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Drake and Lil Wayne to perform at BET Awards

Rappers Drake and Lil Wayne are confirmed to take the stage at NYC’s Black Entertainment Television Awards ’11, reports Rolling Stone.

They join Chris Brown, Alicia Keys and Jill Scott as confirmed performers for this year’s ceremony, which airs on June 26 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Lil Wayne is expected to perform hits from his upcoming album Tha Carter IV, while Drake’s setlist has not yet been revealed.

Drake and Lil Wayne will face off for best male hip hop artist, competing with B.o.B, Rick Boss and Kanye West. Both are also up for best collaboration – Lil Wayne for his feature on the Chris Brown tune, Look At Me Now, and Drake for his feature on Rihanna’s single, What’s My Name.

The show will be hosted by comedian Kevin Hart (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Soul Plane). Comedian Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show) will receive the humanitarian award, while singer Patti LaBelle of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells will be the recipient of the lifetime achievement award.

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Drake reveals new album release date

Rap star Drake took to his official blog yesterday (June 9) to offer a sneak peek at his next single, Marvin’s Room, and announce the release date of his upcoming album, Take Care, reports MTV.

"Single coming in July," the rapper wrote, as he posted up a link to Marvin’s Room. "’Take Care’ coming Oct. 24th."

Take Care is the much-anticipated follow-up to Drake’s successful debut album, Thank Me Later, which came out almost a year ago on June 15, 2010. The freshman album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 447,000 in the U.S. in its first week alone.

Despite the debut album’s success, Drake wanted to spend more time making his new CD.

"’Thank Me Later’ was a rushed album," the star told BBC 1 earlier this year. "That’s why my new album is called ‘Take Care’, because I get to take my time this go-round."

Marvin’s Room – which depicts a drunk-dial in mid-call – is the second single off Take Care. The debut single, Dreams Money Can Buy, was released only last month.

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Arcade Fire and Justin Bieber up for MuchMusic awards

Arcade Fire, Justin Bieber, Drake and Avril Lavigne are the hometown heroes among the big names who scored multiple nominations for the Canadian MuchMusic Video Awards next month, reports Spinner.

The four acts go up against newcomers Down With Webster for the fan-chosen UR FAVE Artist award. They’ll also face off against pop singer Fefe Dobson for international video of the year by a Canadian.

On the worldwide stage, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Rihanna, Katy Perry and Kanye West are among the ten individual nominees for international video of the year, while The Black Eyed Peas, The Black Keys, and White Lies are some of the colorful group nominees for international video of the year.

Gaga, Lavigne, Bruno Mars, the Black Keys, and City and Colour are confirmed to perform at the ceremony, held June 19 in Toronto. Teen star Selena Gomez — nominated for international video of the year for her single A Year Without Rain — will host the event.

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Drake not leaving record label

 

Not only has Canadian rapper Drake spoken out against rumors that he had left the Young Money record label, but he demonstrated his loyalty by performing alongside label producer Lil Wayne last Sunday (April 3), reports MTV.

Rumors of Young Money’s loss began to circulate when Drake was not listed as part of the upcoming I Am Music II Tour sponsored by the label.

"I’ve been touring since last March so I’m just going to take time and make my album," the rapper explained in February. 

Still, his omission from the line-up was enough to get people talking. Drake tried to put an end to the speculation by telling the audience at Lil Wayne’s concert in Washington D.C. that has no plans to leave the label.

"You see today, when I landed in D.C. and I got off the plane, this n—- looked me in my eyes and he asked me, ‘Did you drop out of Young Money?’ And I looked him right back in his eyes and I said, ‘Boy, are you out your motherf—— mind?!’" he said from the stage. "Man, I want this sh– forever."

 

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Drake to receive songwriting award

Just 18 months after his arrival in the music industry, Canadian rapper Drake is set to receive the Hal David Starlight Award at the 42nd Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in June, reports Teen Music.

The Hal David Starlight Award is presented annually to a songwriter who has made a significant impact in the music industry through original songs.

Yesterday (March 24), Jimmy Webb of Songwriters Hall of Fame announced, "Drake shines as a talented songwriter with a unique vision."

Drake will join an impressive list of artists who have already won this award, including last year’s winner Taylor Swift, as well as Alicia Keys, John Legend and John Mayer, to name a few.

 

 

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Kanye West working on remix

Rapper Kanye West is working on a remix of All of the Lights, featuring Drake and Big Sean, reports MTV.

An early leak of All of the Lights included a verse from Drake, but the official version released in November on West’s album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was without the Toronto rapper’s contributions, although it still featured top names such as Elton John, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, and Ryan Leslie.

Although he admits that they have very different working styles, in an interview with Shade 45 radio, Drake shared his views on matters: "We make music differently. I make what comes to me and I hate changing it, whereas ‘Ye will change something 30 or 40 times to get it perfect. To each their own, and the change was to put all those people on it, and I wasn’t one of them. That’s completely okay."

Now Drake will have another opportunity to contribute to the hit single. The rapper will add another verse to the remix – not the one that was previously heard on the leaked single, according to Complex.
 

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Drake shelves mixtape to work on album

Toronto-born rapper Drake, 24, has announced that he will be shelving his R&B mixtape project in order to focus on his upcoming second studio album, reports Teen Music.

Drake had previously been working on the new album, Take Care, alongside a mixtape project titled It’s Never Enough – but the star announced Monday (February 7) that he would be shifting his full concentration to finishing his studio work.

"I have decided that I am going to push It’s Never Enough and focus completely on delivering Take Care to you all," the rapper posted on his blog. "I feel like my mind is truly ready to make this next album now and I don’t want that feeling to escape me."

After rising to fame as an actor on popular Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation, Drake was signed by Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment in June 2009. His debut album, Thank Me Later, was released a year later on June 15, 2010 and has since gone platinum.

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Two duets added to Grammy performances

More performers have been added to the roster for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards: Gwyneth Paltrow will perform a duet with Cee Lo Green, and Drake will take the stage with Rihanna during the February 13 awards ceremony, reports MTV.

Paltrow and Green will be joined on stage by some as-yet-unnamed Muppets. It’s not the first time the Country Strong actress has worked with rap star Green. The two paired up just last month in order to record a special version of Green’s single, F— You, and they also appeared together on the January 15 episode of Saturday Night Live.

Although it hasn’t been confirmed, MTV speculates that Drake and Rihanna will be performing their collaborative single, What’s My Name?

The four entertainers join a star-studded list of performers, including Eminem, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Arcade Fire, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and Muse.

LL Cool J, Norah Jones, Nicki Minaj, Dierks Bentley, Selena Gomez and Blake Shelton, meanwhile, have been confirmed as presenters for the evening’s ceremony.

 

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Drake to make reggae album?

Currently at work on his second album, Take Care, and collaborating with the likes of Florence and the Machine, during an interview on MuchMusic, Drake revealed he was interested in working on reggae music.

RapCity’s T-Rexx asked the recording artist if he had ever considered putting together a reggae album, and Drake replied that he wanted to put something together for his upcoming trip to the island.

"I wanna do something for Jamaica, because we’re supposed to go out there and record after the European tour,” he said. He’s asked a Jamaican producer, “ …send me some rhythms that are poppin’ and I’ll see what I can do…You never know!"

According to reports, a complete reggae album just might result from these planned Jamaican recording sessions. On his debut album, Drake’s Find Your Love video is set in Jamaica and features Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer Mavado.

Drake’s second studio album will be released around March or April.

 

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Drake and Lil Wayne to collaborate on new album

It’s becoming increasingly rare these days for rap albums not to contain songs with featured artists.

The number of guest artists on Kanye West’s latest album reads like a virtual directory of the hip hop community. In March, West’s team effort with Jay-Z, Watch the Throne, is due to drop.

Now, Canadian rapper Drake has revealed on U.K. radio that he and his mentor Lil Wayne are also working on a joint album of their own, reports MTV News.

“I’ll be on [Tha Carter IV], though … We’ve done a great song … and then we’re going to do another one, and another one. We still got to do that album. I heard some other guys are coming out with an album, too. There’s two other rappers that are coming out with an album together. … I don’t know where they got that idea but …"

When the interviewer asked him to explain it all a bit more, Drake said, "I just caught wind of it through the grapevine, that there’s some other album coming out with two guys that rapping on it too."

When the interview alluded to the “older guys,” Drake replied: "Oh, I didn’t say that. They look young to me … in their movements."