Tag: Drake

Fool's Gold x LTD Holiday Party Recap

Posted on Dec 25th, 2010

We’re jingling baby!

Fool’s Gold and LTD teamed up once again to spread holiday cheer with our NYC friends and fam at Tammany Hall in NYC on Friday, December 17th. The line wrapped around the block for a non-stop night of merriment and DJ sets from beat heroes Mannie Fresh and Just Blaze along with FG’s own Brothers Macklovitch (A-Trak and Dave1) and Sammy Bananas. Drake even popped in to wish everyone a Happy Chanukah. What a gent. Read More

When Trizzy Met Drizzy

Posted on Jun 28th, 2010

O Canada

For those of you who checked out Drake’s album you may have noticed I’m scratching on song #5, “Show Me A Good Time”. Here’s the story of how that came about.

You could think that there was some sort of Canadian connection, or even a Kanye connection for that matter. But there wasn’t. When So Far Gone came out last year and Drizzy’s buzz went through the roof of the stratosphere of the ceiling of the galaxy, I remember thinking “wow, this is interesting, this is the first time there’s a Canadian rapper that I know absolutely nothing about.” Canada, while being a huge country on the atlas, has a very small music biz. Having been active in it for over a decade, I can tell you that usually everyone knows everyone. But the truth is, I left Montreal 4 years ago and Drake is pretty young, so in my view he just came out of nowhere. Read More

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