The phrase “YOLO” may have been a runner-up in the “Trend We’d Like To See Die” category in the 2012 HipHopDX Year End Awards, but despite that, Canadian artist Drake is still hoping to cash in on the popular phrase he created.
Serving as an acronym for “you only live once,” “YOLO” has been plastered on all types of apparel throughout the year, but over the week the immense use of the phrase seemed to really spark the Young Money artist’s attention.
Using the Instagram handle, @champagnepapi, Drake posted pictures of two separate items that featured the “YOLO” phrase.
The first picture, which showed about 16 hats with the “YOLO” phrase on them was taken at Walgreens and also included this comment from Drake, “Walgreens….you gotta either chill or cut the cheque.” In a second picture taken from the rapper, this time at Macy’s, a t-shirt with the phrase “YOLO Is My Motto” along with Snoopy and Charlie Brown was pictured along with the caption, “Macy’s…same goes for you.”
As of now it’s unclear what steps Drake would have to take to see any profit from any apparel which uses the “YOLO” phrase.
Reminds me of when Paris Hilton wanted to put a copyright on the phrase “That’s Hot”. Then again, drake overall kind of reminds me of Paris Hilton anyway.
Should have gotten a pattent beforehand idiot
hahahaha
He didn’t even make YOLO up..lol
WERD!
Nobody cares if he did or didn’t. It’s about money, hater. Go make some.
Smart dumb mufuckas, lemme tell ya…if he didn’t make up the word, he can’t make money off someone else usin it. Of course, a remedial ass response like yours is to be expected from lames who say silly shit like “It’s about money, hater. Go make some.”
Eh…big whoop. you’re a celeb. of course peeps will be hopping all over your phrases. Remember when cash money were mad as hell that they didn’t cash in on “bling bling?” Now that shit is universal. Even old white ladies raped that term.
Nigga didn’t make “yolo” shits from a damn 007 movie.
Nah man, that’s “YOLT”.
..AND HE HAS ALL THE RIGHTS TO DO JUST THAT! DRAKE MADE YOLO WHAT IT IS IN TODAYS GENERATION…HE BOUT TO MAKE MORE THAN YOUR FAVORITE RAPPERS NEXT VENTURE…WAYNE WITH TRUKFIT, DRAKE WITH YOLO, THE YMCMB SWEATSHIRTS…OLD NIGGAS LIKE PUSHA STILL TRYIN TO MAKE PENNIES OFF THEM BY DISSING LEGENDS THAT DIDNT DO SHIT TO HIM..YMCMB STAY LAUGHIN AT YALL SORRY NIGGAS
You’re an idiot.
All about the money Need i say more?
wtf is that nigga doing in a macy’s lmao
L.M.L. my nigga got a good ass point lmaoo
Shopping for sweaters
BIRDMAN SAID WAYNE INVENTED “BLINGBLING” WHAT A DUMB FUCK JERMAINE DUPRI AND JAYZ SAID IT 3 OR 4 YEARS BEFORE…THIS YOLO SHIT IS STUPID THERES NO WAY HE WILL CASH IN ON IT
kill that shit , no need to speak on the whack
If this nigga get rich off a word…
YOLO NIGGA
LIST OF NIGGAS WHO SHOULD CASH IN ON WORDS:
Cowboy – Hip-Hop
Melle Mel – MC
MC Eiht – Gyeah
Wu-Tang Clan – Cream
Dr. Dre – Chronic
Lil Wayne – BLING BLING
Eminem – Stan
Hold up,Chronic was out before The Chronic – Certified Cali Nigga
DRAKE
You Only Listen Once
someone make that a t-shirt
haha
You don’t come to America asking for no damn cheque, we got checks here. Drake and Justin Bieber, this feels like a real life South Park the movie.
for real mainstream feels cartoon
lol thats a silly American way to spell cheque. This way theres no confusion.
Shift Shape – Hieroglyphics
listen to real music … some thing with culture
Classic – Hieroglyphics
da homie dro aint get paid frm playas only live once wtf
I believe in an afterlife fuck YOLO anyway it’s responsible for countless deaths across the Globe
For those who live in Fort Lauderdale, we know YOLO is a restaurant located downtown that was in business before Drake trash ass song was released. Fuck that nigga and his fans.
Co-sign
drake is one of the shittest fucks i know to exist.
YOLO is a county in Killa Cali!
Norte Califaz Yolo County!
NORTE 14! fuck scraps and crips and bloods and Drake!
nortenos are cowards
Fucking hang all wetbacks and spics!
Didn’t realize you could make money from acronyms lol. Drake is a DFM ( Dumb F*cking Moron) whos SAD ( Suck A D*ck).
nigga must be out his fuckin mind
at least he wouldn’t get any royalties from me. hell, he ruined the phrase, “you only live once” used to actually be words of wisdom before this sumbitch came and smeared all over it
That’s pretty typical for a canadian jew. I wish someone would send him back along with the music he made. I bet if he left cash money he wouldn’t ask for the royalties back from them. Cuz we all know he wouldn’t get it.
“if he didn’t make up the word, he can’t make money off someone else usin it”
If a company thinks by using Drake to promote this word on a product makes them money then it doesn’t matter who created it. I doubt Drake’s going to make millions off this anyway, but if it was your favorite rapper would you be this butt hurt?
California should sue Drake. There is a city you know ( Yolo California) !!
Its real simple he is not going to get paid off of that word he didnt created it, that like me saying to stop using the word nigga because i made a sound about it, NIGGA Please we been using the word nigga before you make a sound of it.
YOLO isn’t his , its from a resteraunt in ft. lauderdale, FL .. if anything they need to be cut a check for copyright infringment
This nigga who cant even rap wants a check for somethin he didn’t? This nigga got the saying from Mac Dre saing “You only live once” Im guessing thats why he tries(tries!! Drake can rep Mac) to rep the Mac named Dre