After reaching record breaking status with last week’s release of VIEWS, Canadian superstar Drake has been the talk of the town and under the microscope. During the first verse of “Weston Road Flows,” the Boy made the claim, “Shout out to KD/We relate we get the same attention” and now it seems the lyric has come to fruition. In February, Drake took to Instagram to announce that he had signed to London sensation Skepta’s label BBK. With details being scarce and the deal having obvious hurdles such as the infamous Birdman’s approval, fans of both artists were hesitant to celebrate the partnership quite yet. It seems now that those fans can gather up more excitement as Skepta recently confirmed Drake’s apparent signing during an excellent interview with Timeout London.
While the details are still limited at best, the Section Boyz leader did offer his comments on the situation. “We’re putting together an official worldwide BBK label.” The London emcee says, “But we haven’t talked about how it’ll work yet. It’ll be separate to his existing contracts. Trust me, I am not gonna sue Lil’ Wayne.” With Lil’ Wayne engaging in his own battles with the Cash Money lawyer team, Weezy would most likely be the least of Skepta’s worries if he wants to bring Drake to the London based label. Another question that arises would be how it effects Drake’s OVO label? OVO Sound has built quite the roster over in the 6 with PartyNextDoor and Majid Jordan reaching pop success as well as their newest signees DVSN who have been making waves with their recently released debut album SEPT. 5TH.
Despite all of the drama surrounding the business issues, the pairing of the two would be great musically. Though the duo only has one officially released collaboration with last year’s remix of Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba,” the success of that song combined with the rumored closeness between the two, highlighted with Drake’s BBK tattoo, could only be a positive move for each side. Hopefully with the recent success of both VIEWS and Skepta’s Konnichiwa, the two will now have the time to work out the details and get this deal on track.
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