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Drake Dedicates Nike Air Force 1 “CLB” To His Mom and Their Favorite Book
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Drake is all about love, and it seems that his creativity and designs all have a unique connection to the rapper, who revealed on Saturday that his mother inspired the design for his upcoming Certified Lover Boy Air Force 1s.
In a post on Instagram, the rapper shared that his mother, Sandi Graham, and her favorite book inspired the Certified Lover Boy Nike Air Force 1s, which he revealed to fans. The Canadian rapper shared with fans close-up photos of the Air Force 1s showing the phrase “Love you forever” on the side of the shoe as well as three heart-shaped studs on the top.
The “Love you forever” phrase was thought to be an ode to the rapper’s eighth studio album, ‘Certified Lover Boy’ released last September, but Drake is now sharing that the term actually means more to him as he revealed that it is the name of a book that his mother loves.
The rapper shared a photo of the book re-imagined with the Nike swoosh on the front cover with the name, ‘Love You Forever,’ by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Sheila McGraw in a slideshow.
The beloved children’s book was published in 1986, and the storyline is about a mother who has a different lullaby for her son at each new stage in his life.
Drake also shared a sweet note dedicated to his mother.
“For my mother, Your perennial care and nurturing is never lost on me. This book is the time capsule of our love. I long for the days when it was this simple. — Aubrey,” the note read.
While it appears that the Nike X Nocta shoes are a special creation for his mother, fans are still waiting in excitement for the release of the Air Force 1s, which is a deal between Nike and Drake’s sports brand, NOCTA first announced last July.
The shoes suffered a delay, but according to new reports, fans can cop a pair on December 2. The shoes are being retailed for $160.
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Drake Confirms ‘Her Loss’, ‘CLB’ and ‘Honestly Nevermind’ Are Trilogy Projects
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Drake is taking storytelling to a new level as he confirms what some fans have suspected that his last three albums are a trilogy.
While speaking on 21 Savage’s newly launched show “Table For One” about their joint project, the artists discussed their recent joint album ‘Her Loss’ and the recent albums,
According to Drake, the albums are actually a three-part story that starts with everything full of love before moving into despair and hopelessness when the relationship doesn’t work out and then with healing and moving on with no regrets.
“The album is called ‘Her Loss’. We got Certified Lover Boy – that is like, ‘I’m trying my best to make love… I’m chasing you and then ‘Honestly Never Mind’ is the realization that maybe this lifestyle is not for me and ‘Her Loss’ is that, this is like no pigeons, you remember when they dropped no pigeons with no scrubs on?” Drake explained.
In the meantime, the conversation between Drake and 21 Savage also encompassed Savage sharing his gratitude for Drake as he explained that many artists wouldn’t work with someone like him so early in his career, but Drake has consistently given other artists features, which led to their careers blowing up.
“You one of the only artists that make it to a certain level that no matter what you, f**k with the culture f**k with. Even if a nigga got one song and it’s popping like you would still jump on it and embrace a n****a,” 21 Savage tells Drake.
“If you look at our greats, 90% of them niggas don’t do that, just keeping it real. A n***a not doing no project with 21 Savage,” he continued as he recalled the first time he and Drake collaborated when he only had one big song and music video.
In the meantime, Drake ranked ‘Her Loss’ as among the top 5 of his catalog, if not the top 3 of his albums over the course of his career.
The artists’ conversation also included them speaking about ‘Her Loss’ creation, with the artists sharing that they helped each other write their verses. ‘Her Loss’ is Drake’s third joint album over the course of his career. The album debuted with 404K units sold in its first week and has remained on the Billboard Top 10 chart since its release in early November.
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Famed Hip Hop Manager Hovain Hyton Dead At 56, Tributes Pour In
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The Hip Hop community is mourning the death of well-known music manager Jonathan “Hovain” Hylton, who passed away on Friday.
The Brooklyn manager is a well-loved A&R label owner as well as a father and a husband who previously worked with the older generation artists likes of Cam’Ron, Jim Jones, Styles P, and lately with YFN Lucci, Flipp Dinero, and T-Pain. Hovain’s family announced his passing on his Instagram page on Saturday morning.
“It is with deep regret that we message to all family, friends, and colleagues that Jonathan’ Hovain’ Hylton passed away while at his home on Friday (Nov. 25). He was a beloved and devoted father, husband, son, brother, and a proud Brooklyn representative,” the post read.
The family did not share any information about Hylton’s medical condition, but he was 56 years old.
“We’d like to thank all of his close friends for all of the love and support that you have shown during this difficult time. We ask that you all continue to keep his family in your prayers and respect their privacy at this time.” The note ended.
The post saw many of the A&R creative’s friends sending him condolences and his family words of comfort. Young Guru commented, “I can’t take it,” while Fat Joe said, “Love you, brother. 4 ever.”
Artist Bridget Kelly said, “Devastating. I cannot believe this, such a brilliant mind and kind soul.”
“No [heartbroken emoji], Hov I don’t want this to be real but thank you for being a friend to me and always real. My Allah protect your family and guide you in the after life,” Sean Falyon wrote.
Over on Twitter, Andre 3000 wrote, “Didn’t know this man personally, but I always appreciated the presence he had in the industry and on my timeline, all the people I respect always respected him. RIP @Hovain man.”
Producer Shawn Beats wrote, “Just watched the Troy Ave movie last night and was saying how it’s dope to see him and Hovain cool again. Then waking up to see Hovain dead today is crazy. If it ain’t bout no loss of life or money, go apologize to ya mans before it’s too late.”
Hovain’s death comes just about a week after he was recognized as a leading music executive. The Cinematic Music Group president shared his pleasure at the honor on his Instagram account.
“I’ve always prided myself on just being a good person and a hard worker. Never was big on awards. The way I came in this game was the independent route so I always knew caring too much about the politics wasn’t going to help me. But it feels good to be honored as one of Billboard’s Power Players alongside my brother and partner @jonnyshipes,” he wrote on Instagram.
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