Kyla recently chopped it up with The FADER over the phone for an interview all about Drake‘s “One Dance” single featuring herself and Nigerian music artist Wizkid that will be appearing on the upcoming Views From The 6 album.

The UK artist spoke on how she felt when “One Dance” was released to the public, if she knew when it was going to drop, how long she had known about the collaboration, possibly shooting a music video for it, how Drizzy came across her “Do You Mind” song, what she thinks of “One Dance“, how she became credited as a feature, and more.

You can read the full conversation after the jump below!

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In a recent interview with The FADER, Erykah Badu spoke about remixing Drake‘s “Hotline Bling” single and what their friendship is like.

Erykah mentioned that she was in the studio with Drizzy out in Canada while he was recording his Take Care album, as well as that he is in a place she currently wants to be in. Hit the jump to read everything that Badu said about Drizzy Drake.

You may also remember Drake rapping about Erykah Badu on his “Days In The East” song: “Remember one night I went to Erykah Badu house, she made tea for me; We talked about love and what life could really be for me; She said: ‘when that shit is real, you just know'”!

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Yesterday, D.R.A.M. accused Drake of robbing his “Cha Cha” single to create his “Hotline Bling” song, which both sample Timmy Thomas’ “Why Can’t We Live Together“, after the music video for “Hotline Bling“ was released.

It didn’t even help that when “Hotline Bling” first premiered on Beats 1 Radio’s OVO Sound Radio show, it was being called a “Cha Cha” remix. Anyway, Drizzy has addressed the similarities between both tracks in an interview with The FADER that has just surfaced online.

You can read what Drizzy Drake said after the jump below!

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For their 100th issue, The FADER managed to get Drake on the front cover plus an interview as he hasn’t done a magazine interview since last year after Rolling Stone played with his words.

In the cover story, Drizzy spoke on starting to drive again, his If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late project, Toronto, how he wants his legacy to be, his upcoming Views From The 6 album, the Quentin Miller reference songs, his beef with Meek Mill, and so much more.

You can read Drizzy Drake‘s full cover story after the jump below, which is very long but definitely an interesting read for fans. This October/November 2015 issue of The FADER will be available on newsstands next month on October 27th. Click here to pre-order it for $15.00!

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Philly Swain collaborates with Christina Milian and YG on his brand new single called “Slow Down“.

The message behind the song is that people should enjoy their special moments, but just slow down drinking. Tina Turn Up also revealed to The FADER about what it was like working with Swain:

“Working with Philly is always crazy; he has words for weeks. We may come from different worlds, but Philly always finds a way to relate creatively. He has really helped me to express myself.”

You can listen to “Slow Down” after the jump below!

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We saw a trailer last week, now The FADER have released episode 1 of their “Obey Your Thirst” campaign with Sprite that stars Drake.

During the episode, Drizzy speaks about his life, making it in the music industry from where you live, singing and rapping, who he competes with, and more.

You can watch the full video after the jump below!

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Carrying on with promoting their “Obey Your Verse” campaign, Sprite have partnered up with The FADER to release a series of documentaries on Drake, Nas, Vince Staples, and Isaiah Rashad.

If you didn’t already know, lyrics from 3 Drizzy songs can currently be found on the designs of Sprite cans and bottles for this summer only. Click here to read more details.

The documentaries on these music artists will be released in the upcoming weeks, but for now you can watch a trailer for the series after the jump below!

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