The artist roster at OVO Sound continues to grow with the announcement of the latest signee to the Drake-helmed label — Baka.
Weeks after inking a deal with R&B crooner Plaza, the Toronto music titan announced his fellow Canadian wordsmith serves as the latest artist to join the OVO Sound family at an event in New York City.
Drizzy applauded Baka for choosing to focus on music following his release from jail. He evidently decided the time was right to give Baka the paperwork needed to make the signing to OVO official.
“When my brother [Baka] got out of jail, there was a lot of different paths that he could have took,” Drake said in video from the signing. “And he decided to focus on music … It’s an honor and a pleasure. I just wanna give this pen to my brother. I love you, G. Trust me. You’ve been holding it down for a long time.”
Baka offered a personal thank you to Drake and a handful of others in the caption to a video he shared on Instagram.
In addition to appearing alongside Drake on his More Life track, “No Long Talk,” Baka boasts his own personal batch of tracks, including “WHIP” and the newly-released “Live Up To My Name.” The subsequent music video for the song has already amassed over 200,000 views on YouTube.
Baka was released from jail in 2015 after spending several months locked up due to human trafficking and assault charges.
I see HipHopDX isn’t reporting about Joe Budden and DJ Ak being cool today but I guess we won’t since it doesn’t help this platform.
“I might declare it a holiday soon as Baka get back on the road” …outside of that never heard of em
human trafficking
leave it to bitch made fake drake to congratulate his goon/pimp/human trafficker and sign him to a record deal, he’s gonna need this piece of shit human trafficker to ghostwrite for him now seeing as partynextdoor is done ghostwriting for others now [including fake drake] as he releases several reference tracks he has written for others. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK 70% OF FAKE DRAKE’S FANS WEAR HIGH HEELS..THE OTHER 30% ARE QUEER THAT WEAR SANDALS
More chune for your head top
“AKA it’s not nice n I live up to my name!”
Dat live up to my name bumps ma niggs!
A new ghost writer for drake…ok.
Ok dx is officially tripping calling Baka a wordsmith come on guys really. You dick ride anything Drake does or anything associated with him. Calling Baka a wordsmith smfh. I have some of his tracks on my phone but there is no way the dude is a wordsmith dx stop sipping the Kool aid