{"id":481296,"date":"2022-08-05T05:32:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T02:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/drake-blown-away-by-autographed-aaliyah-back-to-work-gift\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T05:32:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T02:32:29","slug":"drake-blown-away-by-autographed-aaliyah-back-to-work-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/drake-blown-away-by-autographed-aaliyah-back-to-work-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"#Drake Blown Away By Autographed Aaliyah Back To Work Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aefa870cd471\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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Aaliyah is something he\u2019s never been afraid to shout about, and he\u2019s now been given a signed copy of the singer\u2019s\u00a0debut album to add to his collection of memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p>A framed print of the\u00a0<em>Age Ain\u2019t Nothing But a Number <\/em>cover art, hand signed by the late R&amp;B singer, was gifted to Drizzy by Ro Dolla as a welcome back to work present after Drake tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit200\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nDrake\u2019s positive test meant he was forced to cancel a highly anticipated Young Money reunion at his October World Weekend festival \u2014 which has now been rescheduled for Saturday (August 6).<\/p>\n<p>Sharing his new gift on his Instagram Stories, Drake thanked Ro for giving him\u00a0\u201cthe best back to work gift on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drake was gifted a signed Aaliyah cover art by Ro Dolla \ud83c\udf81 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FoC4kxW3kg\">https:\/\/t.co\/FoC4kxW3kg<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VEikHmzbji\">pic.twitter.com\/VEikHmzbji<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HipHopDX\/status\/1555321888393404416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 6 God has a long history of collecting autographed rap memorabilia. In 2018, it was revealed that despite his venomous beef with Pusha T he had previously come into possession of a microphone autographed by Pusha T and his Clipse brother No Malice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to pretend I was doing interviews on the red carpet and perform all the Clipse songs in my basement with the mic,\u201d he told <em>MTV<\/em> in 2010. \u201cI\u2019m a full-sized teen at this point, so this is in private. And I performed with it so much that I rubbed the autograph off. I don\u2019t even know if he really signed it, but that was my big thing. At the time it meant the world to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s deep admiration of Aaliyah is also no secret, and early on in his career, he expressed a special love for the late singer, who died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001. The OVO head honcho\u00a0famously got a tattoo of Aaliyah on his back in 2011, and shortly after her death even penned a note to the\u00a0<em>One In a Million<\/em> star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Dana,\u201d he wrote at the time, addressing her by her middle name. \u201cI\u2019ve never lost a parent, a friend, or a lover but I will never forget this day for the rest of my life. I remember getting the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that you had passed and it connected with my heart like a clean shot from Muhammad Ali. I was crushed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the Canadian mogul stirred up some controversy in 2012 when he announced that he and producer Noah \u201c40\u201d Shebib would serve as executive producers on Aaliyah\u2019s posthumous album. Despite releasing one single from the project and teasing another, the duo ultimately scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed the album when critics, and even Aaliyah\u2019s own mother, protested Drake\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit300\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\n\u201cThe world reacting to Drake\u2019s involvement so negatively, I just wanted nothing to do with it,\u201d 40 said in 2014 in an interview with World On Road.\u00a0\u201cThat was a very sad experience for me. I was na\u00efve to the politics surrounding Aaliyah\u2019s legacy and a bit ignorant to Timbaland\u2019s relationship and everybody else involved and how they\u2019d feel.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cTim said to me, \u2018Don\u2019t stop, make the album.\u2019 I think that was Tim taking the position of, \u2018I\u2019m not going to stop you. If you\u2019re not going to do it, that\u2019s your decision.\u2019 But ultimately, I wasn\u2019t comfortable and didn\u2019t like the stigma. We released [\u2018Enough Said\u2019], but I was seven songs deep. [Aaliyah\u2019s] mother saying, \u2018I don\u2019t want this out\u2019 was enough for me. I walked away very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            window.catalyst.cmd.push(\"loadAds\", [[\"incontent\", \"contentUnit400\", \"section_post_inarticle\"]]);\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nNot everyone was against the idea of a Drake and Aaliyah collab at the time. Lil Wayne came to Drake\u2019s defense, and said he found his Young Money cohort to be a \u201cthoughtful\u201d person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows what Aaliyah did and done for music and culture,\u201d Wayne said at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s always good to do that not only for people like that, but for her fans. Drake\u2019s a very thoughtful person, everyone knows that. 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