Posts with tag "drake"

Justin Bieber and Drake Dream of Duets with Beyonce, Sade

Posted Jun 21st 2010 at 10:00 AM by PopEater Staff

The screaming mass of teenage fan-girls lined up for the MuchMusic Video Awards' red carpet got a double dose of dreamboat Sunday night when homegrown hotties Justin Bieber and Drake spilled out of a limo onto Toronto's transformed Queen Street in a show of superstar solidarity. Justin called out the duo's Canadian roots -- Bieber is from Stratford, Ontario, and Drake hails from Toronto -- ...

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Police Cancel Hanson, Drake Concert in NYC Over Crowd Concerns

Posted Jun 16th 2010 at 06:30 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

A free concert by pop band Hanson and up-and-coming Canadian rapper Drake was canceled Tuesday after twice as many people as anticipated showed up and many became unruly, police said. The show started at about 6 PM with an opening act at Pier 17 on Manhattan's South Street Seaport, a popular summer locale for concerts. Hanson, the Tulsa, Okla., brothers behind the 1997 hit 'Mmmbop,' and ...

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Is Drake Hip-Hop's Next Superstar?

Posted Jun 14th 2010 at 06:15 PM by Jason Newman

For a 23-year-old rapper with no official album to his name, the buzz on Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) is deafening. When the emcee releases 'Thank Me Later,' his oft-delayed, long-awaited debut album on Universal Motown, which features Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Alicia Keys and Young Jeezy, on June 15, it'll be less an opening salvo and career initiation than a culmination of four years of underground ...

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Justin Bieber and Drake Rematch at MuchMusic Video Awards

Posted May 18th 2010 at 01:30 PM by Joshua Ostroff

Justin Bieber and Drake will face off again at the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards after last month's Juno Awards, where the world's hottest new rapper Drake bested the Biebs as Best New Artist and also won best rap record. Drake leads the 2010 MMVAs with seven nominations, while Bieber earned four nods. Vancouver pop-rocker Hedley, led by former 'Canadian Idol' contestant Jacob Hoggard, won ...

Justin Bieber Fever Hits Juno Awards While Michael Buble and Drake Win Big

Posted Apr 18th 2010 at 10:45 PM by Joshua Ostroff

Justin Bieber may have come up empty-handed at the 2010 Juno Awards in St John's, Newfoundland, but it wasn't for lack of screaming. International superstars Michael Bublé and Drake may have been the big winners at the annual celebration of the best in Canadian music, but it was the upstart pop star who provided the running theme throughout the awards at Mile One arena. The Bieber ...

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What You Didn't See: Best Grammy Twitter Photos

Posted Feb 1st 2010 at 11:29 AM by Amber James

Between all the amazing performances, tributes and awards, celebrities took time to have fun with their famous friends (and idols) at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Uploading backstage photos to Twitter, stars shared the fun stuff we didn't see on TV. At right, Weird Al Yankovic made sure to capture his wife's "blinging" sparkles next to 'American Idol' runner-up, Adam Lambert. "Oh, snap! My wife just ...