Drake: From teen TV star to rap royalty -L.A. Times
By any modern measure of musical popularity — YouTube views, radio airplay, ring-tone ubiquity — the single “Best I Ever Had” by Toronto rapper Drake is not only a hit, it’s arguably 2009′s “Song of the Summer.” Since debuting on iTunes last month, the hip-hop lust track has sold 600,000 digital downloads and topped three separate pop charts. Even if you can’t summon to mind its rap-sung vocals or brassy syncopated beat, you’ve probably heard “Best I Ever Had” blaring out of a convertible somewhere.
America’s Most Wanted Music Festival Tour Dates
Five of Hip-Hop’s biggest stars have come together for a tour called “America’s Most Wanted Music Festival” this summer Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, Drake, R&B newcomer Jeremih will hit the road.