Drake Gives DJ Khaled Diamond Keys

This gift definitely ain't free. Drake and DJ Khaled had big years individually and together. Their single "For Free" from Khaled's Major Key LP is already platinum, and it's done so well that Kanye West took shots at the duo just before getting hospitalized. To celebrate their friendship and professional success, Drake has gifted DJ Khaled and his baby son with diamond encrusted keys. Khaled announced that he'd received the gift via Instagram with the following caption: "@champagnepapi thank you so much for this amazing gift for me and my son ASAHD! Thank you for the 2 keys that’s inseparable !! The 2 keys wit my name and ASAHD name on the keys!! @champagnepapi very grateful for your friendship!!! MORE LIFE! MORE WINS! MORE BLESSINGS ! NOTICE HOW I SAID MORE!! Also thank you @kilanijewellery for the great work!! #WETHEBEST #OVO FAN LUV PLEASE TELL DRAKE WE SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH !!"

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Joe Budden Responds To Drake's Diss On French Montana's "No Shopping"

Joe Budden hits Drake with a crying Jordan meme after hearing the OVO boss' diss on French Montana's new single, "No Shopping." As promised, tonight's episode of OVO Sound Radio included the premiere of French Montana's new Drake-featuring single: "No Shopping." News of the collab first broke in May, when French Montana shared a brief snippet of the song, during which Drake can be heard beginning his verse by rapping, "Pump, pump it up." The line was presumed to be a shot at Joe Budden, who had recently given VIEWS a decidedly negative review on his podcast. Now that the full version of "No Shopping" is here, it's clear that the "Pump It Up" reference was no accident. Much of Drake's verse is directed at Budden, whom he denounces as a one-hit wonder. "You let me turn into the n*gga that you almost was," he raps. Drake doesn't mention Budden by name until toward the end of his verse, when he raps, "Last week, Budden runnin' in the room / This week sold 1.2." See the full lyrics of Drake's "No Shopping" verse at the bottom of the page. Judging by his recent tweets and retweets, Budden has heard "No Shopping," and he has already proclaimed himself to be the victor of the beef, clearly feeling that Drake's bars on the new French Montana single don't stand up to the two diss tracks he has already put out, starting at the end of last month with "Making a Murderer" and then another one, "Wake," less than a week later. Budden provided his first response to "No Shopping" by retweeting an image of a drained iPhone battery, suggesting that Drake's latest raps are the opposite of "Charged Up." He then posted another meme -- not exactly a creative one, but a successful effort nonetheless -- showing the crying Jordan face pasted onto the head of the OVO owl. Budden has since responded to a few of his followers who also agreed that Drake's "No Shopping" response was lackluster.

Drake & Kanye West React To The Death Of Alton Sterling

Drake pens a letter to his followers about the senseless death of Alton Sterling. Following the death of 37-year old Alton Sterling, who was senselessly gunned down by ANOTHER police officer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this week, the hip-hop community has once again expressed their incredible outrage & disbelief on the matter. Everyone from Meek Mill, The Game, Talib Kweli, Chuck D & more went to social media to express their emotions following the video that surfaced Tuesday night of Sterling getting shot in the back. And hours later, Drake & Kanye West decided to chime in on the situation as well. Kanye took to twitter to post an IG link of the video footage that had the hashtags #RIPAltonSterling, #StandForSomethingOrFallForAnything. Whereas Drake on the other hand took the actual time out of his day to pen a letter to his followers expressing his concerns & emotions on the situation.

Producer Detail Sues Drake For Alleged Assault By His Bodyguard

Producer Details is suing Drake over an alleged assault taking place back in 2014. It looks like Drake is the latest victim in a new lawsuit. According to TMZ, his former collaborator & producer Detail is suing the OVO leader for an alleged assault that reportedly took place back in 2014. Detail claims Drizzy offered him a deal to be his executive producer back in 2014 but declined because he didn’t want to be restricted to working with just one artist. With that said, Drake apparently didn’t take this rejection too kindly and allegedly set up his former producer to get jumped. Details says Drake invited him over to his crib in Calabasas to work on some new music sometime in June of 2014, and when he arrived around 2 AM, he was welcomed by Drake’s bodyguard Chubbs, who apparently greeted him with a sucker punch & broken jaw. During the alleged beat down, Detail says Chubbs was yelling… "I will beat all your asses, including your bitches. I don't give a fuck. I will hit you again. Do you think Drake is soft? You think Drake's a punk?" There’s no word yet on how much Detail is suing for but we can only presume it’s for a lot. We’ll continue to keep you posted on any more “details” moving forward.

French Montana & Drake Shoot “No Shopping” Video In Dominican Republic

French Montana & Drake invade La Romana in the Dominican for their forthcoming video "No Shopping." It looks like we now know the next single off French Montana’s long awaited Mac N Cheese 4 album. Earlier tonight, both French Montana & Drizzy Drake took their IG pages to tease the video shoot the two just partook in down in Dominican Republic on Thursday for their forthcoming single “No Shopping.” Taking over La Romana in the D.R., French & Drizzy were caught posted up in the resort alongside OVO producer Noah “40” Shebib with several woman in the background. No word yet as for when the video or song will arrive, but the Coke Boy CEO did share a snippet of it a couple months back on his snapchat which you can see below. Check out the pics & keep your eyes peeled for the single to arrive soon. Mac N Cheese 4 is available now for pre-order on iTunes.

Drake & Kendrick Lamar's "Beef" Nearly Escalated To 50 Cent & Ja Rule Proportions, According To Marcellus Wiley

The former NFL player suggests an interview that would have increased tension between the two rappers was destroyed. Ever since Drake was mentioned in Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse, there has been speculation of a tension between the two rappers. While Drake did seem to be a bit offended by the namedrop on Kendrick's record, the proposed bad blood between the two rappers has depended on the assumption of a number of "subliminal" disses and no concrete evidence. However, according to a new report from former NFL player and current ESPN host, Marcellus Wiley, the beef was very real, and came close to escalating exponentially due to an interview which was never aired. “All I know is there was a beef, and all I know is I was witness to when the beef would have ignited to proportions we have not seen since Ja Rule/50, maybe even Ice Cube/N.W.A," the host said on an episode of his ESPN podcast, not specifying which side the alleged diss came from. "Like it went there. But that was destroyed from everyone’s property. That was destroyed, that interview, that moment was destroyed. That’s all I’m gonna say. But I was there and I heard the shots fired." Wiley attests that what he heard came from only one of the two rappers, but he feels it would have been enough to inspire a full-fledged beef. "It was one-sided, and the other side was about to retaliate if that would’ve got out, but they destroyed the evidence. And I ain’t lying," he said.

Jim Jones Thinks Max B Could've Been As Successful As Drake

Despite their past beef, Jim Jones admits that Max B could've been as big as Drake had he not gotten locked-up. In 2005, Jim Jones signed fellow Harlemite Max B to his ByrdGang record label. The deal would only last for about two years, and the two rappers had been clashing heads at the time of Max's ByrdGang departure in 2008. It became an official beef soon afterwards, especially as Max joined forces with Coke Boy French Montana, whom also had a disdain for Jones. The beef would proliferate until 2009, when Max was sent to prison, where he still remains today. In a clip taken from a new interview with Rap Radar, Jones was asked if there is still any bad blood between him and Biggavelli, and he responded by saying that he's not the type to speak down upon an incarcerated man. "That's a chapter in my life that's been gone," he said. "I don't even think about it no more." Jones went on to explain that he didn't have anything to do with Max's imprisonment. In fact, "I put a lot of money in that boy's pockets," he said. Whether or not he harbors any ill feelings toward the rapper known as The Wavy One, he clearly recognized his talent. Jones went as far to say that Max "had the chance to be big as Drake right now." "A lot of these artists right now that are singing and being very melodic," said Jones. "A lot of that came from that boy's whole catalog." He also pointed out that Wiz Khalifa has been influenced by many elements of Max's wavy style; "Wiz Khalifa'll tell you right now that he studied his music word for word," said Jones. Max B is currently serving a 75-year sentence in a New Jersey prison

Joe Budden Praises Drake's "4PM In Calabasas," Says Diddy Needs To Respond

Joe Budden finally heard the "inspired" Drake he'd been missing tonight on "4PM in Calabasas." A few lines on the song take aim at Diddy, and Budden feels the disses are hard enough to necessitate a response. There was a flood of new music on tonight's episode of OVO Sound Radio. It was thought that Drake would pay tribute to Gucci Mane in his DJ mix, and he took it a step further and surprised listeners with a brand new collab with the unshackled Brick Squad boss himself: "Back on Road." A bit later, Drake's current No. 1, "One Dance," received a fittingly poppy remix from another Canuck in Justin Bieber. And lastly, Drake signed off by adding another installment to his storied time-sensitive city songs, this one called "4PM in Calabasas." The beat, produced by Frank Dukes and Vinylz with co-production from Allen Ritter, contains what sounds like the classic Bad Boy loop -- according to Joe Budden, who praised "4PM in Calabasas" on Twitter upon hearing it, even though he feels the song disses Puffy and, perhaps, himself. Budden might've created tension with Drake after giving Views a lackluster review on his podcast, saying, "I felt that that kid on that album I heard sounds real fucking uninspired." About a week later, French Montana previewed a snippet of a forthcoming collab he has with Drake, who begins his verse with, "Pump, pump it up," perhaps a reference to Budden's biggest hit, 2003's "Pump It Up." "Sounded inspired," Budden first tweeted about "4PM in Calabasas." "He snapped just now, even if he dissed me and Puff the whole time," he went on, "He ain't sound that inspired in a minute (to me)."

OVO Releases Full Credits To Drake's "VIEWS"

OVO releases the "VIEWS" digital booklet, including the album's full credits. Drake revealed the featureless VIEWS tracklist last Wednesday (Apr. 27). In the early evening before he ended up releasing the album on Apple Music while he was on the air for a rescheduled episode of OVO Sound Radio, Drake announced most of the VIEWS features by using memes inspired by his own album artwork. He soon shared a fairly extensive production list, which was later added to by Noah "40" Shebib. OVO has now released the entire list of VIEWS credits, listing the names of everyone involved in the recording of Drake's fourth studio album. The liner notes are placed carefully across various images of Drake and friends in front of curated Toronto scenes, as part of a slideshow on the OVO blog with a similar layout to a digital booklet. On the first page after the cover art, Drake dedicates the album to Megan Flores, a young girl currently undergoing cancer treatment, whom Drake visited with Rihanna in March while in Miami for an "Anti" tour date: "This body of work is dedicated to Megan Flores. I pray for your well being every day." Digging into the full writing credits, there's not a whole lot of revelatory information, but there are a few names in there worth noting. OVO/Reps Up affiliate Baka Not Nice is given a vocal credit for "Hype," as is Irish singer James Vincent McMorrow. Jeremih has background vocals on "With You," the breezy R&B collab featuring PartyNextDoor. On the standout "Still Here," D. Carter is given a writing credit -- did Dwayne Carter, aka Lil Wayne, help Drizzy with some of those bars?

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Drake's "Views From The 6" Will Be An Apple Music Exclusive

Drake's upcoming album "Views from the 6" will be released exclusively on Apple Music. Top artists have joined forces with the most prominent music streaming services in recent months. Rihanna and Kanye West both released their latest albums on Tidal -- and Ye even kept The Life of Pablo locked on the Jay Z-helmed platform for over a month and a half. It is known that Drake has a deal with Apple Music, though the exact terms of the partnership are unknown. Last summer, it was rumored that Apple offered him an estimated $19 million. But the deal should prove to be lucrative for both parties, as Pitchfork now reports (via Apple) that Views from the 6, upon its release, will be an Apple Music exclusive. As for how long the album will remain exclusively on Apple Music, that much is unknown. The news comes soon after Drake announced the Views release date live on tonight's episode of OVO Sound Radio, which is still going on now (stream here). Fans have got exactly 20 days until the release of Drake's fourth album. Better download Apple Music before April 29.

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