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Tems Denies Drake Calling Her Over “Wait For U” Sample, Calls ATL Jacob’s Story “A BIG LIE”

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During an upcoming appearance on The Baller Alert Show, ATL Jacob reflected on Future’s track “WAIT FOR U” with Tems and Drake, which he produced. According to him, it wasn’t easy to get Tems to clear the sample of her song “High.” He claimed that Drake had to call the Nigerian performer directly to ask, at which point she approved it. He says that still, however, he feels like she was “irritated” with the track.

“At this time, Future’s vocals on it, he’s on both verses,” he explained. “We’re trying to get it cleared [and] Tems wouldn’t clear the song. They just completely said no. [So] Future pulled in his relationship with Drake and he was like, ‘Can you get the song cleared?’”

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Tems Claims She Didn’t Know Drake Was On The Song

When asked whether or not he’s spoken with Tems since, ATL Jacob shared that he chatted with her at the Grammys. “I talked to her at the Grammys. Like personally, I feel like she was a little irritated with the ‘Wait For U’ song,” he described. “I told her like, ‘You ain’t got to thank me, nothing…’ I just want to work.” Tems seems to have an entirely different account of what happened with the track, however. She recently commented on a TikTok of ATL Jacob’s claims, arguing that they couldn’t be further from the truth. According to her, Drake never called her directly, as she wasn’t even aware he was going to be on the song.

“This is a BIG LIE. I didn’t even know Drake was on the song,” she wrote, also adding a series of laughing emojis. What do you think of ATL Jacob claiming that Drake had to call Tems directly to get her sample cleared? What about her response to the claim? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Drake Wins At 2023 Grammys Despite Boycotting Ceremony

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Drake ended Sunday night with a win at the 2023 Grammy Awards, despite intentionally not submitting any music. The Toronto rapper won the award for Best Melodic Rap Performance with Future‘s “Wait For U,” which also features Tems. For the win, Future beat out Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Hard,” DJ Khaled’s “Beautiful,” Jack Harlow’s “First Class,” and Latto’s “Big Energy (Live).”

“Wait For U” was released on Future’s ninth studio album, I Never Liked You, back in April 2022. The hit song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite no submissions, Drake released plenty of music that could’ve qualified for the Grammys. He dropped Honestly, Nevermind as well as Her Loss in 2022.

ATLANTA, GA – JUNE 20: Drake performs onstage at Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash Block Show at Phillips Arena on June 20, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

As for Drake’s issue with the Recording Academy, he previously withdrew his music from the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. He was already up for Best Rap Album (Certified Lover Boy) and Best Rap Performance (“Way 2 Sexy”). Going back further, Drake once voiced his frustration with the Recording Academy in a social media post from November 2020. He was unhappy that The Weeknd‘s After Hours album wasn’t up for any awards that year.

“I think we should stop allowing ourselves to be shocked every year by the disconnect between impactful music and these awards and just accept that what once was the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to the artist that exists now and the ones that come after,” he wrote on Instagram at the time.

He continued: “It’s like a relative you keep expecting to fix up but they just won’t change their ways. The other day I said @theweeknd was a lock for either album or song of the year along with countless other reasonable assumptions and it just never goes that way. This is a great time for somebody to start something new that we can build up over time and pass on to the generations to come.” Revisit Future’s “Wait For U” music video below featuring Drake and Tems.

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Future Hits The Sea In “Back To The Basics” Music Video

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Future isn’t taking a day off. He’s already dropping off new visuals to start off the new year after a highly productive year. This afternoon, the rapper unveiled the music video for “Back To Basics” — a highlight off of I Never Liked You.

This time, Future pulls back on the theatrics for a more scenic music video. He hops aboard a yacht, surrounded by models and water. It’s a simple visual concept that doesn’t takeaway the attention from the song itself but compliments it instead.

ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 9: Rapper Future performs onstage during “Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert” at State Farm Arena on December 9, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)

Future’s latest album helped him secure several nominations at the Grammys. He’s currently is up for six awards including Best Rap Album for I Never Liked You, Best Rap Song for the chart-topping “Wait For U” and Best Rap Performance for Gunna’s “Pushin’ P.”

Future’s coming off of an incredibly productive year that ended with him as the only artist who remained on the Billboard charts for every week in 2022. However, he has some big plans in store for 2023, beginning this Friday. The rapper is set to embark on the One Big Party tour which launches at Houston’s Toyota Center on Jan. 6th. He’ll also head out to cities like Charlotte and his hometown of Atlanta before concluding the run in Boston on Jan 27th. Fewtch will also bring a handful of special guests along with him like Trippie Redd, Kodak Black, EST Gee, Polo G, Lil Jairmy, Rob49, Doe Boy, Babyface Ray, and more.

The Atlanta rapper is evidently kicking off 2023 with a bang. Though the tour is only six dates, we’re anticipating that he has more shows lined up throughout the year. In 2022, he headlined several Rolling Loud events in Toronto, Miami, and more.

Check out the latest music video from Future and sound off in the comments with your thoughts.

Future Listed As The Only Artist To Remain On Billboard Charts For Every Week In 2022

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Future has been enjoying a busy and successful year. And before the year officially ends, the Atlanta rapper is now listed as the only musician to chart on Billboard for every week of 2022, according to the Daily Loud.

In April 2022, Future dropped his ninth studio album I Never Liked You. Featuring a tracklist of 22 songs, the long-awaited project also contained features from Drake, Gunna, Kodak Black, EST Gee, Kanye West, and Tems.

“Wait For U,” a popular single from the album, later went viral on social media over the summer. It also topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, earning Future his first #1 as a main artist.

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Recently sitting down with Billboard, he opened up about the process behind the album, revealing, “Songs like “Wait for U,” I make those in my sleep. But I had to make a certain kind of music to go along with my career and everything that was going on at the time.”

“I was capitalizing off different moments and creating from whatever was going on at the time in the world and my personal life. I was taking the energy from that and making music. But those melodic songs, I make those easy — easier than I can make a rap song, I feel,” the 39-year-old continued.

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 10: (Editorial Use Only) Future performs during day 1 of Wireless Festival 2021 at Crystal Palace on September 10, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Burak Cingi/Redferns)

On what’s next for the “Move That Dope” rapper, he also told the outlet, “My main focus right now is just to do something I never done. One thing I never done is make a billion dollars. I ain’t done that, so I’m focused on that.”

What’s your favorite Future song of 2022? Share your pick below in the comments.

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Future Praises Tems And Says Her ‘Voice Is Amazing’ After Their Song With Drake Goes No. 1

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Despite the long list of albums, mixtapes, and more that fill up his discography, it took Future well over a decade to earn his first No. 1 song as a lead artist. That feat came earlier this week when “Wait For U” with Tems and Drake debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The song is a highlight on Future’s ninth album I Never Liked You, which he released at the end of last month. Days after “Wait For U” reached No. 1, Future hopped on Twitter to praise Tems and share how the song came together.

“Soon as I heard the @temsbaby sample over @atljacobbeatz Instantly connected to my soul,’ he wrote in one tweet. Tems’ vocals on “Wait For U” are actually a sample from her 2020 song “Higher” which lives on her For Broken Ears project. Future continued his praises in later tweets. “@temsbaby VOICE IS AMAZING,” he wrote. In a final post, Future thanked Tems for her contribution to “Wait For U.”

“Even tho wait for u is a sample and not an original recording I still put Featuring @temsbaby if u wasn’t familiar with her work,” he wrote. “Thank u Tems.”

Future’s praises come after he and Drake released a Medieval-themed video for the chart-topping song.

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I Never Liked You is out now via Freebandz/Epic Records. You can stream it here.

Tems Becomes The First African Artist To Ever Debut At No. 1 On The Hot 100

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Songs don’t debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart all that often: Of the 1,137 songs that have ever topped the chart in its history, just 61 of them debuted on top. It’s become a more common feat recently, though, as 33 of those No. 1 debuts arrived in 2018 or later. These totals all count the latest one from today, as Future, Drake, and Tems’ “Wait For U” is now the 61st song to debut at No. 1.

This was big for Drake, as it made him the first rapper with ten No. 1 singles. It was also a major moment for Future, as it made him just the fifth artist to ever have a song debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and an album (I Never Liked You) premiere on top of the Billboard 200 in the same week.

This is a historic moment for Tems, too: The Nigerian singer is now officially the first artist from Africa to have a song debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. She’s also only the second Nigerian artist to go No. 1 at all; Wizkid did it first when he was featured on Drake’s No. 1 hit “One Dance” in 2016.

This is also Tems’ second top-10 single, as her and Wizkid’s “Essence” peaked at No. 9 in 2021.

Drake Makes Rap History As His And Future’s ‘Wait For U’ Becomes His Tenth No. 1 Single

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It’s a good time to be Future right now: His new album I Never Liked You just debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart thanks to the biggest week of 2022. Now, Future is on top of the Hot 100, too: On the new chart dated May 14, Future, Drake, and Tems’ “Wait For U” debuts at No. 1.

This is big for Drake, too, as it makes him the first rapper with ten No. 1 songs and one of just a few artists to ever notch that many. He, Janet Jackson, and Stevie Wonder each have ten, Whitney Houston has 11, Madonna and The Supremes have 12, Michael Jackson has 13, Rihanna has 14, Mariah Carey has 19, and The Beatles have 20.

Meanwhile, this latest entry extends a number of records Drake already held: He now has 262 total Hot 100 entries, 147 top-40 entries, 55 top-10 entries, and 40 top-ten debuts, all of which are the most of all time.

It’s not just Drake making history, though, as Future is now just the fifth artist in history to have a song debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and an album premiere on top of the Billboard 200 in the same week.

Future also has a few other songs in the top ten: “Puffin On Zootiez” is No. 4, “712PM” is No. 8, and “I’m Dat N****” is No. 10. All songs from the standard edition of I Never Liked You are actually on the Hot 100 this week, bringing Future’s career total to 149 songs to ever appear on the chart. That moves him to fifth all time, behind Taylor Swift (16), Lil Wayne (180), Glee (262), and Drake (262).

Future And Drake Star In A Medieval Fairytale With Their ‘Wait For U’ Video

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Though regularly cited and often slighted for his relentless hedonistic nature, Future has proven yet again that he’s just as committed to giving the people what they want in his new visual for the I Never Liked You standout record “Wait For U” featuring Drake and Tems. The Director X-lead video opens up with an introduction for viewers to the impending toxic king fairytale, set in medieval times. Future finds himself at odds with the queen after being betrayed by a knight played by 4YE’s Trey Richards, whose snitching leads him to later be killed by the 38-year-old.

Drake appears later in the video, embarking on his own journey to rescue a damsel from two villains. In the end, the woman he sought to rescue ends up saving him from an untimely death. While Tems is noticeably absent, the song’s producer ATL Jacob and rapper Strick both make cameo appearances.

I Never Liked You was released on April 29 under Freebandz and Epic Records. In addition to Drake and Tems, the album featured Kanye West, Gunna, Young Thug, EST Gee, Kodak Black, and later added Babyface Ray, Lil Baby, 42 Dugg, Lil Durk and Young Scooter on the six deluxe tracks released Monday (May 2).

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