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In this clip, Akon speaks about signing Lady Gaga and doing her two first albums, which are her biggest to date, and Jimmy Iovine buying out his stake. He explained that he took Lady Gaga's career as far as he believed he could, and Akon added that he didn't want to be selfish and hold her back despite her being the biggest artist in the world. He went on to say that the deal allowed him to invest, but Akon didn't hint at the amount he got. During the conversation, Akon also spoke about having the chance to sign Drake, who he said sounded like Eminem in the first demo he heard. Akon added that he didn't have the $1 million to sign Drake, but he added that he's worth every penny now. - บันเทิง
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“She said I’ll never be as big as Trey Songz boy was she wrong. That was jus negative energy for me to feed off”
I listen to that song yesterday
Now it’s therapeutic blowing money in the galleria
jean bienvenue Top 3 Drake songs no debate🔥💯
BAAAARZ
Never understood why he didnt say "feed on" instead of "feed off" slightly flows better with on but eh
Akon’s slick, “After that sale, I became an investor.” 👀
I bust out laughing with they ass 😅. That's how you handle a Vlad question!
Dam Vlad, you IRS?
You gotta be educated in the business to see opportunities
How is that slick? We all knew what he was talking about
Ryan Brown you’re lost
Drake is a chameleon. Whatever or whoever is at the top is what he morphs to. Its how he's stayed relevant so long. A natural actor.
Pure talent!!!!!!!!!!
Drake used to sound like Joe Budden.
I mean even if that premise is true that would be a talent too to adapt every style so good that its actually good and i aint even a big drake fan but you gotta admit it.
Game Asylum it’s genius to be able to adjust so quickly and effectively.
Not really , drake got hella songs by himself with over 100M views he don’t need nobody he get on tracks to help them out
I love Akon. Humble on so many levels. Wasn't greedy when lady gaga wanted out. He made his money and made peace at the same table.
I’m coming home 🏡 do you want to do that
Well he spent the first few years of his “career” stealing luxury cars from valet and selling them on the black market. He was a multimillionaire from criminal activity before getting into the music biz. So he already had financial freedom and peace of mind!
Pretty smart.
Now drake sees a milly and doesn’t get excited.
😆😆 the irony
Unless its Milly Bobby Brown
🤣🤣
Omar Lara ok omar
@@noelr1010 Lmao😂
Drake likes young teenage girls
2:30 That Drake sounded like Eminem reference is true, you can hear that on one of his old song "The Search" , easily one of my favorite track of him .
The main reason why I can't say he can't rap
@PANTHERA yeah maybe even more Lupe then Em.
That sure gives me that Food and Liquor vibe
@Daniel ahah That Born Successful mixtape was tighttt
He's bi-racial, that's probably why.
Facts, at least you recognize and respect Drake greatness
@PANTHERA facts he did
Akon is not even trying to say how much he sold Lady Gaga shares for because he's not trying to owe the government tax money so stop asking him Officer Vladimir. 🤫🤐🤫
Officer Vladimir. 😂😂
Akon answered well
Vladimir Putin
You gotta remember Akon is an african at heart, africans aren’t as showy especially with money like Americans. Its changing with the younger generation
@@Wonderkid44 not just African just clever rich ppl injenral, you don't want the tax man to know how much ur really making right? ask Trump
Akon is one of the realest to do it; mad respect for how he handled Gaga
Drake would’ve been still underground or a one hit wonder if he signed with Akon.
Not necessarily, if Drake maintained the mentality , he would've made it, probably wouldn't have signed to young money
ruddiato man one of the biggest appeals of drake was the affiliations he had with southern artist and camps. Same with Nikki
Nah I doubt it Akon got a pretty good track record
I don't know he brought out Lady Gaga and you see how she took off
dat fool was never underground lmao
3:45 Vlad be snorting when he gets happy about other people's success.
Lmfao
Vlad sound like a groupie steady asking that man how many millions
so fucking corny man
He’s an interviewer he suppose to ask. That isn’t public information and I’m sure many people would want to know
Pierre Henry He’s pocket watching tf u talking about it ain’t nobody’s business how much money he got😂
He loves money
@@pierrehenry3483 🤦😒
To me drake sounded just like Wayne in the beginning when he first had his „big“ break..
Exactly I said the same thing he took Wayne's flow and Weezy started singing and harmonizing.
GodSun✨🌞 i hope you have a wonderful day 🙏🏾☺️
That’s because Drake was writing Wayne shit.
Akon’s legacy is in tact. “After that sale. I became an investor” 09-2010 Gaga was huge
Intact you mean?
I remember when we were about to book lady Gaga for a show it was before poker face , it was 5k and her manager said ok give us two weeks ...... they dropped poker face that following week and the price went to 25k instantly .
TK KIRKLAND: I HAD THE CHANCE TO SIGN PRINCE AND MJ AND WHITNEY AND MARVIN GAYE ON THE SAME DAY‼️
Gio 💎. You gotta make it more indirect with TK quotes. Something like "I was the who told Prince to wear purple." 🤣🤣🤣
Such a humble guy Akon, who's songs entertained us for years
its hard for drake to fall off cause hes such a neutral/ extremely talented individual, as far as hip hop standards go. he fits in almost everywhere.
Toronto is close to buffalo New York and detroit, so his style can swing east coast or midwest sounding.
Toronto also has a huge Caribbean population, so he can genuinely ride that wave.
toronto is technically international, so he collabs with mad international artists.
his dad as well as young money are southern, so he can go that route too.
and hes half black half jewish, so hes in behind the scenes and in front of the scenes in hip hop.
anything drake does is seen as positive. if he collabs or imitates other artists, people see it like hes bigging them up. if people write for him, they say "but only he could deliver it like that." (granted he has written some of the best songs.) even when he loses a battle, people talk about how well he picked himself back up afterwards.
hes been on top for mad long.
He's a wave rider, that's why he stays on top
Noel Reynoso nothing wrong with it all the top dogs do it you have to adjust with the time
@@hiitsme3039 Not really. MJ sticked to his style his whole career
@@noelr1010 Exactly he rides and hops waves to stay relevant and appropriate off whatever the wave is
@@noelr1010 imagine comparing MJ to Drake lmao , no matter what you can't deny the man's talent , literally anybody could've did what Drake's doing and I'm pretty sure people have tried but nigga makes hit after hit so clearly it's his talent and notnjusst him riding waves... Niggas could say what they want but Drake knows how to make a hit reason he's been on top for so long
Vlad: she was the biggest thing in the world
Akon: no, she was the biggest thing in the world.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
no, she was the biggest thing in the world
@@prongs1998ggmu no, she was the biggest thing in the world
Yall wrong she was biggest thing in the world
Sign of a natural contrarian.
no, she was the biggest thing in the world
This is who drakes talking bout when he said they didn’t see the vision
@WAKANDA NAKER One of the biggest artist for a decade. That is the vision. This is business.
@WAKANDA NAKER lmao you're just obviously hating at this point and it's sad , let that hate go... You'll live longer lmao smh
Coolieee drake is a pop artist everyone knows that... he ain’t lying when he says that
WAKANDA NAKER 16 years? Didn’t he come out in like 09 lmaooo
WAKANDA NAKER Bro what are u talking about ??????? 🤦🏽♂️😂😂😂
Akon is shaky on the Drake story because prior to Best I Ever Had, Drake had about 2 projects out prior and he sounded nothing like Drake.
Like akon said. Had sum EM influence
Octobers Very Own?
Signing to Young Money was the best decision Drake has ever made in his music career to date.
CHANGE MY MIND!
Mathematically his first deal trumps as best
nah. hookin up with j prince jr was.
l00p digga people sleep on that move
Yeah I'd have to say, linking up with rap a lot and j prince Jr.
If that didn't happen there would be no young money deal.
Shut up
Everybody sounds like their main influence when coming up. Kardinal said Drake sounds like Em...BOOM! Even Em sounded like someone he was influenced by, we can talk about this for days. It's the nature of admiration.
Yeah in his early EP days he sounded a lot like Nas.
@@kenshin6804 Nas and AZ.
Akon is a Great man for helping people from his home land after his success. Imagine if this world had 100 of him. sadly we have thousands who never will
Drake has somehow mastered the art of the " hit" song. Some rappers will rap for 30 years, and never make more than 2 or 3 hit songs, Drake seems to make or be on a hit song like 2 or 3 times a year....every year.
Lil Wayne gave Drake access to the streets, polarizing characters but they blend well. It's hard seeing Drake work with anything other than Young Money or G-unit at the time.
Akon should talk to TK Kirkland. He done did everything, coulda done anything else, and got an excuse for everything on top of that.
Man. I was singing “I love this record baby but I can’t see straight anymore” over and over in my head today at work
Drake pays attention to different scenes and it helps keep his brand alive as well as keeping his ideas fresh.
Vybz Kartel did the same thing within Dancehall music. The youth on the street corner spitting in unique styles and using various Monikers and slangs influence him to stay fresh in the studio. Keep ur ear to the underground is a very smart move. Because it is those young people who kickstart a new style before it is fully developed and polished to then influence the music genre in the future.
Mhmmm very true!……man and 2021, he’s an icon now! And CLB on way and now, he is on whole different level!
🇨🇦💎🦉👌🏼
Now I know he's crazy first hanging out with tekashi then saying Drake sounded like Eminem at first lmfao
He has sounded like Eminem, Wayne, Big Sean etc
@Daniel he sounded like phonte on all his mixtapes I doubt he sounded like em
@Asher Salvatore!!! he dosent sound like em on either the search nor one man show lol he sounds like kanye mixed with phonte
@B_in_the_ cut exactly have we been arguing with acorn lying ass
@Asher Salvatore!!! I know what em sounds like do you? were do you hear em in those songs all I hear is phonte and kanye.
Drake been passed around like a blunt!!
@ 😂😂🖕🖕
Robby Brown you mean drake is handling his business?
@@unknownassailant6472 nope!! I wrote what I meant!! Y'all are the ones thinking I was dissing Drake but I was tryna joke even tho it was a bad one!!
Just like any other artist, the only difference was that drake is actually talented, and now he’s the one of the more powerful artist in the industry, so I guess it worked out 🤷🏽♂️
Still hitting though it ain’t went out yet
You can achieve your dreams! Don't give up! You can do it!
Usually every artist sounds like someone else when they're devolving their style. Eminem sounded like Nas & Az, Nas sounded like Kool G Rap, The Game sounded like Shyne, Jay-Z sounded like Jaz-O & Big Daddy Kane. Hell, when I started rapping I sounded like E-40. It's just part of the process of becoming a better MC🤷🏽♂️
Makes sense
Big Tyma tyma 40 wata
Huh sprinkle me mane
word i was tryna sound like weezy when i started
@@MD-kw6fv so was Kendrick
Till this day Drake still don't have his own sound he adapts to sounds and flows that are trending or about to trend. It's actually quite smart which is why he is seen as a culture vulture. He moor or less is a method actor...true or correct?
It was Drake’s destiny to sign with Wayne lol Wayne knew from day one
“& We gone be alright if we put Drake on every hook”
Love the vids vlad
Watchin akon interviews are extremely satisfying. Lol ion know why
I never knew how much of a legend Akon was!!!! If I had his lifestyle...
Was meant for drake to sign with young money. No way he has the same hits he has now with someone like Akon. Just my opinion 🤷🏿♂️
Yeah. Wayne got him with the N.O. bounce-rap scene. That song "Keisha...do you care for me".
Love my brudda 🤣🤣🤣🤟
Big up to Kardinal Offishall...Toronto OG
Akon taking boosie spot with his wild responses to Vlad questions 😭
This makes perfect sense. I always say Eminem was drake before drake people forget that
He sounds like Eminem I can’t see that whatsoever dude tripping drake sounded drake then and sounds like him now
Nah drake sounds like whatever rapper is popping
Lmao Drake has sounded like Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Houston Rappers.. dude is a wave rider
Hes kickin himself in the leg over that one. Missed out on drake yoooooo!
1:07 that Laff. Vlad calm down son. AH HAAAAhhhhh
Free virtual hugs to the people who made it here in the first hour of posting.
Edit: 😂Lol ,I should said "hug and a $1000 deposit "that would have got yall mood up.
Thank you 🤗
23mins. Everybody could use a hug in 2020.
FOH with that soft shit lol. Be a real nigga
Nigga said virtual hug
@@chrislogan6403 lil ugly ass boy.
Drake sounds like anybody who's hot at the moment
Cool story bro even tho he paved the way for most new rappers so they sound like him
Shang Tsung of Hip Hop.
🗣i’m in the trenches RELAX!
@WAKANDA NAKER Nobody think baby is a thug clone , who tf are you weirdos 🤣 cnt even compare baby to thug
@@12poprocks men Drake sounds like every rapper and no rapper at the same time
In what way did Drake sound like eminem 🤣 i have all the underground mixtapes and songs before drake got signed and i never even came close to that thought.
I think its the rhyme style
That's why Vlad was like "really?huh.." lmao nigga never sounded like em at all
To be fair. Akon got a demo tape that you probably will never hear.
He def did at one time.. Same with childish gambino
it is impossible for you to have what he heard lol,back then you had to rap rap..lotta people started out with that style. I respect those that stay with that style,Drake just copies whatever is in. Good business move but that's why people don't take him serious as a rapper...he's a pop star
Drake is the master of the 48 laws of power and culture dynamics, then he is in raw talent and "originality" 🤷🏾♂️.
Of course he'll say the Lady Gaga was the biggest blessing
I never knew he as affiliated with Gaga cool
Yeah. Wayne got him with the N.O. bounce-rap scene. That song "Keisha...do you care for me".
Believe it or not Drake is like the Micheal Jackson of hip hop in this era.
👎
Over the years Drake always sounds like somebody else. He's always borrowing flows, accents and genres. Don't get me wrong Drake is one of the best artists of the last decade.
I hate when he does that
Actually the accents he's always had. He's just not hiding them anymore. And he's always had ghost writers so that's not new.
One would wonder why he doesnt get called culture vulture 🤔😉😂
Right, why does he get a pass though?
That ngga Canadian lol
Do
Right
And
Kill
Everything
Dude lives by his name. He stays killing it!
Pusha T foot still in his ass, Do Right And Kill Sometimes
Duplicate
Rappers
And
Keep
Eating(biting)
@@jamalwalker drake is the one that pops rappers (think Migos) not the other way around
@@jackcarver5412 said everything, not everyone. Both still eating.
@@lyrics2challenged people are a part "everything"
This was good backstory information..
1:06 best fake laugh ever
Big up Kardinal Official everyday rude boy
These young bucks in here don't even know who that is ... lol
"I had the chance to sign one of the most successful rappers in history, but he sounded like one of the most successful rappers in history at the time."
Akon
You think he would be the drake today still?
I wouldn't sign someone who sounds like drake today cos that's bad business and career development. You will just remind people of someone and they probably won't pay more attention to you.
Hopsin is like a combination of two of the best wordsmiths in rap Em/Tec9 and look where he’s at. That shit wouldn’t have worked for a black guy.
Makes sense to me. A lot of people could sound like MJ or beyonce but it just won’t work.
😂😂
That headline crazy
Akon and Broner's interviews 👏🏽👏🏽
Drake sounded like Little Brother in those early mixtape "Comeback Season" days.
@WAKANDA NAKER lmao drake smashed ya girl?
@WAKANDA NAKER The structure comes from someone else hand guiding his. He did do one of his first on camera freestyles using text messages on a cell phone.
Wouldnt be suprised, i remember him giving phontae a shout out back in the day
He bit off phonte flow
@WAKANDA NAKER lmao nigga you really have too much time on ya hands. All I read is hate comments f4om you..damn! Lol
Dude's like Kirby. I miss Phonte-Drake. UK Drill-Drake got to go.
From Little Brother ???? Which records does he sound like him ??
Comeback season Drake got Phonte vibes, shit little brother vibes from the beginning to the end of that mixtape.
You a real one
steve plonka All the comments are facts. People, ya making me proud... But there is an interview where he says that Phonte is his biggest influence on him over everything. Hella praise for LB and 9th. That joint they got on Comeback Season 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Hate em tho, he pulled a mixtape move lol. But the reason why he sings, and how he builds songs, especially his early work... All Phonte
Meant that @ for Red pill, my b🤙🏽
i enjoy Akon interviews
The way vlad titles the video makes me laugh
Everybody was hanging on to akon miss out on signing him. It seem like so did alot of people lol. That trey songs story is crazy cause drake is way bigger. Not that trey had an bad career but he nowhere near drake now.
Tk Kirkland like “ I told drake he was going to be huge one day, I gave him the motivation and drive to be who he is”
Where can I get the parts of the video in order ?
Vlad turning into glad with those laughs
I believe this. Before he came up.
There was a time where cole rapped like em as well.
@WAKANDA NAKER didn't canibus apologise for that diss he dissed cole because j cole said canibus was a inspiration of his lol
drake sounded like phonte
@WAKANDA NAKER just delete your comment because bringing that situation up makes canibus look like a clown
1:06 damn vlad 🤣🤣🤣
In business you capitalize at the peak. Very true words
Blueface is the Soulja boy of this generation
Or Stunna 4 Vegas.
Love lady Gaga!
0:55
*moments laters*
3:08
LMFAOOOOO
He meant to say that he ain't got it to invest on him ( he didn't consider him worth it)
01:03 lol 😂
The title is a click-bait!He didn't say that he didn't sign him up because he sounded like Eminem, he just said he was.
These two don't see how drake rides other people's waves.🌊 they just see profit🤦🏾♂️ drake can't carry himself creatively, so he combs the street 4 whts poppin,and the artist want exposure, it goes hand in hand. ✋
How the hell do I find this demo I need to hear this
Akon the type of ballet guy to park your car at his house
Drake don’t need no signing look at him now
akon knew a black eminem wouldn't be profitable
I know whoever missed out on giving Drake what he deserved is sickkkkkkkk 🤣🤦🏽♂️💯 biggest come up ever turned to a L
T.I and Dr Dre
Never feel sorry for a dude with his own gas station and plane 💯👍🏼
Young money was the best platform for Drake
drake is in tune to the music and everything around it like Eminem and 50 cent. That's why he is so successful.
Eminem and 50 are not as in tune as Drake. They are innovators Drake either makes something popular or adjusts to what is already popular and capitalizes from it.
Best I Ever Had came out in 2009. So is he implying Drake had the song for 4 years+ or is his timeline wrong?
What I’ve learned in the music industry is that artists will hold on to records for years until they feel like the public is ready for it
what does completely urban mean ?
any help
Vlad we need that monster kody interview
madddddd
What you doing here fam :D
This a lie drake never sounded like em😂😂
Listen to Room for improvement. Maybe it the way he rhymed
it's true he was on that straight rap shit on his first mixtapes
Yes he did. I’m 35. I found drakes music in 2004 and it was basically Eminem’s flow. It was a site called mixtapeusa and I ordered a cd and that’s how it sounded back then
*EVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER, DRAKE NEVER SOUNDED REMOTELY LIKE EMINEM. REAL HEADS KNOW THAT HE SOUNDED LIKE PHONTE & NICK F*
Finally, the Lady Gaga talk lol
Vlad need to go see an ENT doctor for all that snorting lol
I'm surprised Vlad didn't Diss Eminem in this part of the interview 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Drake is the best hit maker ever in rap tbh. That doesn't mean the best rapper ever so don't trip lol
What does that have to do with anything?
2009 was a good year for music
Anybody else notice vlad snorkles when he laughs
lol is this one of Akon's new lies
What lie moron.. have u accomplish what Akon did.. no stop hating jackass
Drake was always talented with the pen, but he's never had his own personality and it shows with his albums. This is why he uses ghostwriters to dictate what's hot and what's not. He's a cornball but probably up there with Diddy in being one of the smartest people in rap at knowing how to stay relevant.
How is he cornball for making money please enlighten me
@Sherron Davis the weekend wrote on take care
@Sherron Davis well its still ghostwriting 808s and heartbreak was an r&b album where cudi was not only credited but kanye came out and said he wrote 4 songs for it same with Take care the weekend wrote 4 songs but drake never shouted him out for writing the songs all the weekend got was a writing credit but a credit could literally mean he gave a bar or wrote the whole song
Akon "Naanananana it wasnt like that" I dunno his last name tho 😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Respect to akons wisdom
Em the goat fr fr