“A lot of people still don’t know it’s a real thing, but it’s real and it’s going to be very competitive,” Drake said last week in a conference call discussing his ESPYs plans.Īnd there may be a few more tricks up Drake’s sleeve.

As sponsored by video-game publisher Capcom (makers of “Street Fighter”), the tour is set to be formatted like a battle each night. 8 at New York’s Darien Lake Performing Arts Center. Immediately following OVOFest, Drake heads out on a 31-city co-headlining tour with Lil Wayne, which kicks off Aug. Drake & Chris Brown Spotted In the Studio Together (Photo).Drake Talks LeBron James, Plans For ESPYs: ‘I’ll Be Lint-Free That Night’.PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake Commit on ‘Recognize’: Listen.Cole are among the bold-faced names who showed up last year. Over 35,000 tickets to this year’s festival sold out in record time, with a long list of surprise guests expected to appear as they have in years past - Kanye West, Lil Wayne, TLC and J. 3 and 4 with headlining sets from Outkast and Drake himself. Up next is OVOFest, Drake and October’s Very Own’s fifth annual hip-hop festival in Toronto, which returns to the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre on Aug.

PARTYNEXTDOOR premiered a new song with Drake, “Recognize,” earlier this week as one of two songs available on the album’s pre-order. Then his record label OVO Sound, distributed by Warner Bros., will release its first two projects – Majid Jordan’s EP “Place Like This” and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s second full-length release, “PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO” on July 29. The first arrives tomorrow (July 16), when the 27-year-old rapper hosts The ESPYs on ESPN. Drake hasn’t even begun recording his fourth album in earnest, but it already has a title: “Views From The 6.”ĭrake was set to confirm the album title Tuesday morning (July 15) as part of an exhaustive roster of upcoming projects.

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