Talk:Drake (musician)/Archive 3

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he even came out with his first official album, “Thank Me Later”. Considering this is a pretty impressive achievement, I think it should be mentioned on the Knowledge page. I do not think the above statement should be changed just after the sentence is added, "Even before Drake's first official album he was credited with 2 grammy award nominees and 2 juno awards." Also another piece of interesting information is the first person who signed drake to a publishing deal. This man was the West Coast Creative President of EMI Music Publication, 'Big' Jon Piatt. I think this information should be listed in the first paragraph after the sentence about Lil Wayne's Young Entertainment.

1007:: your edit summary, "Please stop removing sourced information from this page with blank edit summary's or you'll be reported", is nonsense: I did leave an edit summary, and I look forward to your report. To rekindle this old discussion, which produced no consensus, this feud stuff is silly. Its sources are the rap magazines that are the equivalent of tabloids. It's the kind of content we find in K-pop articles, where every little thing is blown up to encyclopedic proportions because it sells copy. FYI, I have no dog in this fight. I have heard of Drake, I have no idea who Meek Mill is or any of the others who are involved, but I do know 1331:

My last suggestion for an edit would be to reference the usage of meme's at OVO while drake sang back to back. Thank you, sources for this material are the following: Hill, Glynn A. "Companies Jump in on Drake-Meek Mill Beef Via Social Media." South Florida Times: 1. Aug 2015. ProQuest. Web. 4 Oct. 2015 . Williams, Stereo. "Drake's Memeing of Meek Mill: How Hip-Hop Beefs Kill Careers." The Daily BeastAug 07 2015. ProQuest. Web. 4 Oct. 2015 .Feeney, Nolan. "Drake Producer Defends Rapper Against Meek Mill’s Ghostwriting Accusations." Time.com. Time Magazine, 23 July 2015. Web.

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of the culture and 90% of the time, the "fued" lasts little over a week or so, and isn't notable at all. The only Drake feud worth keeping is his one with Chris Brown, which eventually got physical I believe, and lasted well over two years, but an entire dedicated section to drivel such as "Common released a song entitled "Sweet", which included lyrics critical of rappers who sing, although this criticism was not aimed specifically at Drake"? Certainly not notable.

3222:. None of these rappers have a effect on Drake's career. There was no proof or a leaked video of him throwing bottles at Chris Brown in a club and Drake and Meek Mill still follow each other on Twitter. Common and Pusha T are irrelevant towards Drake's career. This trivial section is causing to many edit wars and disputes on Drake's article. This article should only be about Drake's career not rumors and other rappers. I suggest to just remove it. 31: 2795: 4673: 4576: 4488: 4302: 4070: 3891: 3808: 3666: 3579: 3493: 3413: 3332: 3253: 2846: 2687: 2463: 2385: 2247: 2105: 1966: 1823: 1663: 1521: 1383: 1299: 1193: 456: 326: 237: 99: 4015: 4224: 4537: 3859: 3542: 3461: 3381: 4351:(2016) 6 Take Care Take Care (2011) 7 Forever More Than A Game (2009) 8 Make Me Proud Take Care (2011) 9 Jumpman What a Time to be Alive (2015) 12 1143:. I just spent a fair amount of time revising this section, but it's only tangentially significant at best and it doesn't add anything of value to the overall article. What's more, the sources are largely conjectural and I just don't see them holding up on a biographical article. I agree wholeheartedly that it should be removed. 4346:

Best I Ever Had Thank Me Later (2008) 2 Hotline Bling Right Hand (2015) 2 Hold On, We're Going Home Nothing Was the Same (2013) 4 Find Your Love Thank Me Later (2008)

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In the controversies section, with the Meek Mill debate I think it would be useful if you included the rolls of Funkmaster Flex and his endorsements of Meek Mill, such as playing his diss track "wanna know". Also it is worth mentioning that drake endorsed DJ Clue as an attack towards Funkmaster Flex.

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you need to relax. Secondly, for future reference, before making major changes to articles and their section layout, check the sections you're changing for vandalism. This is basic editing 101, and your skipping of this very simple step when making said changes caused this entire issue. Obviously

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On the Knowledge page it lists many of drake’s accomplishments and then says, “His work has earned him a Grammy Award, three Juno Awards, six BET Awards, and set several significant Billboard charts records.” Although this is accurate, Drake achieved 2 grammy award nominees and 2 juno awards before

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With the creation of social media there is no hiding information from the public when you are a public figure thus making security very important for these individuals. After the shooting involving Suge Knight in Los Angeles, NYPD has stepped up their protection for rappers like Drake and many more

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actually already made part of my point for me, "Feuds are a part of hip-hop competition". They are exactly right, disses and harsh comments are made in rap music every day, if we reported on every time Nicki Minaj made a disparaging comment in a song, her article would double in length, it's a part

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Meek Mill didn't remove his diss because the feud is over, WWE filed a seize and desist for using The Undertaker's theme music. Just because Meek said he wasn't exercising a beef, doesn't mean that the beef doesn't exist as there's a large amount of controversy that lies in this situation. Looks

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Feuds are a part of hip-hop competition. Many feuds within hip-hop have been notable in an artist's career, including Drake. While not every feud is notable, some, which become the talk of the culture, are notable and have significant effects on one's career. You may not have interest in them, but

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I think it's worth noting, that every single thing you've accused me of doing, you also have done. My stance has been and always will be that controversy/feud sections must be unbiased and stick strictly to facts. You have not done that and rewrote the sections to favor Drake. If you'd like to

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Please change " As of August 11, 2015, the If You're Reading This It's Too Late mixtape had sold over 1 million copies, making Drake the first artist with a platinum album in 2015." to " As of August 11, 2015, the If You're Reading This It's Too Late mixtape had sold over 1 million copies, making

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Mr. Veteran Expert, HHV isn't banned but blocked. I know; I just blocked one of his IP socks. And "technically"? There is no consensus here, certainly not a clear one: I have closed dozens, if not hundreds such discussions, and there is no clear consensus here. It's not about numbers anyway (read

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If some other editor added in parts to the section that you disagree with, and I had since then rewritten the section before you caught on to those other editors' additions: I'm not apologizing for that because that's how Knowledge works, plain and simple. It's a collaborative process, and being

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In the Spring of 2015 music star Madonna announced her liking for drake. The 56-year-old pop icon told Us Weekly, "The lifelong ambition I still want to fulfill is to go on a dream date with Drake - and only kiss him." Drake and Madonna performed at the music festival Coachella, where actions of

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Notable beefs should be included. Not just any time something harsh is said about another artist. Let's not go overboard here. I do agree that the Common beef could be removed. I do not object. The Chris Brown beef is notable, so is the Meek Mill, being that it is current and lasted more than "a

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of the Controversy section makes neither the section nor your preferred version of the section sacrosanct. Mine is not sacrosanct either, but you have eliminated it outright without justifying your cause. Seeing as my contribution (AGAIN: rewritten for clarity, encyclopedic language, deleted

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One editor in particular has taken it upon themselves to continually revert the Controversies section to an older revision without justifying it here on Talk. A few notes I've made on the Administrators' Noticeboard about this specific issue (which I will add here, on

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Addendum: to reiterate, and reinforce: yes, as was responsible for this entire affair in the first place, you went back into an older diff and edited a non-proofread revision of the section. We wouldn't be having this issue if you would simply revise contemporary,

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conduct throughout this ordeal will not be in your favor. Secondly, I've been around here for a very long time, so I know how WP works, thanks. Thirdly, I've taken note of your edit on the article. Will you edit it for encyclopedic language, or should I?

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Drake is know for being able to rap, but at the same time sing with a gracious tone, which could be said to be very unseen in todays popular music scene. "JON CARAMANICA." New York Times (1923-Current file): 2. Jun 13 2010. ProQuest. Web. 5 Oct. 2015."

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In 2012, Drake came out with the song " The Motto", which consisted of a lyrics saying "You only live once, that's the motto, Yolo". The term "Yolo" became one of the most popular sayings among teens during this time period. Companies such as

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This is not a poll, there are no votes. If 20 people (or 20 user names) agree that we should say Drake is a vampire who was born in 15th century Spain and one person says that the only sourced info we have says he's a rapper, the one

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You have a death date for the rapper Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) and he isn't dead. It's another hoax, surfaces about every year. You won't let me post a page to confirm it, so you'll have to go look for yourselves! --S. Dean

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started to use the saying on shirts which brought attention to the rapper and his rights for the saying. That being said, Drake has started to speak up about the possibilities of royalties regarding the term "yolo"

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I think it's important to let people now that Drake won the feud between Meek and himself. After of course Meek said he was returning to college. Drake literally shot him back to college, god damn.

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The case became so serious Brown's lawyer claimed "I believe the police are building a case against Drake and his thugs. Clearly, Drake was the instigator and there is evidence he threw glassware."

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Addendum: I just saw that this discussion was carried on a bunch of sock puppets, but oh well. I hope that doesn't derail this too much, because I was going to suggest this on the Talk page anyway.

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you! My only problem is that you seem to think (erroneously) that your changes necessitate going back to a version preceding proofreading, clarity changes, and encyclopedic language. This is the

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It's kinda stunning that Drake's Knowledge page has zero mentions of "Hotline Bling," considering it hit #2 on the Billboard charts, had it's dance mimicked by an NFL receiver during a game (

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page. A simple google search of Hotline Bling reveals hundreds of news articles, calling the dance the newest internet meme. And Knowledge has NOTHING on Drake's page? Really?

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Drakes song "Look what you've done" openly gives his mother credit for the support she had for him growing up and mentions his success is due to her love and overwhelming support.

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These aren't feuds. This feuds section is nonsense. Watch Meek backtrack his opinion just like the rest of those rappers. This is why the list of Drake feuds article got deleted.

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You don't accomplish that by reverting impulsively and failing to explain yourself. So I'm going to revert now to the updated revision and I expect to hear your concerns about it

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week" as you put it. It's also received an overwhelming amount of media coverage and continues to be a topic of discussion in hip-hop. Also, it should be noted that both

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The drake track summer Sixteen has given drake his highest sales week as a solo artist. According to billboard, it has amassed 215, 000 downloads from Jan. 31-Feb.7.

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The terms "diss" and "diss track" need to be defined in this article. The initial references to those terms should be hyperlinked to their own Knowledge articles.

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As the edit improved clarity, did NOT delete any of the original cited information from the article, and there was no discussion regarding this on the Talk page, I

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I'm sorry, but I fail to see how you could not have applied your edits and omissions to my update to the article. In fact, I'm confident that you never once

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My cause for revising it is because it was badly-written and unencyclopedic. Consistent and unexplained reverting qualifies as disruptive editing, and

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it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Not quite sure where this would go.

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Adding on to the great success of his song, "Best i ever had" he was nominated for two grammy's in 2010, a first for a rapper with no album out.

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Drake's origin is not from Hidden Hills, California, U.S. His origin from the day he started to this day, is still Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Concepcion, M. (2010, May 29). LOVE THE DRAKE. Billboard - the International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, 122, 20-23.

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Meek Mill says he's not in a serious beef with Drake and removed his diss from SoundCloud. Can somebody please remove this stupid section?

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Not done. This has been discussed ad naseum. Whether it's a mixtape or not is irrelevant to our including it in the discography section.

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Drake rewarded students of Strawberry Mansion High School, a troubled Philadelphia PA high school with brand new recording equipment.

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authority to completely wipe out any proofreading done to the section since then, so quit this foolish tantrum you're having, revise

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due to the unknown actions of others when in public settings. NYPD protection includes that all New York club owners inform the

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He first garnered recognition for his role as "Wheelchair" Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation

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In February, Drake released "If You're Reading This It's Too Late," which is heavy with the stresses of life at hip-hop's top

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5 Started From The Bottom Nothing Was the Same (2013) 6 Summer Sixteen

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was banned and was reported for using other usernames to override it. So technically, more keep votes than remove votes.

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An editor has determined that the edit contains an error somewhere. Please follow the instructions below and mark the

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and several other accounts have been indefinitely blocked for "massive" sockpuppetry. The known accounts are listed at

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Report me all you want. I have been very reasonable about your misbehavior thus far, and administrators' attention to

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Drakes album "Take Care" sold over 631,000 copies, which was in third biggest opening behind Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne

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it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --

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Drake the first artist with a platinum album in 2015; Last to do so was Taylor Swift in 2014 with her album "1989""

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is a just a number one Meek Mill fan trying to promote Meek Mill on Drake's Knowledge and add fuel to the fire. See

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it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —

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explicitly address this discussion, but even if you already did, your opinion does not justifiably impede upon the

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