Though it isn’t as publicized as it should be, ‘Practice‘ Rapper Drake is one of the US’ Top 5 mega sellers– holding more commercial value than acts afforded more press coverage than him.
So, it came as a surprise to many when reports emerged suggesting a rift between he and his Young Money bosses, Lil Wayne and Birdman, over capital owed but not paid to him- prompting rumors that he was to leave the Hip Hop music group.
This week, those reports have intensified.
Find out why below…
Two weeks ago, fans of the ‘HYFR’ star welcomed the news that he had inked a deal with Warner Music to launch his very own record label, billed ‘October’s Very Own‘. Interesting, considering his current deal at Young Money sees him sit under Universal‘s umbrella, prompting many to ask why he took his business to one of its strongest competitors- which houses Rick Ross‘ ‘Maybach Music‘.
Well, if an article unveiled by The New York Post is anything to go by, his puzzling isn’t so puzzling at all- as it marks the first step in him leaving ‘Money’ and signing with Warner‘s former CEO Lyor Cohen and his new business partner, Irv Gotti.
“Former Warner Music Group honcho Lyor Cohenhas found his first partner in a yet-to-be- announced talent management firm — and sources say he’s brought aboard Irv Gotti, the former head of record label The Inc. who discovered acts including Ja Ruleand Ashanti.
We further hear that Gotti is aiming to advise rapper Drake while Cohen, as Page Six previously reported, has been giving career advice to Kanye West.
“If Lyor and Irv do work together, it’s possible they’ll have two of the biggest hip-hop stars under their management,” said a music insider after a photo showing Drake and Gotti meeting together appeared online.”
If accurate, this move would see Drake severe ties with the manager he shares with Wayne- Cortez Bryant– and bring on Gotti as his manager. A move, that would give fans no choice but to admit his days at Young Money are numbered despite denying reports of his exit following the unearthing of these court documents.
Despite what your daily dose of bullshit may lead you to believe. I am forever about this Young Money team.
— Drizzy (@Drake) August 2, 2012
Too little too late, Aubrey.
I sort of liked him back in 08 and i remember his fans pleading that he never signed with YM in the first place because they will ruin him and they did.
so much for “YMCMB till i die”, hopefully now he will cut the “elegant gangster” act.
Young money robs them all
Drake was one of the top earners and sellers in hip hop for the last 2yrs
have a seat
Wtf are you talking about? YM ruined him? People like you just listen to what other people say and then act like you know what you’re talking about. How the f*** did YM ruin him? He was in the top 5 artist for the past 2-3 years. Drake career BLEW up bc of YM. They didn’t ruin him. What the hell is your definition of “ruined”? Selling millions upon millions of albums. Have ELEVEN number 1 singles, the most out of anyone in the game, being 24-25 and have a NETWORTH of nearly 30 MILLION? Selling out concerts literally WORLD WIDE. Your brain is warped and your statement about how YM “ruined” him is 100% completely invalid. You dont even know what you’re talking about. Bc that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. NONE. It’s not even a opinion bc it’s false. There are HARD FACTS that go completely against what you said. Please list how YM “RUINED” him.
Well i would start by saying. 50 tyson made a million dollars. then i wanna say that when they say ruined him im sure they mean artistically cuz lets face u can ruin me and my mama for 30 mil lmao.. but seriously drake was way better b4 he signed he would have been a star either way..remember young money called him…young money aint make him he made young money…it was only wayne b4 drake remember? when drake leave young money…nicki will soon follow..cuz that b**** is a f***** genius f*** the gimmicks…and young money will b over leaving wayne and birdman (mostly birdman) FILTHY STANKING DIRTY SWEATY FUNKY DUMB RICH #ThatisAll
Well i would start by saying. 50 tyson made a million dollars. then i wanna say that when they say ruined him im sure they mean artistically cuz lets face u can ruin me and my mama for 30 mil lmao.. but seriously drake was way better b4 he signed he would have been a star either way..remember young money called him…young money aint make him he made young money…it was only wayne b4 drake remember? when drake leave young money…nicki will soon follow..cuz that b**** is a f***** genius f*** the gimmicks…and young money will b over leaving wayne and birdman (mostly birdman) FILTHY STANKING DIRTY SWEATY FUNKY DUMB RICH #ThatisAll
Yes Drakeisha you done ride every d*** in YMCM so you have to leave now.Is Trey Songz good in bed I’m CURIOUS?
Mad that TC outsold 4closure?
Not as mad that you are about Frank getting more Grammy noms that Flopguel.
KDreamer (Miguel Hit It) I would but you are not worth it.
Unnecessary.
Irv must hav f***** him stoopid chile..so he runnin to that d***. But ym rob they artist and nicki a flop
Whats the point .. ?
Mad Trey wont f*** u ?
It’s a right move drake if you are to grow as an artist ,young money is all about gimmicks
if you have “NAVY” in your name i dont want to hear anything about gimmicks.
Lmfao
A R**** fan talking about gimmicks? I cannot and WILL not. I just f****** won’t.
I can’t believe a Rihanna fan would have the audacity to speak on gimmicks. Maybe 12/21 didn’t kill us, but it sure did mess with some peoples heads.
RIHANNA IS AN ICON NOT GIMMICK!! UNLIKE ANYONE ON YCM!
Rihanna is the epitome of the word ‘gimmick.’ Her whole career is based on them, as opposed to talent.
Right…just look @icki
Actually who would know more about gimmicks than a fan of Rihanna’s? Considering who they follow, I’m not surprised that they’d be able to spot a gimmick from a mile away. LOL
DEATH ! @truth
Who the f*** is icki ? an acronym for Lil kim career ender ?
Gimmicks: stealing boyfriends for photo ops
Milking DV for album sales
Posing naked on magazines
Yup, that just about sums up R****… LOL
Irv Gotti? As in flop murder inc Irv Gotti? Has been Ashanti and Ja Rule, Irv Gotti? 0_0
I can’t wait for ASHANTI to come back ! *waits for dislikes*
you about theonly one waiting for that heffa! aint nobody and i mean absolutly nobody checkin for ashanti? damn…does ashanti still have stan’s in 2012 close to 2013? *scratches head*
Actually ashanti got bank…ashanti was a very well paid song writer b4 she launched a career…and she still writes and she still gets paid…everybody not built for the front of the cam..her star power wasnt strong enough but the talent was there creatively
You’ll be waiting a long time b****.
Ashanti with ym sweetie
something is def going on… if u guys did not notice at the VMA’S drake and nicki minaj were not speaking AT ALL in fact they made that s*** so obvious there was def some tension and they looked mad at each other… same you need to post those videos of when nicki won both awards at the AMA’S how she totally ignored and dissed drake!!
YASS b****. i sensed that too but Ms Nicki shouldn’t get involved in matters that don’t concern her. Would she be happy if Wayne forgot to give her her money?
Nicki a flop B**** so f*** hef
@Truth she got yo baldhead mind F***, mad ?
@Vanny on the ReUP dvd, Wayne told nicki that she & Drake got “too big” for him.. and she said no and he was like Drake dont even speak hardly…
This is stupid, if true .. YMCMB > Murda FLOP
I don’t trust people who deal with drugs, so Drake should stay from Irv if he doesn’t want any troubles in his life.
wayne does drugs too fyi… LOL
Irv is a disgusting piece of work who helped fuel the drug trade. Drake’s mother is too classy and too esteemed to have her well educated son associate with scum like that. Please don’t do it Drake, leave Young Money yeah but DON’T sign with IRV. He wants to leech off his success because he lost out on the Def jam job.
Lmao what is Wayne, an Angel?
Hmmmm…that’s a major move…hope it works out for you drakey…
He writes his own s*** so he’ll b just fine
I think Drake is tired of Lil Wayne cheating on him!
I”m sure Irv Gotti will f*** him long time, but eventually do the same thing Wayne did to him.
Drake is a s*** and the boys just pass him around.
lol
Rihanna fans on here talking about Drake’s body count? Rihanna is the industry door knob, but you wanna come for Ms. Aubrey. FOH.
RIHANNA HAS BEEN SLAYING SINCE 2008 B****!! CHECK HER STATS!!!
Chile……… ! They mad Drake said “Chances are If she acting up, I f***** her once & didn’t f*** again.. she can have a grammy I still treat (Rihanna) Like a nominee!” Kiiiiiiii
Do it Drake, that man kissing midget is too unscrupulous for my liking, he doesn’t even want to pay his own taxes so I can believe he doesn’t want to pay you your money. I won’t be surprised if we start to hear defamatory stories about Drake as soon as he leaves them. Get that injunction son.
This fool is so overrated
Look who’s talking about overrated!!!! The wider public didn’t give half a f*** about Francine until he told us he took d*** so have a seat on a stiff one.
Lol
Death
Girl please ain’t nobody more OVERRATED then Gay Ocea
Dead
I wonder if this will be the catalyst towards other artist leaving YMCM? Nicki? Tyga? Who knows what the future holds for YMCM, they’ve seem to go down hill.
They are just like rocnation!! they only sign flops! drake is not a flop but the rest of the weak crew is!
Icki a gimmick and NO ONE ELSE wants the h**
2.7mil+1.5 mil
count math, F*** !
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your flop fave !
dam they really be hating on ashanti hard// get off her p**** dam
Remember when Wayne said that Drake and Nicki is going to cause him to retire cuz they’re bringing in so much revenue. So I guess Drake said eff Wayne/Birdman with their 100 albums b*******. They’re not slaving me to make them rich.
To bad icki garbage has been flopping all over the globe
Go Drakisha
@FLOP navy
No one flopped more than R**** w/ a #1 single!!! 🙁
Funny how this a Drake thread & Nicki gets brought up
mad at that dragging I gave that Flop d*** u stan for in the other thread ? Kiiiiiiiii
Get that Gotti d*** b****! Wayne don F***** u sensless its time for so new d***
The fall of Cash Money begins…
Drake leaving Young Money is like Dr. Dre leaving Death Row and 2Pac dying. The house of cards crumble. Nicki is in trouble. She can’t fill Drake’s void should he leave. She’s like a 8:30 pm sitcom on a Monday night, without a strong lead in (Drake), she’s sunk too.
Why the f*** would Nicki have to fill drake void ?
They don’t even collaborate like they used to !
Because, excluding Wayne, she’s the next biggest star at CM. If Drake leaves all eyes would be on her to try and keep things afloat for the company…
Drake has moved on from, his B2k Chris stokes days, and has decided to because a hetero man so now it’s time to stop taking shots in the ass, and become a man. That means changing labels to relieve himself from growing pains aka booty pains…..you go drayka
https://soundcloud.com/nyasha-dame/05-put-it-on-you-feat-nyasha
Whatever. I didn’t buy Drake’s music under YM/CM and I won’t buy his music if he went somewhere else either. He’s corny. Go back to Degrassi, Jimmy…
Im not surprised. Id leave too if they were jacking my money. He should sign to G.O.O.D. Music
He should of signed with good or the roc way better fit. YM is full of whack artist and you can tell that Drake is embarassed of that s***.
But lets be honest no ones really f****** with Drake lyrically and money wise