![]() ![]() Talk to me like you’re talking to the best. Lil Wayne later responded to the song, telling Complex, "You talking to the best. In the song, they rapped, "Wanna know the time? Better clock us / N****s bite the style from the shoes to the watches." During the song, the group, along with Pharell Williams, who guested on the song, accused rapper Lil Wayne of copying their attire by wearing BAPE apparel. In 2006, American rapper Pusha T recorded the song "Mr. During his opening monologue, the Canadian rapper performed a tongue-in-cheek song titled "More Than a Meme" to address his long-running internet memedom, which highlighted a variety of image macro memes and photoshopped parodies based on his album covers and music videos (shown below). On May 14th, 2016, Drake appeared on the stage of Saturday Night Live as the host of the night. Both songs were received highly, with Meek Mill's comeback being panned and being labeled as both "Weak" and "Trash" by users of the sites Instagram and Twitter. ![]() Drake released two songs in response to the accusations, Charged Up and Back to Back. He later leaked more tracks of Drake's, including R.I.C.O, Know Yourself, and Used To. Later that day, radio host of New York's Hot 97, Funkmaster Flex leaked a reference track for Drake by his ghost writer, Quentin Miller. The Twitter storm received coverage around the Internet including Time, Perez Hilton, Billboard, and TMZ. The tweet quickly hit over 100,000 retweets. On July 21st, rapper Meek Mill tweeted that he was tired of comparisons to Drake, saying that he doesn't write his own lyrics. The Meek Mill Drake Beef is an ongoing feud between Drake and rapper Meek Mill. Despite being only released on Apple Music, the video did well, getting over 14,000 likes, 2300 comments, and 3500 shares. On July 10th, 2015, Drake released his music video for the song "Energy". ![]() In the first month, the video gained upwards of 11 million views and 24,000 comments. On September 25th, 2013, the music video for "Hold On, We're Going Home" was published on the DrakeVEVO YouTube channel (shown below, left). On February 13th, 2013, Drake released the music video for "Started From the Bottom" on YouTube (shown below, right), which accumulated more than 84 million views and 173,000 comments within eight months. In the next 18 months, the video gathered over 91 million views and 76,000 comments. On April 23rd, 2012, the music video for the song "Take Care" was uploaded to the DrakeVEVO channel (shown below, left). On February 10th, 2012, the music video for the song "The Motto" was released on YouTube (shown below, right), which garnered more than 450,000 views within the first three weeks. On October 21st, 2011, Drake released the music video for the song "Headlines" on YouTube (shown below, left), receiving upwards of 49.8 million views and 79,000 comments in the following two years. ![]() In the first three years, the video brought in more than 64 million views and 100,000 comments. On April 7th, 2010, the music video for the track “Over” was uploaded to YouTube (shown below, right). On November 25th, the music video for the song “Forever” was released on the DrakeVEVO YouTube channel (shown below, left), raking in over 53 million views and 170,000 comments in the next four years. As of October 2013, Drake's social media presence on Twitter and Facebook command more than 12.7 million followers and 31 million likes, respectively. On June 6th, the official Drake website was launched, featuring biographical information, tour dates, music and videos of the artist. On May 23rd, 2009, the official Drake Facebook page was created. On March 14th, 2007, the official Twitter feed was launched for the then-cast member of Degrassi: The Next Generation. ![]()
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