Drake Shares 3 New Songs on Scary Hours 2 EP

March 5, 2021 TheDrone

By Correspondent

Drake has dropped the Scary Hours 2 EP as promised. It’s three songs and includes guest spots from Rick Ross and Lil Baby. Listen to the new songs “What’s Next,” “Wants and Needs,” and “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” below. “What’s Next” also got a new music video directed by Theo Skudra. Watch that below.

Tonight, Drake also relaunched OVO Sound Radio—formerly an Apple Music Radio show that’s now on SiriusXM—on a new 24-hour Sirius channel SOUND 42.

A new album from Drake called Certified Lover Boy is expected for release sometime this year. Tonight on OVO Sound, he offered an update without giving a specific release date. “CLB is currently being chef’d in every way possible,” he said, noting that he’s been working with his regular collaborators Noel Cadastre and Noah “40” Shebib. “I don’t have an exact date, but it’s in the pot and it’s coming soon.” The record was initially set for January 2021, but it was postponed after Drake sustained a knee injury.

The new EP follows the first Scary Hours EP in 2018, which featured ” God’s Plan” and ” Diplomatic Immunity.” The A-side was later released on Drake’s album Scorpion.

Last year, he released the Dark Lane Demo Tapes mixtape. The full-length featured guest appearances by Playboi Carti, Future, Young Thug, and more. It includes ” Pain 1993,” “Toosie Slide,” “Desires” “When to say When,” “Chicago Freestyle,” and “War.”

Aubrey Drake Graham is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur. A prominent figure in popular music, Drake is credited for popularizing the Toronto sound.

He first gained recognition as an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2007); intent on pursuing a career in music, he left the series after releasing his debut mixtape Room for Improvement. He released two more independent projects, Comeback Season and So Far Gone, before signing to Young Money Entertainment.

Drake released his debut studio album Thank Me Later in 2010, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. He achieved major critical success with Take Care (2011), and commercial success with Nothing Was the Same (2013) and his first commercial mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015); the later two were certified multi-platinum in the US. Drake’s fourth album Views (2016) sat atop the Billboard 200 for 13 nonconsecutive weeks, becoming the first album by a male solo artist to do so in over a decade. Marketed as a playlist, Drake’s second solo commercial mixtape More Life (2017) set multiple streaming records. In 2018, he released the double album Scorpion, which produced three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Drake’s third commercial mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020) featured the Hot 100 number-one lead single ” Toosie Slide”.

As an entrepreneur, Drake founded the OVO Sound record label with longtime collaborator in 2012. In 2013, Drake was announced as the new “global ambassador” of the Toronto Raptors, thereby joining the executive committee of the NBA franchise. In 2016, Drake announced his development with American entrepreneur Brent Hocking of the bourbon whiskey Virginia Black; it eventually broke sale records in Canada. He has also designed fashion, the most notable including a sub-label collaboration with Nike, alongside other business ventures. In 2018, Drake was reportedly responsible for 5% ( CAD$440 million) of Toronto’s CAD$8.8 billion total annual tourism income.