On the entertainment news Drake has revealed that Rap will never die – Drake declares – African2nice Television reports that Rap will never die – Drake declares.
Famous Canadian rapper, Drake, has reacted to the controversial claim that rap music is “dead.”
The ‘Rich Baby Daddy’ crooner said contrary to the innuendoes, rap music will never die.
Drake the declaration during a recent chat with popular American streamer, Adin Ross.
“Rap is dead,” Ross declared.
“It’ll never die. It was a weird NBA season. New season starts in 5 days,” Drake rebuffed.
Recall that months ago, Nigerian afrobeats singer, Wizkid, sparked controversy after claiming during an interview on an international platform that “rap us dead.”
ABOUT DRAKE:
Aubrey Drake Graham(born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor. An influential figure inpopular music, he has been credited with popularizingR&Bsensibilities inhip-hopartists. Gaining recognition by starring asJimmy Brooksin theCTVteen drama seriesDegrassi: The Next Generation(2001–2008), Drake began his recording career in 2006 with the release of his debut mixtape,Room for Improvement(2006). He followed up with the mixtapesComeback Season(2007) andSo Far Gone(2009) before signing withYoung Money Entertainment.[5]
Drake’s first three albums,Thank Me Later(2010),Take Care(2011) andNothing Was the Same(2013) each debuted atop theBillboard200and spawned theBillboardHot 100-top ten singles “Find Your Love“, “Take Care” (featuringRihanna), “Started from the Bottom“, and “Hold On, We’re Going Home” (featuringMajid Jordan).[6]His fourth albumViews(2016) lead theBillboard200 for 13 non-consecutive weeks and contained the singles “Hotline Bling” and the US number one “One Dance” (featuringWizKidandKyla), which has been credited for helping popularizedancehallandAfrobeatsin contemporary American music.[7][8]Viewswas followed by the double albumScorpion(2018), which included the three US number-one singles: “God’s Plan“, “Nice for What“, and “In My Feelings“. His sixth album,Certified Lover Boy(2021), set the then-record (9) formost US top-ten songs from one albumwith its lead single, “Way 2 Sexy” (featuringFutureandYoung Thug), reaching number one. In 2022, he released thehouse-inspired albumHonestly, Nevermindand his collaborative album with21 Savage,Her Loss, which yielded the number-one single “Jimmy Cooks“. His eighth album,For All the Dogs(2023), featured his twelfth and thirteenth number ones, “Slime You Out” (featuringSZA) and “First Person Shooter” (featuringJ. Cole). In 2024, Drake was involved in a high-profilerap feud with Kendrick Lamar, producing the diss songs “Push Ups, “Taylor Made Freestyle“,[a]“Family Matters“, and “The Heart Part 6“.
As an entrepreneur, Drake founded theOVO Soundrecord label with longtime collaborator40in 2012. In 2013, he became the “global ambassador” of theToronto Raptors, joining their executive committee and later obtaining naming rights to their practice facilityOVO Athletic Centre. In 2016, he began collaborating withBrent Hockingon thebourbon whiskeyVirginia Black.[10]Drake heads the OVO fashion label and the Nocta collaboration withNike, Inc., and founded the production companyDreamCrewand the fragrance house Better World. In 2018, he was reportedly responsible for 5 percent (CAD$440 million) of Toronto’s CAD$8.8 billion annual tourism income.[11]
Among the world’sbest-selling music artists, with over 170 million units sold, Drake is ranked as the highest-certifieddigital singlesartist in the United States by theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA).[12]He has won fiveGrammy Awards, sixAmerican Music Awards,39BillboardMusic Awards, twoBrit Awards, and threeJuno Awards. He has achieved 13 number-one hits on theBillboardHot 100, a joint-record for themost number-one singles by a male solo artist(tied withMichael Jackson).[13]Drake holds further Hot 100 records, including the most top 10 singles (78), and the most charted songs (338).[14]From 2018 to 2023, Drake held the record for the most simultaneously charted songs in one week (27), the most Hot 100 debuts in one week (22);[15]and held the most continuous time on the Hot 100 (431 weeks).[b]He additionally has the most number-one singles on theR&B/Hip-Hop Airplay,Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs,Hot Rap Songs, andRhythmic Airplaycharts.
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