The long wait for Drake‘s Iceman album will soon be over.
The OVO Sound superstar has announced that his eagerly anticipated ninth LP — and first solo project since his high-profile rap battle with Kendrick Lamar — will be released on May 15.
The release date was revealed on Tuesday (April 21) after fans successfully chipped away at the huge ice structure he had erected in Toronto and retrieved a folder hidden inside.
The coveted package was discovered by Twitch streamer Kishka, who later filmed himself opening the freeze-proof folder outside Drake’s “Embassy” mansion in the Canadian city.
Inside was a Frank Ocean Boys Don’t Cry-style magazine featuring a page that read: “ICEMAN MAY 15,” as well as images of Sexyy Red, Drake’s father Dennis Graham and Pinocchio — a character that has appeared throughout Drake’s Iceman rollout and sparked theories about its meaning — in crosshairs.
Kishka was also gifted a bag of cash by Drake for uncovering his album release date.
The 6 God himself later confirmed the date on Instagram.
The development comes almost a year after Drake first began teasing Iceman through a series of livestreams, as well as the singles “What Did I Miss?,” “Which One” with UK rap sensation Central Cee and the Yeat and Julia Wolf-assisted “Dog House.”
He also told fans during a show in Australia last year: “When the time is right, I’ll be back with another album, a one-on-one conversation with y’all that you need to hear.”
While further details about Iceman remain scarce, media personality and OVO insider Mal recently shed light on the project, claiming that it contains “some of the best rapping I’ve ever heard from Drake.”
“Y’all don’t even know what Drake is preparing to do [with Iceman]. The music he’s created, the way he’s getting ready to entertain the culture, it’s on a whole different level,” he said during an episode of the New Rory & Mal podcast.
Mal also claimed that the album will make it “crystal clear who the top dog is,” alluding to Drake’s fierce rivalry with Kendrick Lamar.
Iceman will serve as the follow-up to Drizzy’s collaborative album with PARTYNEXTDOOR, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 last February with almost 250,000 first-week sales.
Rory and Mal are losers always wrong. Drake has no ties to them. He needs to cut these early songs released they are trash Yeat and especially Central Cee. Honestly he been needed to go back to his YMCMB era.
All those guys are losers Rory, Mal, Joe Budden, Complex Mag, NFR, Fantano, Scru Face, it’s a bunch of goofs funded by old venture capitalists
Podcasts are all boomers that don’t know what they’re talking about. Budden and his dusty crew originally said Carti would never drop another album then Music came out they pretend they never said anything. Now it’s worse with that political hack Marc Lamont on there lying 24/7 and trying to be hood.
How is Complex still around? Do dorks watch it? It’s run by losers.
He and Wayne need the old producers not the new crap. 40 only good song was Headlines. Boi 1Da can deliver though. Cool&Dre need to be brought back in, Mike Will, Southside, Lex Luger, Young Chop, Travis Scott, Sonny Digital, the only modern producer is Chef. Ye needs to oversee production on this.
Soulja Boy should produce. Drake really did steal his whole style and flow but did it worse.
All these vultures shit on Wayne and even Ross but those labels were successful. MMG pushed a ton of people and revived Omarion meamwhile YMCMB launched Drake, Nicki, Tyga, Young Thug, and others. OVO is trash and these same people cap for Gucci and 1017 that label was always trash Waka and others got conned by fake gucci no surprise Pooh was conned. Travis and Carti the only 2 good rapper run labels.
Drake needs to shut that label down it does not help him or his bad artists. Honestly years ago I thought he’d sign all the artists he was doing features and remix’s with Rich Homie, Migos, Weeknd, and he got none of them.
Them and Fantano all just clout chasers. The NFR guys too they all posted fake stuff for the album saying it’s coming out November and other dates.
Central Cee is trash all the UK is. Drake need to stop glazing them.
Drake is free after this from UMG and Kendrick remains a slave in addition under his Wasserman Epstein agency with other Epstein associates Pharrell, Frank Ocean, SZA BBL, Doechii the plant, and Baby Keem
Tyler The Creator too he sold his soul too. Old Tyler was the real one then Pharrell did things to him. The “black renaissance” is like demonic. It’s not real it’s like a cult.
I mean Jay-Z and Beyonce both cultists and he did things with Pusha and Epstein.
SZA is butt ugly and drake paid for her plastic face and reduction. He needs to expose her.
Forget Iceman we need Wolves
Drop a single that’s actually good because the first songs were bad even the Drake stans hated it
He needs to get out of his UMG deal after this.
He teased episode 4 so is that not happening?
People should spam him where is Episode 4? Adin might know
Drake need to ditch this Canada nonsense and be what he was before. The 6 stuff is cringe and corny. Miami Drake was better honestly maybe Texas Drake does it. Hope he has a Tory feature on this.
OVO Sound superstar? He is not signed to his own label it’s the same kind of deal Rick Ross had with MMG where he was signed to Def Jam or Carti now where he is signed to Interscope and AWGE not Opium.
OVO is under Sony distribution not UMG
This album needs to be good or bro is beyond cooked. That last project was ass and his group of collaborators is trash Yeat, Party, and Central Cee, it’s bad. Those are the cringiest artists especially Central Cee. His whole label is bad. Rumor is Metro may be producing but he’s trash too go back listen to Karate Chop.
It’s going to suck. We all know it. He’s had a good run but his time is up.
If it’s another #1 do ya’ll eat your words? You just refuse to take L’s and keep talking. Either take your L’s or shut up.
After this flop maybe Drake finally moves on. I don’t get how people ever liked him as a solo act. Without Wayne and Nicki he was awful.
Cuz they only ones who like him are preteen girls and gay men.
That’s the same as Cardi B. Too bad she never got taken out. I argue she worse than Drake.
Drake fans are homos, preteen girls,beta males, and cucks.
I love Drake. I want him inside me.
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Then why come here? Just to hate?
Drake will always be gay
No that’s Kendrick, TDE and RocNation look at whos signed to them or associates.
Title should be WASHEDMAN since he’s washed up,old, and wack now.
It depends if this doesn’t save him he is cooked. Features will save this also producers but its up in the air.
Yeah it helps Drake’s case that the label wanted to tank his stock before renegotiations so they could sign him for less or have him leave with less value.
All the KBots here
Kishka need to be on Kick moving forward this was a W. Kai Cenat trash!
Drake the man! He saving Toronto