Drake’s a “Young Money” Millionaire

Posted on June 29th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Drake, Hip Hop Wired, Hip-Hop Beef, Lil Wayne, New Music, News

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The drama surrounding which label Drake wanted to sign with was deeper than a damn NFL draft. He was touted to go to several different record labels and now it looks like he went the direction with the most money

The long-anticipated wait is over as Drake has signed a record deal which places him under the wings of Young Money, Cash Money, Universal and Republic. While an official statement has yet to emerge, the rapper’s long trek of signing speculation has come to an end. (SOHH)

Aside from the announcement, online reports spread last week which said Drake would likely be signing with Universal Motown.

According to several sources on the left coast, Toronto native, and Hip-Hop’s second coming, Drake, who’s been used as tug toy between Atlantic Records, Universal Records, Interscope Records and Def Jam Records has allegedly inked a deal with Universal Records.

From my understanding, Drake was set to announce his new found Hip-Hop residence some time soon, but I guess word got out a little premature and landed directly in my lap. Now, the lil birdie who threw me this tidbit got the information straight from the label, so you can kill the LowKey’s making up ish? commentary – ASAP. And if this doesn’t serve true, well someone up at Universal Records has a lot of explaining to do. (BET)

We aren’t mad at him but we wonder if things might go sour between him and Lil Wayne if he starts gettin’more props.


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  • Hannibal

  • Golden Goddess

    1st

  • http://BOSSIP only in LA

    1ST

  • Hannibal

    Sign with murda inc!

  • http://BOSSIP only in LA

    he ugly, but hella swagger

  • Hannibal

    @Golden Goddess and only in LA

    FAIL!!!

  • http://BOSSIP only in LA

    AWWW DAMN, not 1st

  • Golden Goddess

    dang it!!

  • That_Chick

    Do u thing drake wayne not gonna hatee he said him self drake is better than him thats why he came first!

  • JAY_FROM_DC

    Buzz is easy…..You gotta sell records tho I hope he can do it. WALE YOU NEXT BOY!!!!! DC!!!

  • Divine

    OVERRATED.

  • hope4more

    All that hype and he has not put anything out yet? Time will tell.

  • Its6amHoGetOut, In Vegas ya’ll and I already feel better about wasting 3 1/2 hours watchin’the 2009 BET Coon awards.

    bye

  • Slide Like A Fresh Pair of Gators

    He did a real good job with that!!!

    That’s what you’re supposed to do so that you won’t get a ni@@a deal…

    - He built a SOLID fan base over this time period (*the youngin’s LOVE this dude both male & female)
    - He has an established image and so an A&R can’t come in and f*ck it up
    - He has heavy weights in the industry co-signing him hard = Lil’Wayne, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z… (*and has songs with them already)

    Lyrically I have to admit the young boy is good, HOWEVER his stage presence and ability to rock a crowd (*even with the hottest song in the country) is HORRIBLE!!! (*case and point = B.E.T Awards last night and other performances which can be found on YouTube)

    Stop looking at the floor when you’re performing, Fam!!!

    Congrats!!!

  • BooRae

    @ Slide Like A Fresh Pair of Gators

    Drake’s stage presence is prob not polished yet because of stage fright. You try getting yourself on stage in front of the many judging people, or just a crowd alone. It’s not easy. But I do see what you’re saying… & what is: a ni@@a deal…
    ?? What’s that?

  • i crush da man dem!

    if u ain’t know he was signin wit yung mula ur dumb as hell. u think ppl gonna waste their tyme n energy makin dis nicca famous for ANOTHER label to profit from it.

  • BooRae

    Drake is overrated. But then again who’s not in the celeb world? I think 50 cent is right about Drake having labels backing him and paying to play his records. But that’s a blessing for labels to fight over you and get your songs played, I think. 50 is just a lil in his feelings that no label did him the same way.

  • chrishawn bellway

    HE’S SO OVERRATED, PLEASE PEOPLE!!

  • chrishawn bellway

    WHAT HAS HE DONE TO GAIN ALL OF THIS, HE’S PROVEN NOTHING YET!!

  • H2O ***THE WATER BOY***

    overrared and uses a blackberry to free style…not impressed

  • SEXII MAMA

    DRAKE DID OK, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHY HE DIDNT GET OFF THAT STOOL THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS UP THERE. ITS LIKE HE HAD STAGE FRIGHT OR SOMETHING

  • boy blue

    He said he tore his aclu. Thats why he was unable to move around last night. Don’t hate black people.

  • Menominee_Nation

    hes good. hes just not great. BEEN sayin it all along. and it is a bit queer to be a man speaking on another men’s swagger i feel, no? no offense to anyone as its a popular phrase these days, i jus feel weird when i hear it and was wondering if others did too?

  • DC

    All i have to say is Drake is fyne!!!!! whew!!

  • Trick

    Its a damn shame when him and wayne performed…..BET censored most of the song and WORDS STILL GOT THROUGH!!! WHAT IS EVEN WORST IS THAT THEY HAD LITTLE GIRLS ON STAGE DANCING TO THAT EVERY GIRL SONG!!!!! SMDH Black people we have to do better

  • Divine

    What happen to REAL MCs that would command the stage!
    I hate what has happened to hip hop.
    Maybe drake will be better. At least he’s something to look at.
    But I swear, No one is good anymore.

    When folks start putting lil’Wayne in the league of , TuPac, Nas, Biggie,etc. I knew hip hop was hurting for something good.

    I think people are gravitating towards Drake, because at least he’s not Souljah Boy.

  • http://BOSSIPP I’M FEELING DRAKE

    DRAKE IS NOT MY TYPE BUT FOR SOME REASON I LIKE HIS STYLE AND MUSIC I THINK I’M A DRAKE FAN.I DIDN’T KNOW HE HURT HIS LEG BUT HE STILL LOOKED GOOD AND SOUNDED GOOD I WAS WONDERING WHY HE WAS SITTING

  • Back On My Swag

    @Tracy…girl they giveth and the taketh away…he shouldn’t be so obsessed with fame…in about two weeks he’s going to be fighting papparzzi…

    And as soon as his girlfriend say he hit her….off with his head.

    I agree he is talented I heard his mixtape and it was better than most CD’s I’ve heard by rappers (It was better than Jay-Z’s latest IMO)

  • The Consigliere

    He is gonna lose his identity if he stays with young money….he’s almost as big as wayne with no Album out yet

  • Jay the Real One

    This is the biggest fraud going. It’s a joke.

  • Huh?

    @i crush da man dem! Go back to school. A mind is a terrible thing to waste!

  • devils advocate

    bad move Drake…Weezy will do to ur career what 50 Cent did to G-Unit’s career. Just wait til he starts beefin’with Jay-Z ova the DOA shout out he gave at the BET Awards.

  • dayg715

    if this is what’s considered ‘talent’, then it truly was the end of an era when Michael died.

  • B’More

    ok, who is he again?

  • Miss Perfect

    Drake said he tore his ACL and thats why he had to sit down during his performance last night…His mixed tapes go hard, better than much of the garbage thats been put out in more recent years…& he’s stupid talented (singing and rapping)…haven’t seen ever really besides tpain (lol)…But who knows if he will have much success there’s no telling but this guy is definitely a talent.

  • Miss Perfect

    @ Nina
    Somebody like Wayne definitley wants the fame and the money. If drake becomes more popular weezy is gonna be jealous.

  • i dont care

    the second coming? this dude is cool, even aight, but he’s not the second coming of hip hop…stop it

  • http://bossip.com too cute

    WHO IS DRAKE,dont know him,by the performance last night,he was horrible,the music industry is in desperate need of real talent,will we ever see another MJ in this life time.

  • http://www.myspace.com/colefuzion Can I Express Myself

    Bey’s a woman falling down flights of stairs injured and got right back up and rocked it. And this p’ssy #ss should have stayed home if he didnt come to rock the house.
    He has something on his hands before he can be any R&B icon, because Ne-Yo, Dream, even Chris Brown will over shadow him with what people know they can bring and that is a delivery tried and true, not something from the land of the lost

  • Dani

    I know someone on here already said it but Drake is injured, if you didn’t notice when he walked off the stage he was limping. The Dude couldn’t move people he was hurting,lol!

  • Just because

    OMG WHAT WAS UP WITH HIS HAND MOVEMENT ON THE STAGE LAST NITE WHILE HE WAS PERFORMING, CAN SOMEBODY SAY”HOW U DOING”

  • Green Grass

    Truly I dont see what the big deal is.

  • theGoodGood

    guess they can all kiss and celebrate this victory… bad move for drake though because I think YM is a joke overall in the music game, they’re making money but they do not release classic material and if that’s where his head is at then he’s signed with the wrong camp.

  • Carla

    Drake will need that extra money so he can catch some chicks, lol…

  • vannbedabest

    ummm @ Too cute dont talk if you dont know wtf ur talkin about its impossible for a rapper to be anything close to mj your comparing to different things and he tore his acl so blaim for sittin For All Ya’ll Sayin Drake Is Whack Drake is signed Wheres Your Contract?

  • Liya

    So…………

    The little girls on the stage were little Wayne’s and Birdman’s daughters…………

    I just don’t get for the life of me why they were on stage when their fathers were singing a song that says ” I want to Fu** every girl in the world”

    Drake was injured….give him a break.
    Him sitting on the stool reminded me of his Degrassi days. I really thought he was in a wheel chair.

    I’ll admit his hand motions looked a little “Special Ed”, especially because he was sitting down. He needs to work on his stage presence, but I think overall he did fine.

  • damon

    HE AIGHT.
    HIS MUSIC IS GOOD
    STAGE PRESENCE NEEDS WORK. LOOKING AT THE FLOOR, FLAILING OF THAT ONE HAND. NOT GOOD. MAYBE IF HE WAS WALKING HE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
    AND HE AN OK LOOKING DUDE. JUST CAUSEE HE LIGHT AND BRIGHT DONT MAKE HIM HAWT.

    SECOND COMING…HELL NAH….SECOND LOOK, YEH.

  • gorgeous

    on his official website it says he is signed to cash money records, and ppl get ur facts straight before you make an ignorant comment, he already had two albums out before the mixtape, he is really good…

  • http://media.photobucket.com/image/beyonce/yungtre1/beyonce-.gif?o=1717 Eshaneua

    This is nothing more than a ploy by Chris Brown’s haters to find someone to compete against him and that’s why this FAKE DRAKE Brown was mysteriously pulled out of Jay Z’s ass. it is NOT GOING TO WORK; Chris Breezy has the MJ market sown up and WHEN he comes back, which will be soon, NOONE will even come close to touching him. Should’ve done this maybe 5 years ago; you might’ve had a chance then.

  • c ALLEN

    Such poor talent in the rap industry as of late has lowered our standards that we will take nothing and try to make it into something. Being courted heavily by the record industry is not good….they will buy your soul and make you crank out the sound alike junk that clouds the airwaves now

  • http://undressingher.com undressingHER

    dang it, I kinda wanted him to be independent and just get distribution. I mean come on, how many rappers have their mixtape tracks being played on the radio all over the country.

  • black

    I like Drake but I don’t think he should have signed with Young Money. I think he took the easy way, instead of going to another record company where the biggest artists are not the artist who established the record company themselves (Wayne=Young Money, Diddy=Bad Boy, Jay-z=Rocafella, etc.). But maybe it will work out…maybe.

  • Mega41

    Their daughters were up there because they are in a group called the OMG Girls…. Don’t necessarily know why they pulled them up on stage for that song though. I guess for the exposure, but they should have at least sang something… Black Folks… Go figure…

  • i crush da man dem!

    @huh if u cant understand da words i type, take ur dumbazz back 2 school…rude azz heffa.

  • http://afdd@af.com afdd@af.com

    hope drake was smart enough to just apphiliate and not sign to cmr, he doesnt need them in his pockets, nor relationships.

  • Carla

    Drake isn’t cute, not even nice looking, lol. He needs the money to go fishing for chicks, lol…

  • wash ya ass

    DRAKE TORE HIS ACHILLES , DUDE ON CRUTCHES

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