Zane Lowe shuts down rumour about Frank Ocean feature on Drake’s ‘For All The Dogs’

Dave and Central Cee‘s ‘Sprinter’ taking the top spot.The single arrived earlier this year and now has been confirmed by the Official Charts Company as the most streamed song of the summer season.The Central Cee and Dave collaboration has also become both the longest-running UK Rap track to hit Number One, and the first to spend 10 consecutive weeks at the top of the Official Singles Chart. The latter also coincidentally happened on the same day that hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary last month.‘Sprinter’ also gave Brit Award winner and Mercury Prize Winner Dave his third Number One track, and marked the first chart-topper for Central Cee.

Olivia Rodrigo has suggested she may eventually release some songs that didn’t make the final cut for her new album ‘Guts‘.The singer was speaking to Zane Lowe about her second record, which was released yesterday (September 8), on his Apple Music 1 show, when he asked how many songs she’d worked on for the album.“Probably like 25, not anything too crazy,” Rodrigo answered. “I think some of them will definitely see the light of day. I don’t know.

Drake and The Weeknd will not be eligible for Grammy consideration, the Recording Academy has ruled.According to a report in The New York Times, earlier this week, the song – ‘Heart On My Sleeve’, which was was written and produced by the anonymous producer Ghostwriter, was submitted for Grammy consideration in two categories: Best Rap Song and Song Of The Year – both of which go to the writer of a song, not the performer.The Recording Academy’s chief executive, Harvey Mason Jr., was also believed to have said the song could be eligible on creative grounds and that it is an original composition written and recorded by humans. Because of that, Mason added: “It’s absolutely eligible because it was written by a human.”But one of the requirements for submission was that the track must be “available nationwide via brick-and-mortar stores, third-party online retailers and/or streaming services” which could act as a stumbling block because it was banned by the Universal Music Group shortly after it first surfaced earlier this year.A post shared by Harvey Mason jr.

Olivia Rodrigo performed on The Today Show on Friday (September 8) to celebrate the release of new album ‘Guts’ – watch her give its track ‘Get Him Back!’ its live debut below.The singer played a four-song set on TV, also sharing versions of ‘Vampire’ and ‘Sour’ tracks ‘Good 4 U’ and ‘Drivers License’.She also spoke to Zane Lowe for Apple Music about ‘Get Him Back!’, explaining: “Dan [Nigro] and I were at Electric Lady Studios in New York here, and we were writing all day. We wrote a song that I didn’t like, and I had a total breakdown. I was like, ‘God, I can’t write songs.

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. has posted an Instagram video walking back comments published in the New York Times yesterday expressing support for the Grammy eligibility of "Heart on My Sleeve," a song created using deepfaked voice models of Drake and the Weeknd. Criticizing what he characterized as "bad and really inaccurate information," Mason Jr.

Lil Yachty has given some insight into Drake‘s upcoming album ‘For All The Dogs’, revealing that it will see him dealing “with some controversial things”.After months of teasing, Drake confirmed this week that the new album will land on September 22. Meanwhile, in August, he revealed its cover art, which was drawn by his son Adonis.Now, Lil Yachty has shed light on what fans can expect from the record in a new interview on his A Safe Place podcast with MitchGoneMad.“It sounds current, you know? It sounds very current,” he said.

Nicki Minaj has spoken about her recent single ‘Last Time I Saw You’, explaining how “scary” it was for her to “try something new”.Last Friday (September 1), the New Yorker dropped the sombre pop ballad, explaining how the track captured a feeling of hope over loss.“Even [though] reliving the memories did feel ‘sad,’ after I wrote, recorded, [and] lived [with the song], it actually made me pay more attention to the people I still DO have, and how important it is to cherish them and have fun NOW [and] in the moment,” she wrote. “Telling them how much you adore them, etc.

For All The Dogs, the eighth studio album from Drake, now has a release date: September 22, 2023.

posted a photo on Instagram Wednesday of the massive bra collection he has amassed from fans while on his It’s All a Blur Tour.“Remember when we both forgot who the f – – k I was in unison … that wavelength was def a foolish one,” Drake, 36, cryptically captioned the post. Several fans of the “Know Yourself” singer found the photos hysterical. “Went from it’s All A Blur to It’s All A Bra tour,” laughed one fan.

Drake and The Weeknd has been submitted for consideration at the Grammys.The song – ‘Heart On My Sleeve’, which was was written and produced by the anonymous producer Ghostwriter, blew up in a matter of hours and reached 13 million views on TikTok alone when it first surfaced earlier this year.On popular DSPs like Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal, the song also had hundreds of thousand streams – with over 100,000 views on YouTube before Universal Music Group banned the song.Now, a representative for Ghostwriter has confirmed to The New York Times that the track has been submitted for Grammy consideration in two categories: Best Rap Song and Song Of The Year – both of which go to the writer of a song, not the performer.hi im ghostwriter. #drake #aivoice #theweeknd #ai #aidrake #theweekndai pic.twitter.com/lUUAHC1Xw8— ghostwriter977 (@imghostwrit3r) April 16, 2023According to the Recording Academy’s chief executive, Harvey Mason Jr., the song could be eligible on creative grounds and that it is an original composition written and recorded by humans.

Drake has finally confirmed the release date for his upcoming album ‘For All The Dogs’.Today (September 7), Drake took to social media to announce the release date for ‘For All The Dogs’, which has now been set for September 22. However, further information surrounding the album – including its tracklist and guest features – have yet to be revealed.A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)The album’s release date comes months after the rapper first announced the record in late June following the release of his debut poetry collection.

“Heart on My Sleeve,” a song created by the producer Ghostwriter using deepfaked vocal likenesses of Drake and The Weeknd, has been submitted to the Grammys for consideration, the New York Times reports. The song debuted in April and was created without the approval of either artist; after the song quickly became a viral sensation, Universal Music Group successfully pulled it from streaming services.

Drake has gifted a fan $50,000 (£39,700) at his recent gig in Las Vegas this past weekend (September 1-2).During one of his two shows in Las Vegas this weekend, Drake noticed a fan holding up a sign that read: “I spent my furniture money on your two shows, OVO for life”, and immediately pointed him out.“He got a sign that says, ‘Drake, I spent my furniture money on your two shows, OVO for life’,” the ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper said to the audience in a fan-captured video. “You know what, my man, your furniture money, Imma give you 50 bands ‘cause I love you. Make sure he gets his money tonight.

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Burna Boy has shared his thoughts on the Afrobeats genre, criticising it for lacking any “substance”.The Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer made the comments in a new interview with Apple Music. Speaking with host Zane Lowe, he recalled his less-than-fond take on the genre, and pointed out how he believes the majority of Afrobeats music is lacking in any deeper meaning.This, he explained, is because he sees many of the artists as lacking any real “life experience”, which results in their final product being about “nothing”.“Half of them, [actually,] 90 per cent of them, have almost no real-life experiences that they can understand,” he claimed in the discussion. “That’s why you hear most Nigerian music, African Music, or Afrobeats, as people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing.”“There is no substance to it, like nobody is talking about anything.

Adonis Graham, a.k.a. Drake's five-year-old son, can add graphic designer to his young resume.

Drake enlisted the help of a top-tier artist for his latest album cover! The 36-year-old rapper unveiled his new artwork on Instagram, crediting his 5-year-old son, Adonis, with creating the image. The drawing is an age-appropriate rendition of a canine, showing a white creature with four legs and two pointy ears set against a black backdrop.

Drake has revealed the cover art for his upcoming album, ‘For All The Dogs’.Today (August 22), the Canadian rapper took to social media to share the album art for the upcoming record, which he revealed was drawn by his son Adonis.‘For All The Dogs’ has yet to receive a release date, but is supposedly “coming soon”.A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)At the end of July, Drake teased his new album ‘For All The Dogs’ and confirmed that the forthcoming LP will arrive “in like two weeks”, though that has yet to happen. He announced the album hours after he released his poetry book Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream of Consciousness last month.On August 17, Drake told the audience at his concert in Inglewood that he “got a chance today to listen to my album” and that “it’s coming real soon”.

Drake has hit out at a fan who threw a book towards the rapper while he was performing onstage.The rapper was performing at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Friday (August 18) as part of his ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour when a fan launched a copy of his poetry book Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream Of Consciousness at his head.Drake quickly caught the book before it made contact, but he said: “You’re lucky I’m quick. Would’ve had to beat your ass if that hit me in the face.”This is the third time the rapper has experienced incidents of fans throwing potentially dangerous objects at him on his current tour.

Tyler, the Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw has been revealed, including headliners SZA and Tyler himself.The festival will return for the first time in four years on the weekend of November 11-12 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.Alongside SZA and Tyler, Camp Flog Gnaw 2023 will be headlined by The Hillbillies, who many are assuming to be Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem, given their recent single of the same name.The pair’s official video for ‘The Hillbillies’ also featured Tyler, the Creator and was set outside Dodger Stadium. They are yet to be officially linked with the festival slot though.Elsewhere at Camp Flog Gnaw are the likes of Turnstile, PinkPantheress, Clipse, Kevin Abstract and Paris Texas.See the full line-up below.A post shared by Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival (@campfloggnaw)Last year, it was announced that Camp Flog Gnaw festival would not return to Los Angeles in 2022.