{"id":593568,"date":"2023-10-06T22:17:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-drakes-remix-run-made-him-inescapable\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T22:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:17:47","slug":"how-drakes-remix-run-made-him-inescapable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-drakes-remix-run-made-him-inescapable\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Drake\u2019s remix run made him inescapable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a27836aa30de\" 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 style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27836aa30de\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-drakes-remix-run-made-him-inescapable\/#Looking_back_at_Drakes_remixes_for_other_artists_from_Migos_to_Memphis\" >Looking back at Drake\u2019s remixes for other artists, from Migos to Memphis.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Looking_back_at_Drakes_remixes_for_other_artists_from_Migos_to_Memphis\"><\/span>Looking back at Drake\u2019s remixes for other artists, from Migos to Memphis.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254911\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-102531897_pwnxul\/drake-in-2010-photo-by-michael-buckner-getty-images.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Drake\u2019s remix run made him inescapable\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Drake in 2010. Photo by Michael Buckner\/Getty Images<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254905\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            In the rap <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, collaboration is often a business partnership as much as it is a true creative endeavor. When you\u2019re on the come-up, securing the right co-sign can be vital in introducing you to new audiences or cementing your credibility. When you\u2019re already established, the artists you work with \u2014 particularly the emerging artists you chose to endorse \u2014 also influence how the public perceives you. A guest verse from the right legend can put you over to a new audience; but if you\u2019re that legend, it might be a way of putting yourself over by borrowing a younger artist\u2019s clout and riding their coattails. Few r<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>ers have leveraged their clout as a valuable commodity in the same way as Drake, who frequently rides a thin line between transaction and collaboration, or inspiration and appropriation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Drake\u2019s early projects were full of features from certified veterans like Bun B, Jeezy, and T.I., giving him a sense of authenticity he might not have had otherwise and balancing out his softer voice with gritty Southern bass. The critical and commercial acclaim of <i>Take Care<\/i> pushed Drake into another echelon of artists; he now had enough clout of his own to spread the love to other rappers not yet on his level of mainstream success. But the perceived benefits run both ways \u2014 when you\u2019re a pop star, it\u2019s easy to lose touch with reality, but collaborating with bold new voices like iLoveMakonnen and Migos before they were household names made Drake seem like someone with his pulse on the culture. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254912\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ILOVEMAKONNEN (FEAT. DRAKE) - TUESDAY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/avFq9errZCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('254912');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254906\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            It was in that post-<i>Take Care<\/i> era that Drake\u2019s features started to feel like part of a more intentional strategy to shape his image as an artist. Compared to a workhorse like 2 Chainz, who recorded a verse for seemingly anyone who asked in the early 2010s, Drake was much more selective. Guest appearances on \u201cPoetic Justice\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=liZm1im2erU&amp;pp=ygUVZnVja2luIHByb2JsZW1zIGRyYWtl\">Fuckin\u2019 Problems<\/a>\u201d and his remix of \u201cTony Montana\u201d helped anoint Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"%E2%80%9D&lt;a\">Future<\/a> respectively as the next generation of hip-hop main eventers. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hg8jHpsYXQI&amp;pp=ygUPb3ZlciBoZXJlIGRyYWtl\">Over Here<\/a>\u201d and \u201cRecognize\u201d introduced PartyNextDoor as a potential pop star to watch, while cultivating his distinctive mystique.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254920\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Migos - Versace feat. Drake (Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gg4bmd1canU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('254920');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254919\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            In my mind, though, it\u2019s the remix of Migos\u2019 \u201cVersace\u201d that marks the beginning of a very particular moment in Drake\u2019s career, one might have been the height of his cultural influence: the remix run. By <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/drake-migos-versace-remix-877645\/\">hopping on the breakout single<\/a> from the rising Atlanta trio, Drake put Migos over to a larger audience, while also reinforcing his own image as a curator with his ear to the streets. <\/p>\n<p>            The trend continued with iLoveMakonnen and MetroBoomin\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0BlYgAcqW8w&amp;pp=ygUVaWxvdmVtYWtvbm5lbiB0dWVzZGF5\">Tuesday<\/a>,\u201d positioning Drake at the heart of the \u201cNew Atlanta.\u201d While Fetty Wap had already scored a viral hit with \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i_kF4zLNKio&amp;pp=ygUKdHJhcCBxdWVlbg%3D%3D\">Trap Queen<\/a>,\u201d Drake\u2019s \u201cMy Way\u201d flip was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly perceived as an altruistic co-sign, and an indicator that the New Jersey artist might have more to offer than just a one-hit wonder. These remixes might have been helpful in terms of initial exposure, but the unavoidable specter of Drake inevitably began to overshadow the original creators: the conversation and anticipation was more about where Drake might unexpectedly show up next, instead of the talents of a singular artist like Makonnen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254907\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/204088308&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/octobersveryown\" title=\"octobersveryown\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">octobersveryown<\/a> \u00b7 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/octobersveryown\/remyboyz-my-way-rmx-ft-drake\" title=\"Remy Boyz - My Way RMX Ft. Drake\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Remy Boyz &#8211; My Way RMX Ft. Drake<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254909\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            With the debut of OVO Sound Radio in 2015, there was a shift in Drake\u2019s approach to remixes, as he began to use them as a way to extend his reach abroad. Like a multinational corporation diversifying into new territories, he branched out into Afrobeat on the Skepta-assisted version of Wizkid\u2019s \u201cOjuelegba.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            In the years since, Drake has continued to strategically use remixes to align himself with certain scenes, or pass himself off as an insider welcomed in every city. Blocboy JB was practically unknown before Drake showed up on 2018\u2019s \u201cLook Alive,\u201d but the song only benefited his career to a point \u2014 five years later, JB still has to stand there doing karaoke to Drake for two minutes before he gets to his actual verse on his biggest song. In hindsight, the track served more to build up Drake\u2019s connection to his father\u2019s hometown, around the same time he started sampling Memphis underground tracks on songs like \u201cNonstop\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_dSN9EaQotw\">No Friends in the Industry<\/a>.\u201d His 2019 remix of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1yRnrScSCik&amp;pp=ygUNZWxhIGUgZG8gdGlwbw%3D%3D\">Ela E De Tipo<\/a>\u201d from baile funk performer MC Kevin o Chris saw Drake channeling his best Diplo and setting his sights on Brazil as his next target for appropriation.<\/p>\n<p>            Though these surprise viral remixes were at first seen as a benefit to the original artists, they began to feel more vulturous than virtuous, a slick way of taking someone else\u2019s work and rebranding it as a Drake track. Increasingly, it seemed like the people whose songs were being remixed weren\u2019t entirely happy with the outcome. Amid the Drake and Meek Mill feud of 2015, Houston\u2019s Sauce Walka fired his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/zach-frydenlund\/sauce-walka-disses-drake-on-wack-2-wack\">own shots<\/a> at Aubrey with \u201cWack 2 Wack,\u201d on which he called Drake out generally for biting from Houston rap without giving back, and specifically for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/justin-davis\/the-sauce-twinz-2-legited-2-quited-interview\">ghosting the Sauce Twinz<\/a> on a promised remix of their song \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y60vXd-tWDA\">2 Legited 2 Quited<\/a>.\u201d The diss only made a minimal impact, but it showed how Drake\u2019s scene-hopping continued to rub artists the wrong way. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254908\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sauce Walka - Wack 2 Wack (Drake Disstruction)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0QID3cdS_9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('254908');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254910\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            In the years since his brief signing with OVO Sound, Makonnen <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/05\/01\/1173167867\/real-n-s-go-hard-pause-no-homo-ilovemakonnen\">has been open<\/a> about his strained relationship with the label and its boss. Fetty Wap left the \u201cMy Way\u201d remix off of his debut album, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/id.66692\/title.fetty-wap-originally-didnt-want-his-name-on-drakes-my-way-remix\">shared in a 2021 interview<\/a> that he was frustrated with how it went down. Wap claims he actually requested that Drake remove his own verse from the remix, so Remy Boyz member Monty would get the shine. Of course, Drake didn\u2019t do that, and any relationship between the two seems to have ended. While the \u201cVersace\u201d remix might have been a boon to Migos\u2019 status, it\u2019s hard not to feel like they probably would have made it regardless of Drake\u2019s early co-sign. Other former Drake remix-ees struggled to find similar success as pop stars \u2014 Makonnen has since struck out on his own as a defiantly independent voice, while Fetty Wap is stuck taking checks from the likes of 6ix9ine and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6tPvaYs4H8k\">Teresa Giudice from Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>            It\u2019s not actually uncommon for rap remixes by major artists to be unlicensed or otherwise unauthorized by the original artists involved \u2014 producer Young Chop was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/5oh0pc\/kanye-west-i-dont-like-remix-upsets-chief-keef-produce\">rightfully irate<\/a> after Kanye West altered his beat for the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MIh0MMm6TyE&amp;pp=ygUSZG9u4oCZdCBsaWtlIHJlbWl4\">\u201cI Don\u2019t Like\u201d remix<\/a>, without asking for permission. But hurt feelings became a consistent pattern with Drake remixes. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254922\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drake - Hotline Bling\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxpDa-c-4Mc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('254922');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254921\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            When \u201cHotline Bling\u201d first dropped in 2015, it was originally billed as \u201cHotline Bling (Cha Cha Remix),\u201d though the parentheses were quickly dropped and any connection to DRAM\u2019s song \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jzMhcP7ab3k\">Cha Cha<\/a>\u201d was thoroughly denied. \u201cHotline Bling\u201d wasn\u2019t entirely a remix of \u201cCha Cha\u201d \u2014 their beats just sounded eerily similar, despite <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/328698\/D.R.A.M.-Cha-Cha-(Original-Version)-Koji-Kondo-Star-Road\/\">drawing<\/a> on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whosampled.com\/sample\/365941\/Drake-Hotline-Bling-Timmy-Thomas-Why-Can%27t-We-Live-Together\/\">different samples<\/a> \u2014  but the connection between the two songs was fairly apparent, and DRAM said he felt his creation had been \u201cjacked.\u201d Drake tried to have his cake and eat it too, acknowledging the influence in his FADER cover story that year but downplaying it as a borrowed dancehall \u201criddim\u201d rather than a straight-up remix\/<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cYou know, like in Jamaica, you\u2019ll have a riddim and it\u2019s like, everyone has to do a song on that,\u201d he said. \u201cImagine that in rap, or imagine that in R&amp;B. Imagine if we got one beat and every single person \u2014 me, this guy, this guy, all these guys \u2014 had to do a song on that one beat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            On one hand, there is probably sincere adoration for these styles of music; as much as he\u2019s a culture vulture, Drake is also just a giant rap nerd, who constantly tries out new flows and imitates other people\u2019s voices for the fun of it. But in hindsight, Drake\u2019s somewhat shady relationship with remixing other artists\u2019 work serves to underline so many of his own worst traits as a thoroughly corporate artist. Rather than engaging with new voices and younger artists as genuine collaborators, the Drake industrial complex approaches them like products whose designs he can copy, with marketing strategies to be borrowed and clout to be mined.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-254901\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Nadine Smith<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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