Showing posts with label Drake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drake. Show all posts

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Drake fell again



Remember I reported the other day that Drake pulled out of his solo spots on the Young Money tour because of his injuries? He was afraid if he reinjured his ACL he might never walk again. Well, he fell onstage the other night. Pray for him y'all. (Somebody unfold that wheelchair...)

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Drake doesn't want to be Wheelchair Jimmy


Drake has been forced to pull out from Weezy's Young Money Presents: The America's Most Wanted Music Festival Tour as a solo performers due to complications from his torn ACL ligament.
“I’m not doing my own set. That’s one thing I have to apologize to my fans about. It’s too much of a risk, if I hit that wrong turn (doing) 30 minutes every night. If I tear my ACL again, the doctors say I might not be able to walk again. I have to be cautious,” Drake told MTV.
Drake still plans to join the other tour headliners on stage for individual songs. To maintain the flow of the set, Drake has been replaced with Teyana Taylor Soulja Boy Bow Wow Nicki Minaj.

Monday, July 27, 2009

LA Times Reveals Drake's Record Deal



Under the unusually lucrative agreement he struck with Aspire/Young Money/Cash Money Records distributed through Universal, Drake received a $2-million advance. He retains the publishing rights to his songs and cedes only around 25% of his music sales revenues to the label as a “distribution fee,” his managers said. By contrast, the overwhelming majority of new artists sign financially restrictive “360 deals” that sap their touring and merchandise income and offer much more restrictive profit-sharing.

“The record company doesn’t have any ownership of Drake,” Cortez Bryant, Drake's manager, said. “The label does not have participation on profits. They don’t have ownership of his masters. We control his entire career. Those deals don’t happen anymore.”

There hasn’t been an upcoming artist with such a buzz since 50 Cent's debut in 2003. Drake has sold out concerts from his So Far So Gone Mixtape. The leading single “Best I Ever Had” has been receiving more then 1300 spins on radio, and has sold 600,000 digital downloads. He’s been featured on records with Jay-Z, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Fabolous. He’s currently working on his debut album “ Thank Me Later” and will embark a 22-city tour starting today, July 27th in Scranton,PA with Weezy, Young Jeezy, and Soulja Boy in “Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival”.