Drake has received some love from on-and-off enemy Kanye West, as well as close friend and collaborator Young Thug, following the release of his new album with PARTYNEXTDOOR, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U.
Ye, who just recently referred to Drizzy as his “nemesis,” returned to X (formerly Twitter) this past weekend to let his followers know that he is a fan of the project — and one song in particular.
“‘Gimme a Hug’ is incredible. Sheeeeesh,” he wrote, while also retweeting a post from Chart Data reporting that the track had shot to the top of Apple Music’s U.S. chart.
Thugger also celebrated the early success of $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, writing on the social media platform: “That boy back number one.”
Kanye west shows love to Drake’s “Gimme a Hug” pic.twitter.com/kt0CgIuJ3A
— Drake Charts ⁶𓅓 (@DrakeChart) February 15, 2025
That boy back number one 🐐
— Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) February 15, 2025
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U has been met with mixed reviews since its release last week (February 14), with much of the criticism focusing on its lengthy running time and lack of cohesion between Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR, who otherwise make a potent partnership.
Nevertheless, the album has made an immediate splash on streaming. On Spotify, it earned 56.6 million first-day streams, which is the second biggest debut of the year so far behind The Weeknd‘s Hurry Up Tomorrow.
Over on Apple Music, the project broke the all-time record for the biggest single-day streams for an R&B album.
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U also helped Drake temporarily eclipse his fierce rival Kendrick Lamar for the most single-day Spotify streams by a rapper this year with 92.4 million.
The album is likely to make a considerable dent on next week’s Billboard 200 chart, although it’s currently unclear how many first-week units it could rack up.
On the project itself, Drizzy appeared to reference his beef with Kendrick.
In his defiant opening verse on “Gimme a Hug,” he rapped: “Drake elimination, fake intimidation / Take a minute, take a deep breath, have a little bit of patience / ‘Drizzy, you amazing, you the inspiration / You set the bar for the next generation / You Neo in The Matrix, these n-ggas just Nemo in the ocean / Small fish, making kids feel emotion / Using you for promotion,’ truer words have never been spoken.
“N-ggas want to see ‘RIP me’ on a t-shirt like I’m Hulk Hogan / I appreciate the fans rocking with me, this is really just a small token / Really fucking with a visionary / Only reason I ain’t got a girl and I ain’t getting marriеd / ‘Cause I’m really out herе, filling up the itinerary ’til I’m six feet in a cemetery.
“Bulletproof doors so heavy, got me rolling ’round like a dignitary / Funny how it’s only bitch n-ggas that are waiting on The Boy’s obituary / ‘Cause if I die, it’s these n-ggas that become the sole beneficiary / And what the fuck are they gon’ do with it? / Have the girls up at 29 on stage twerking with a dictionary?”
Say greg, I heard you like them bots but Kendrick’s still the top 5 on Spotify’s watch. Lol drake fucking sucks and so does his shit flop ass album. . He’s going to drop that UMG lawsuit fast as fuck to get them fake numbers again
Gimme a hug is projected to be no.1 on billboards hot 100 and the album is estimated to sell at least 700k in it’s first week. Drake is still thrashing kendrick in sales
Made up delusional numbers from a horned up mega gay man groupie named greg
UMG put out the album it was listed with their label Republic as well as Sony’s through OVO.
The album is selling fine and numbers are good too. I think it’s trash but let’s not pretend. Drake can actually sue UMG and even if he drops it he’s a free agent he can easily go elsewhere. Lucian’s son has ties to WMG so maybe not and I don’t know if he wants to go to Sony with Diddy’s ex Clive so I guess go independent or partner with one of the bigger indies like Gamma since I think he may have heat with Empire and UnitedMasters apparently YoungBoy owns a stake of
I work as an accountant for ovo. This album is on track to sell at least 700k and can even go higher. Gimme a hug is guaranteed a no.1 debut. Your hate isn’t slowing it down at all
No you’re an OvHoe butt slave who constantly changes his name and likes his own comments cuz he’s a pathetic loser. The only accounting you’re capable of is counting how many dicks you take. Are you dentaldamboy, great greg, LeicaFanBoy,🫡, and Drake runs rap. Pick one name and stick with it, you obsessed homo.
I have worked for ovo sound as an accountant since it was founded in 2012. First week sales are on track to exceed 700k
Republic may technically be releasing it but they are doing everything to try and disqualify many of the sales drake has made while overinflating gnx by kendrick
No, you’ve worked for Ovo being Drake’s balls fluffer and you’re on track to become his bottom bitch. You’re making Drake fans look weak ,gay, and pathetic and not all of them are like that. Just you.
Your closet gay feelings towards kendrick doesn’t change the fact that mendrick was wiped from the charts the same day Drake put out his new album
Naw, only Drake fans are gay and always all in their feelings. Nice try 🤣
They’re like: “You make gay music too…. we’ve got to gay together…I mean stay together.”
Homos protect homos
“Gimme a Hug’ is incredibly….gay.*
Gimme a 🫂. Best song ever ❣️😍❣️ Now hug my butt
Drake and great greg are gay AF
Why are you gay?
All make shitty music…so what does that tell you.
I still root for Drake but this album was mid asf I ain’t giving out no A for effort. You gotta earn it
I still root for Drake but this album was mid asf I ain’t giving out no A for effort. You gotta earn it