly, but he seems to be taking the commotion in stride.  On Feb. 7, Drake’s first night in Nashville for his ongoing…

The VHS-style video takes place in a multiverse where Drake lives in suburbia with a very pregnant Red On Valentine’s Day, Drake debuted his latest, self-directed video “Rich Baby Daddy” featuring Sexyy Red and SZA — taking fans from a house party to the maternity ward. The video begins as an episode in the Drake multiverse: The rapper begins his morning filming on a VHS camera while he can be heard saying “finally made it out the ‘hood” while checking out his Honda in the driveway and waving…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksMusicCelebrityCanada'All you incredible artists remember this show isn’t the facts' Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Feb 08, 2024  •  4 minute read Drake snubbed the Junos - Canada's version of the Grammys - by not submitting his music for consideration this year. Photo by CHRIS DELMAS /AFP via Getty ImagesArticle contentWhen the Juno nominations were announced Tuesday, one Canadian artist — perhaps the biggest of them all — wasn’t among the…

Drake slams Grammy Awards 2024 on social media ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) February 4 marked the day when the Grammy Awards 2024 happened in Los Angeles. A lot happened on the stage that made viewers fall in love with the music award ceremony all over again. However, is it even an award show without any drama? The drama didn’t happen at the ceremony, but on social media. Drake took to his Instagram page to post a story taking a sly dig at the awards show. On his Instagram page, Drake shared a video from the past in…

Drake slammed the Grammys for its lack of recognition of hip-hop on Sunday night ahead of the ceremony. The rapper, who was not in attendance, took to his Instagram stories to remind his fellow artists that music’s big night is actually meaningless. In the story, Drake shared a clip of himself at the 2019 Grammys, writing over it, “All you incredible artists remember this show isn’t the facts, it’s just the opinion of a group of people are kept a secret (literally you can Google it). Congrats to anybody winning…

Drake reignited his long-running feud with The Recording Academy, the organizers of the Grammy Awards, by slamming the ceremony on Sunday night. The rapper took to social media before the telecast, posting a message on his Instagram Stories that used a brief clip of his 2019 Grammy acceptance speech. In the caption, he wrote “All you incredible artists remember this show isn’t the facts, it’s just the opinion of a group of people name are kept a secret (literally you can Google it). Congrats to…

In a significant blow to TikTok, Universal Music Group (UMG) has initiated the removal of its extensive music catalog from the platform, impacting global superstars such as Taylor Swift, Drake and Olivia Rodrigo.This drastic action comes as a result of failed negotiations to renew the licensing agreement that allowed TikTok to feature music from some of the biggest names in the industry.With the previous deal expiring on Wednesday, the inability to reach a new agreement has led to a notable void in the platform's music…

Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and other artists signed to Universal Media Group no longer will be available on TikTok after the world’s largest music company and the popular social media platform failed to reach a new licensing deal.   Universal’s deal with TikTok expired Wednesday and was not renewed over apparent disagreements over artificial intelligence (AI) and compensation for artists. Songs from artists affiliated with Universal will no be longer available in the TikTok library and will be removed from…

After to do so earlier this week, Universal Music Group (UMG) has started pulling the catalogs of performers it represents including Taylor Swift, Drake, Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and others. There are no longer tracks listed in profiles of some of the world's most notable artists.Moreover, UMG music featured in TikTok videos will be muted going forward, forcing creators to replace the tracks with options from other music labels. That won’t be easy for many of them, considering the huge number of lip-sync videos that…