Drake has always admired UGK — the dynamic southern rap duo made up of Bun B and the late Pimp C. In ‘Up All Night’, the strip-club ready record featured on Thank Me Later, Drake says, ‘Pop that shit for Pimp…’ and in a way, it’s his hat tip to a legend who was gone […]
Hello Global Grind: It’s @THEREALTANK I’ve been keeping busy working on my upcoming album Now or Never. The title kind of speaks for itself. I would like for it to speak to everybody, wherever they are in their own particular lives. Now or Never means a lot of different things for a lot of different […]
Nicki Minaj and Drake got married. At least thats what they are telling the world via their twitter page. It all started when Nicki Minaj challenged Drake‘s manhood by tweeting ‘U scurred? @drakkardnoir u ready to make the announcement or wha?‘ My initial thoughts were more along the line of ‘What exactly would that announcement […]
Don’t sometimes you just wish, right in the middle of that BORING sixth period Economics class, your whole class could just break out in song and dance (THINK: Glee!) Well, that kind of stuff doesn’t happen to us everyday common folks. But we have had the privilege of seeing that same visual through some of […]
In honor of Aaliyah’s nine-year death anniversary, Drake wrote a letter for the late R&B singer. Posted on Rap Radar, the letter declared the Canadian rapper’s big love, admiration as well as honor to the artist who died in a plane crash. ‘Dear Dana,’ Drake started his letter, calling Aaliyah by her middle name. ‘I’ve […]
We here at the Global Grind offices listen to a lot of music. So much that it’s sometimes hard to keep track and process it all. A lot of times we only get to listen to a song once. Certain songs, though, we can’t help but repeat over and over – they’re just that good. […]
Good evening! Check out tonight’s mixtape courtesy of DatPiff, featuring Drake, Nicki Minaj, Waka Flocka Flame, and more!
Every generation has its icons. Madonna led the 80s’ dance and fashion revolution. Jay-Z and Kanye‘s creativity changed the rap game in the new millennium. Halle Berry and Denzel Washington paved the way for African-American actors in the late 90s. And in the late 90s, the return of the boy bands and teen divas gave […]
We here at the Global Grind offices listen to a lot of music. So much that it’s sometimes hard to keep track and process it all. A lot of times we only get to listen to a song once. Certain songs, though, we can’t help but repeat over and over – they’re just that good. […]
Rick Ross has had a very busy weekend. First performing in Chene Park in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, followed by a surprise performance Saturday in Central Park, NYC. Teflon Don had fans rocking with him as performed hits such as ‘B.M.F.’, ‘Hustlin’, and ‘Maybach Music’. While in NYC Ricky Rozay was a special guest at […]
The blogs out there are saying ‘What If I Kissed You’ is a reference track for another artist, but if it stayed in Drake’s hands, we wouldn’t be mad. The mid-tempo ballad is produced by Ne-Yo’s go to production duo Stargate and features Drake doing the non-chalant singing thing he does oh so well. As […]
In a brand new promo for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards, Drake is going back in time to the days when men dressed like, well, men. The Young Money MVP is just one of a few artists picked to promote this year’s star studded VMA’s, in a special campaign designed around the 1940’s, and […]
