On Monday night, the 'Way 2 Sex'y rapper reportedly hosted a party for his former YMCMB boss at a Miami hotspot Swan to celebrate the Louisiana rappers 39th birthday. “This man believed in me after so many never called again or just didn’t see it to begin with,” Drake replied while also calling him the “ most selfless artist ever.” Drake is never shy when it comes to giving folks their flowers while theyre still around to smell them - so it comes as no so surprise that he gave an impassioned toast at Lil Waynes private birthday bash.
Last month, Drake honored the New Orleans rapper in response to an interview that finds Wayne praising him. The Instagram post on Wayne’s birthday is not the first time this year that Drake has took to the app to our his longtime mentor. The Instagram post arrives weeks after Lil Wayne’s longtime associate Cortez Bryant revealed that Lil Wayne and Drake have previously considered hosting another joint tour following the success of their 2014 Drake vs. HYFR (Hell Yeah Fg Right) was the 77 song in 2012 in the R&B charts.The song was performed by Drake.The song also included appearances from Lil Wayne. Drake also referenced to Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter II album to close him message saying, “Sometimes I wanna drop a tear but no emotions from a king…shall be…so I be…who I be…that’s me…that’s Weezy F Baby and please say the mothaf*ckin…” “More life to the man that gave me everything I have!!! My GOAT and not just on some emoji sh*t,” he said to begin the post. After already dropping off the visuals for Take Care, Drake also unleashes the music video for the Lil Wayne-assisted HYFR.Coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Passover, Drake and. Sharing pictures that date back to their “HYFR” video shoot and Drake’s infamous Lil Wayne impression on Saturday Night Live, Drake attached a touching caption to the picture. On Sunday, the rapper turned 38 years old and his mentee and frequent collaborator Drake took the opportunity to honor who he called “My GOAT” in an Instagram post. Drake honored one of Hip Hops GOATs in Lil Wayne on Sunday with a birthday shoutout that doubled as a homage to Weezys classic 'Hustler Muzik.'. Rihanna from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.ĭrake ~ HYFR Feat.While Lil Wayne may be celebrating the release of the deluxe re-issue of Tha Carter V, the rapper now has another reason to celebrate: another year of life. Perhaps for artistic effect - or perhaps because the average attention span can only tolerate watching famous people hug it out for so long - these scenes are intercut with slow-motion images of wildlife: a bucking bull, a bird taking flight.Īs director Yoanne Lemoine (Katy Perry, "Firework") told MTV of Rihanna and Drake's on-set chemistry: "They seemed to be super close and that's what I wanted for the video. The film drained of colour, Drake and Rihanna are shot in a long embrace. But in his latest video HYFR featuring Lil’ Wayne off the Take Care album, Drake has managed to leverage another unique aspect of his personal identity and merge it with hip-hop: Judaism.
We'll let you decide whether the finished product hits the mark, but the result is a collage of simple-yet-striking images. " make it perfect, like, the best video I've done to date," Drake told MTV News earlier this year, talking up his plans for the "Take Care" clip. That's Rihanna, but Drake's "What's My Name" video co-star makes it up to him, featuring in his second music video of the weekend, "Take Care." The "HYFR" video has no shortage of famous names on the guestlist - Lil Wayne makes an appearance, for instance - but there's one friend of Drake's who notably didn't bother to RSVP. It's unclear whether he's available for event planning in the Forest Hill area.
Toronto's Director X (The Wanted, "Glad You Came," K-os, "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman") was behind the camera. (Drake premiered them both via his October's Very Own blog on Friday.) But much like Cadbury Mini Eggs and Seder wine, these are two videos that can be appreciated year round.įirst up, Aubrey Drake Graham becomes a man - again - by throwing himself a second bar mitzvah in "HYFR." His friends and YMCMB family are all invited, and after cutting to some vintage home video of a pre-Wheelchair Jimmy Drake shimmying at what's presumably his real-life bar mitzvah, the Patron and Manischewitz starts flowing in the present day. Will it be the beginning of a grand new holiday tradition? That's them below - striking, fresh clips for "HYFR" and "Take Care" - and sure, it's been a few days since they debuted. While you celebrated Passover or Easter or some secular feast of Peeps and Cream Eggs this weekend, Drake was busy releasing two new music videos.