Brooklyn Vegan — Clearly not content with mere pop-up shops, Drake has been opening permanent merch stores and now NYC is getting one too. Continue reading… more info

AllHipHop — CHECK OUT WHO ELSE WAS SELECTED FOR THE TOP 25 ALBUMS, SONGS & BEST OF BEATS PLAYLIST more info

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Stereogum — Plenty of us might’ve thought that Drake’s album Views was overcooked, indulgent, and way too long, but none of those things stopped the album from doing what Drake wanted it to do. By any metric, Drake absolutely dominated 2016 commercially. He�... more info

Idolator — This is great. more info

Yahoo! Music — Canadian hip hop artist Drake dominated the Apple iTunes charts this year and will round out 2016 celebrating a trio of triumphs on Apple Music's year-end charts. more info

Stereogum — Drake’s 2011 breakthrough Take Care had some of the Weeknd’s DNA in its newly developed aesthetic, and the Weeknd himself appeared on one track, the R&B jam “Crew Love.” Today, years later, the Weeknd’s original Drakeless demo of the song h... more info

Yahoo! Music — NEW YORK (AP) — Drake was all over Apple Music this year, so perhaps no surprise the rapper tops the iTunes music lists as well. more info

Stereogum — Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide To Earth was one of our favorite albums of the year, but it was still pretty surprising to see his name alongside mega-stars like Adele, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, and Drake in the Grammys’ list of Album Of The... more info

Detroit Free Press — Beyoncé leads the pack for the 59th Grammy Awards.             more info