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Drake & 21 Savage Settle Vogue Lawsuit Over “Her Loss” Promo: Report
The rollout for Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss was one of the best in the Canadian rapper’s career. The two delivered a fake promotional campaign that included mock performances on SNL and Colors. Additionally, they gave faux interviews alongside folks like Howard Stern. However, it all began with a makeshift Vogue cover that fans felt were real. However, it only led to bigger headaches for Drake and 21 Savage down the line.
Around the time Her Loss dropped, Vogue’s parent company filed a lawsuit against the two rappers for the fake cover. Despite Drake claiming Vogue and Anna Wintour gave him their blessing, Conde Naste confirmed they “have not endorsed [“Her Loss”] in any way.” Additionally, they stated that they’ve made numerous attempts to have the fake cover stories removed from their social media profiles. The judge immediately granted a temporary injunction but only recently have the parties come to an agreement.
Drake & 21 Savage Put Vogue Lawsuit In The Past
Per TMZ, Drake and 21 Savage finally reached a settlement with Vogue in the lawsuit. At this point, it’s unclear how much the two coughed up to put the case to rest. However, sources close to the publication said that they settled the lawsuit outside of court. Conde Naste asked for $4M in damages at least. It seems as though Drake and 21 Savage can finally put this issue behind them and put their focus on their upcoming tour.
Prior to reaching the settlement, Drake and 21 Savage removed all posts of the fake Vogue cover from socials. Sources close to the Canadian artist said he was confused by the publication’s frustrations since NPR and Howard Stern were on board with it. Condé Nast general counsel said the settlement money will go towards “[bolstering] our ongoing creative output, including Vogue editorial.”
“As a creative company, we of course understand our brands may from time to time be referenced in other creative works,” Bowes said in an internal memo obtained by Semafar. “In this instance, however, it was clear to us that Drake and 21 Savage leveraged Vogue’s reputation for their own commercial purposes and, in the process, confused audiences who trust Vogue as the authoritative voice on fashion and culture.”
Drake and 21 Savage Reportedly Settle ‘Vogue’ Lawsuit Over ‘Her Loss’ Promo
Drake Wasn’t Happy That Game Streamer IShowSpeed Called His Voice ‘Sexy’ On A FaceTime Call
Drake’s usually got a great sense of humor about all the jokes people make about him, but it turns out that even he has a limit.
The Toronto singer has been popping up on gaming streams a bunch lately, cozying up to Gen Z’s version of rap stars. This week, he surprised IShowSpeed, a streamer famous for his viral reactions to games, via a FaceTime call. The two talked about soccer a bit, including whether Drake was a bigger fan of Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.
However, when things took a turn, Drake was apparently too flustered to continue the conversation.
As Drake told IShowSpeed how much he appreciated him, Speed made things a little too awkward by complimenting Drake’s voice. “You’re doing your thing,” Drake said. “I was talking about you the other day in the car … I’m proud of you, for real.”
Speed complimented him in return, saying, “Bro, your voice is so sexy. How is it so smooth like that? How your voice so smooth like that?” Immediately after that, the call dropped. Whether Drake meant to hang up due to the comment, lost service, or had some other pressing concern, it looks like the streamer felt like he blew his shot.
“He’s not gonna answer the phone again, bro,” he said. “I didn’t mean — I said it wrong, bruh. I meant to say his voice is smooth, but I said it wrong. On God, I said it bad.”
A reminder to the kids out there… sometimes, you just gotta touch grass.
Drake, meanwhile, is $1.4 million richer thanks to some Super Bowl bets he called “psychotic” in the moment.
Day 5: “I Knew There Was A Good Chance We Could Be Caught” — State’s Star Witness Details XXXTentacion’s Final Moments
Prosecutors had another chance to interview the state’s star witness, Robert Allen during the murder trial of the late rapper, XXXTentacion, on Feb. 14. Allen, who pleaded guilty to the murder in 2022, detailed the rapper’s final moments. Updated By: Nadya Nataly (2/16/23 at 2:30 pm) Robert Allen, the only suspect to plead guilty in […]
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Drake Said Dan Aykroyd Invented Patrón And Got Roasted For It, But Is He Actually Right?
Last weekend Drake sat down with Barstool Sports’ Sundae Conversation With Caleb Pressley series for a truly bizarre but fun interview over tequila passion fruit cocktails. The pair talked about Drizzy’s parenting skills (and were joined by his son Adonis), his in-air snack preferences, his 42-diamond necklace, and a brief discussion over who would sit on the Canadian Hall Of Fame. The answer to that last part aside from Drake of course? Mike Myers, Ryan Gosling, and Dan Aykroyd, to which Drake added of the famous comedian:
“Patrón, like, invented it, so had to live a decent life right?”
That resulted in an immediate interjection from co-host Glenny Balls — who Drake called “GB” which as far as we’re concerned, is his name now —
“Dan Aykroyd invented Patrón?”
“Yeah… right?”
“What? Dan Aykroyd, like the Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd?”
“Yeah, that’s his liquor, who do you think invented it, T-Pain?”
After a lot of pushback, Drake stood his ground until someone off-camera confirmed that Dan Aykroyd didn’t in fact invent Patrón.
It’s easy to come out of that interview roasting Drake, considering Dan Aykroyd, a white guy from Canada, absolutely did not invent Patrón (the brand’s founder is actually John Paul DeJoria, a totally different white guy who is also the co-founder of Paul Mitchell hair products, which is just as random as thinking its Aykroyd). Even people who want to be generous to Drake will assume he must’ve been thinking of Crystal Head — Aykroyd’s vodka brand.
But it turns out there is a little bit more to Drake attributing Patrón to Akyrod.
According to the BBC, before starting Crystal Head vodka in 2007, Aykroyd first entered the spirits industry in 2005 when he set up a company to import Patrón tequila into Canada. So to Canadians, Akykroyd is essentially the father of the famous tequila brand and is the reason Canadians started sipping luxury tequila in the first place. So now that we have your back Drake, whenever you want to sit down for an Expression Session, you know where to find us.
We promise we’ll only roast you for your whiskey.
Lil Yachty Broke Down Why Friend And Frequent Collaborator Drake Is ‘Really, Really Smart’
Lil Yachty opened up about his close bond with Drake during a new conversation with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, where he also touched on his new album, Let’s Start Here. The two rappers have collaborated even more in recent years, as Yachty had writing credits on Drake and 21 Savage’s 2022 album Her Loss, for “Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin,” “Privileged Rappers,” and more tracks.
“I love him to death,” Yachty said of Drake. “Yeah, that’s my guy, man… our relationship has just grown. I had a conversation with him after, and I was just telling him, ‘Man, this music that you made over this time period has affected so many people.’”
Yachty also revealed that any time Drake drops, he has trouble controlling his feels. So much so, that he shared a joke about how Drake’s music makes people call their exes during a conversation they had.
“I said, ‘Man, I remember there was a point in time when you were about to release music, and everyone was like, ‘Man, I’m about to call my ex. Like, oh man, I’m finna cry,”” he said. “That was a time period. And that’s when people thought when Drake was finna drop, you thought like, ‘Oh man, I’m about to get back with my ex-girlfriend.’ You felt like emotions were about to be pulled out of you.”
“At this point, I feel so close to him,” Yachty added. “I feel like whatever he does, I did it. If he wins something, I feel like I just won. He’s really, really smart. No matter how much he’ll act like he’s oblivious to his career and the things that he’s done, he knows what certain things and certain moments in his career mean to people.”
Watch Yachty’s full interview on Apple Music above.
Let’s Start Here is out now via Quality Control/Motown. Get it here.
It Looks Like Drake Won’t Have To Give A Deposition In The Case Of XXXTentacion’s Murder After All
As of today (February 14) Drake reportedly is no longer required to sit for a deposition in the case of the murder of rapper XXXTentacion, according to TMZ.
Earlier this month, it was reported that Drake was subpoenaed to give a deposition by attorney Mauricio Padilla, who is representing suspect Dedrick Williams in the case. If he failed to show up to deposition, which was scheduled for February 24, he would be required to appear in court on February 27.
Drake’s legal team reportedly told the court that the aforementioned subpoena was unreasonable, as there is no sort of evidence potentially linking Drake to the murder.
“It is both unreasonable and oppressive to subpoena an out-of-state party who has not been mentioned in any reports, any investigation, or referenced to have any involvement in this matter,” Drake’s attorney Bradford M. Cohen wrote, according to ;Billboard. “To mandate that he appear for deposition for something that he very clearly has no relevant knowledge of is unreasonable.”
It appears that Judge Michael A. Usan agreed with Cohen’s statement, and has therefore has exempt Drake from giving a deposition or in court.
Though, TMZ also reports that there is still time for Padilla to convince Judge Husan there’s some other cause for Drake to be deposed, and issue a new subpoena, however, time is running out.