Rumours have been swirling that Drake and Kanye West have been secretly working together on a joint album, with Yeezy teasing the potential collaboration when he appeared with Drake at Toronto’s OVO Fest.
“Is y’all ready for this album?” West asked the crowd, adding: “I wasn’t talking about [‘The Life of Pablo’]. I wasn’t talking about ‘Views’. I wanna ask y’all right now: Are y’all ready for this album?” he said, gesturing to himself and Drake.
In fact, just a few months ago Drake described West as “one of my favourite people… in the world,” revealing the pair were working together on a mixtape that may morph into a new album.
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He added: “I love [Kanye]. He’s a really good guy. I grew up with him as a role model. Always given him credit that’s why we’re here right now. It’s amazing to be his friend.”
Drake added: “We’ll just sit and collaborate. We have a few things that we’ve worked on. It’s all about finding a place for it. We can link each other and discuss anything. Feeling a way on this or just leisure talk, we have a great relationship. I hope we get more music out. We were supposed to do a mixtape together an album together… You never know, he’ll call me tonight and say, ‘I’m putting these two songs out tonight’.”
However, this isn’t the first time the two have collaborated musically. Back in 2009. they produced a track together called “You Know, You Know” that was widely bootlegged but never officially released — until now:
