Backstreet Boys Give Drizzy A Wake Up Call: “Not To Cause Any Beef Drake But…”

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Famous boy band Backstreet Boys send Young Money’s Drake a friendly reminder over the buzz he has generated from his “Hotline Bling” anthem.

The popular late 90’s group name-checked Drizzy on Twitter Friday (October 23) to remind him of a similar smash.

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Fashion retailer JC Penney joined in on Drake’s “Hotline Bling” music video craze this week.

Drizzy’s new music video has sparked huge sales for Moncler jackets.

Domenico Galluccio, a Moncler spokesman, told VF.com that on Tuesday, its Web site sold more than double the number of jackets Drake wore than it typically does on a regular day. “We had a great result on the e-commerce sale of the Maya model,” he said. The Maya retails for $1,150. (Vanity Fair)

In a previously unreleased The FADER cover story, Drizzy detailed the song’s origin.

“You know, like in Jamaica, you’ll have a riddim and it’s like, everyone has to do a song on that. Imagine that in rap, or imagine that in R&B. Imagine if we got one beat and every single person — me, this guy, this guy, all these guys — had to do a song on that one beat. So sometimes I’ll pick a beat that’s a bit, like, sunnier, I guess is the word you used, than usual, and I just try my hand at it. And that’s kind of what ‘Hotline Bling’ was. And I loved it. It’s cool. I’ve been excited by that sort of creative process.” (The FADER)

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