NEWS: Ahead Of "More Life," Drake Hits Record 10 Billion Streams On Spotify

Ahead Of "More Life," Drake Hits Record 10 Billion Streams On Spotify

IT'S A CANADIAN TING EH!

Drake is going into his new release with a strong lead on the competition.

Drake has become the very first artist to earn 10 billion streams on Spotify. Much of that figure can be attributed to the Toronto rapper's 4th studio album VIEWS, which has achieved over 2 billion streams on its own, according to Forbes. "One Dance," which became Drizzy's very first Hot 100 no. 1 last year, has over 1 billion plays to its name.

The Forbes article predicts that another artist will hit the 10 billion milestone in a matter of time, though Drake is expected to be in the 15 or even 20 billion-stream range by then.

This news comes shortly before Drake will release his new project (which he has billed as a "playlist") More Life. The project is expected to be released on all major streaming services simultaneously, rather than exclusively on Apple Music, as the rapper has done in the past. In other words, Drizzy should be putting some big numbers up on Spotify as early as this evening.

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Earlier today, Drake revealed a new flower tattoo inspired by More Life. Revisit the many events that led to the release of the highly anticipated project with our More Life story tag.

Drake recently became the first artist to reach 10 billion streams on Spotify. Rather than shared as an Apple Music exclusive as Drake has done in the past, More Life will be available across all major streaming services.

NEWS: Drake Debuts New Stone Island Chain From Ben Baller

Drake Debuts New Stone Island Chain From Ben Baller

Drizzy sees the new chain for the first time in a video posted by the jeweler.

Drake has been rocking a lot of Stone Island gear on his European tour, and he's now got some flashy jewelry to match it. Drake and sought-after jeweler Ben Baller met up in Manchester to do a handoff, debuting a shiny new chain on Instagram today.

I met @champagnepapi at the Apple Store in the Beverly center in 2008. From that day on I fucked with The Boy heavy. I was picking him up from the airport, getting him cars, trees and showing him my city like a real big homie does. #SoFarGone dropped and shit hit the fan. Then #ThankMeLater, then #TakeCare and He would take me on tour to be apart of the show giving out chains to random girls in the audience. One time at a sold out show in San Jose, Drake forgot where we were because he screamed out "LA what's good???!!!!" And that Bay Area crowd boo'd 😭LOUD😩. It felt like that southwest commercial, Wanna get away? I back stepped off that stage dumb fast 😂 In 2012 I started my family and he became the biggest superstar in the 🌎 and we lost communication... So 9 years later were here in Manchester U.K. to finally have our full circle moment. More life and more jewels to come bro #OVO #TheBoyMeetsWorldTour #IFANDCO #StoneIsland

A video posted by Ben Baller 🇰🇷 (@benballer) on Feb 11, 2017 at 11:26am PST

From the looks of the chain in the clip, it's based on Italian brand Stone Island's compass logo, and also features the words "on tour" at the bottom. Ben also gave a closer look at the back of the piece, which reads "BINGING THAT CERTY" with Drake's "6 God" logo just below it.

Drake is in the middle of his The Boy Meets World Tour. Earlier this week he revealed that his More Life project would be complete in one and a half to two weeks time.

After 2 canceled flights, NOTHING can stop the movie me and The Boy are about to make in the U.K. I'm finally on my way now... ✈️🇬🇧 #OVO x #IFANDCO

A photo posted by Ben Baller 🇰🇷 (@benballer) on Feb 10, 2017 at 2:07pm PST

I met @champagnepapi at the Apple Store in the Beverly center in 2008. From that day on I fucked with The Boy heavy. I was picking him up from the airport, getting him cars, trees and showing him my city like a real big homie does. #SoFarGone dropped and shit hit the fan. Then #ThankMeLater, then #TakeCare and He would take me on tour to be apart of the show giving out chains to random girls in the audience. One time at a sold out show in San Jose, Drake forgot where we were because he screamed out "LA what's good???!!!!" And that Bay Area crowd boo'd 😭LOUD😩. It felt like that southwest commercial, Wanna get away? I back stepped off that stage dumb fast 😂 In 2012 I started my family and he became the biggest superstar in the 🌎 and we lost communication... So 9 years later were here in Manchester U.K. to finally have our full circle moment. More life and more jewels to come bro #OVO #TheBoyMeetsWorldTour #IFANDCO #StoneIsland

A video posted by Ben Baller 🇰🇷 (@benballer) on Feb 11, 2017 at 11:26am PST

NEWS: Drake On Donald Trump: "F*** That Man"

Drake On Donald Trump: "F*** That Man"

Drake offers some words on "all this bullshit going on in the world."

Drake generally isn't known to speak on politics, but it seems that Donald Trump's recent actions have inspired him to take a stand. The OVO rapper used a section of one of his recent shows in Europe to talk about the "bullshit" he sees going on in the world, and how important it is to bring people together in times like these.

Drake on Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/1sCRKtPRBg

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"For some reason in my room, they've got the TV set to CNN," he said. "Every day I wake up, I see all this bullshit going on in the world. People trying to tear us apart, people trying to make us turn against each other. So tonight, my proudest moment isn't selling tickets or having people sing my songs, my proudest moment -- if you take a look around in this room, you'll see people of all races and all places."

While he never mentioned Trump by name, the message was clear. "Show love, celebrate life, more life, and more music," he continued. "If you think one man can tear this world apart, you're out of your motherfucking mind. It's on us to keep this shit together. Fuck that man."

Drake also spoke of the possibility of a Young Money Reunion show at a recent concert in London. His More Life playlist is due out later this month. 

*MAYBE THIS IS WHAT KANYE IS TRYING TO GET OUT TO THE WORLD, COME TOGETHER*