Everything That's Happened in Drake's Life Since 'More Life' - XXL (2024)

Two days after More Life is released, Drizzygot a new tattoo of a bottle of Drakkar Noir cologne in reference to his former Twitter handle @Drakkardnoir.

Drake posted a photo on Instagram of himself with his mother and singer Sade Adu, captioning the pic, "Two very important ladies in my life."

Inspired by his meeting with Sade a couple days prior, Drizzygot a tattoo of the singer on his ribs.

Drake cancelledthe Amsterdam shopon his Boy Meets World tour after getting food poisoning. Fans were a little upset.

Aubreyfelt the wrath of XXXTentacion after the Florida rappercalled him a bitch, claiming Drake stole his flow from the track "Look at Me."

Drake joined "One Dance" collaborator WizKid on his new track "Come Closer."

Drizzy expanded his OVO brand overseas, adding to his locations in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto by opening a store in London.

Drake is announced as having a starring role in the London-based TV series Top Boy, to which he purchased the rights in 2016.

The OVO head honcho purchased a $120,000 OVO owl chain from celebrity jeweler Ben Baller. The piece features a mix of 40 carat blue, canary and white VVS diamonds and some pink sapphires.

Former couple Drake and Rihanna ended up at the same kid's birthday party and things looked a bit... awkward.

Following Coachella 2017, Drake accused The Madison Club of racial profiling, calling the resort, "The most offensive place I have ever stayed."

Aubrey reached out to rival Kendrick Lamarvia social media and gives him props on his Damn album doing numbers.

Rick Ross announced his beef with Drizzy is dead after the two met up and settled their differences in a meeting set up by J. Prince.

While sitting courtside at a Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game, Drake bowed to Canadian rock legend Gord Downie when theysaw each other during a break in the action.

Drizzy surprised his cousin Jalaah in Memphis by showing up to help send her off to prom.

Drake madea cameo as a fictionalized version of himself in the T-Dot Goon Scrap DVD 2. In the sketch, things go south for the rapper after he gives the Toronto-based comedians' DVD a bad review.

After long-standing feud, Aubrey and Tory Lanez finally deaded their beef, announcing the big news on Instagram with a photo of the two rappers posing together.

The Weeknd brought out Drake at the Toronto stop of his Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour, and fanswere treated to something they haven't seen in years: Aubrey and Abel performing their duet "Crew Love" live.

Drake scored a legal win after a judge ruled in his favor in a sample lawsuit over the Nothing Was the Same cut "Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2." The rapper's lawyers were able to convince the judge he fairly used the 1982 spoken-word track, "Jimmy Smith Rap."

Drake appeared on the DJ Khaled single "To the Max," off the We The Best CEO's Grateful album.

Since one is never enough, Drizzywent back to the ink man for yet another tattoo of Sade.

Drake released a new song called "Signs" during Louis Vuitton's Paris Fashion Week show for thebrand's Spring/Summer 2018 collection. Young Thug is credited as a writer on the loosie.

The 6ix God blessed fans with a remix of the PartyNextDoor track "Freak in You" from PND's Colours 2 EP.

Drizzy teamed up with NBA on TNT to spoof the Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry in a hilarious parody of the hit film Get Out.

The OVO rapper attended the birthday party of late rapper Chinx's son Nugget and helps wish the young man a happy born day.

Bossman Drizzy inked his longtime friend Baka to a recording contract with his OVO Sound imprint at an event attended by French Montana and others.

Drake kicked off the ad campaign for his Virginia Black whiskey line, taking subtle shots at Dos Equis' Most Interesting Man in the World.

Drake's 2017 Houston Appreciation Weekend festivities included a faux retirement party for popular H-Town exotic dancers Lira Galore, Miracle Watts and Maliah Michel, complete with a jersey retirement ceremony.

Jay-Z's "money phone" line on "The Story of O.J." had a lot of rappers in their feelings. Drake appeared torespond viaa video thatshows him turning up with big stacks at the club.

More life, more ink! This timeDrake got his big homie Lil Wayne's face tatted on his arm.

Drake kept the Virginia Black push going with two new hilarious ads featuring himself and his father.

At the 2017 OVO Festival, Aubrey announced he's about to be back cooking up a new album. "I'm about to go back to making this new album in Toronto just for you," hetold the crowd.

After their "Crew Love" reunion month's prior, Aubrey tells Abel at the 2017 OVO Festival that their joint-project is definitely on his to-do list.

Champagne Papi pitched in with the relief efforts of Hurricane Harvey by donating $200,000 to NFL player J.J. Watt's fund to help victims.

Drake let fans know he's back in the booth, showing off a photo of himself laying down a track on Instagram.

Continuing his hurricane relief efforts, Drake delivered a speech for the Hand in Handhurricane relief telethon, organized by Bun B and Scooter Braun.

Drake delivered the bad news of the death of his longtime friend Fif, who was gunned down in Toronto.

Drizzygot even more ink. This time, hepaidhomage to Fif with a portrait of his late pal and alsoadded another celebrity tat of Denzel Washington.

Heartbreak Drakesparked dating rumors with supermodel Bella Hadid after he allegedly threw her lavish 21st birthday party at New York City's Socialista lounge.

The 6ix God popped in to see his homie Odell Beckham Jr. in the hospital, after the New York Giants' wide receiver suffered a serious ankle fracture that required surgery.

Drakepaid homage to Gord Downie after the rockerdied ofbrain cancer.

A day before his actual born day, Drake celebrated turning 31 with a star-studded, Andy Warhol-themed party that included Jamie Foxx, G-Eazy, Swae Lee, apl.de.ap, Diddy's son Justin Combs, NBA star Jordan Clarkson, former NBA star Lamar Odom, actors Leo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire and Drake's dad, Dennis Graham.

Drake made a statement by keeping his More Life playlist out of Grammy contention. The Academy never gets it right anyway.

Drake showed off his hoop skills on Instagram for rapper/b-ball skills coach Dribble2Much's #OneAndDoneChallenge.

The "God's Plan" rapper threatened a guy with the fade in the middle of his performances after noticing the dude being a perv. "If you don't stop touching girls, I'm gonna come out there and f*ck you up,"Drake stated to the man in the crowd.

The Toronto rapper proved his issues with Meek Mill are a thing of the past by shouting out the incarcerated rapper during a show in Melbourne, Australia.

Aubrey and Dennis rolled out another Virginia Black ad. This one features Nicole Murphy and shows Drizzy getting finessed by his pops.

The 6 Godteamed with Atlanta rapper Trouble on the new track "Bring It Back," produced by Mike Will Made It.

Mr. Graham jokingly accused actress Angelina Jolie of standing him in an Instagram post.

The What a Time to Be Alive rapper partied with model Nicole Murphy for her 50th birthday celebration.

Drizzy and his longtime OVO affiliate Chubbs made money movesby opening a restaurant in Toronto named Pick 6ix.

Drake surprised the world with a new EP titled Scary Hours, which features the singles "God's Plan" and "Diplomatic Immunity." While the former broke Spotify's single-day streaming record, there was some controversy around the release, too. Texas producer Rabit accused Drake's artwork of biting one of his own tour posters.

October's Very Ownwas spotted posted up in the studio working on an upcoming collaboration with Latin trap artist Bad Bunny.

The Toronto rapper donated $50,000 to University of Miami student Destiny Paris to help pay her tuition.

Continuing his philanthropic efforts in Miami, Drake donated $50,000 to Lotus House, a Miami homeless shelter for women and children, and another $50,000 for customers at a local supermarket.

After teasing the collab, Drake and BlocBoy JB joined forces on the new track "Look Alive."

Graham delivered his touching—and turnt—"God's Plan" video, revealing the totality of his Miami spending spree in the heartfelt visual. He said the video is the most important thing he's done in his career.

Drizzy straped on the skates and hit the rink for Floyd Mayweather Jr's birthday celebration at World of Wheels in Los Angeles.

Aubrey confirmed he's working on a new album for Toronto during a Raptors game.

Drake and Travis Scott playedFortnite with popular gamer Ninja. The celebrity-fueled game helps the popular Twitch streamer break a viewer record.

Drake linked up with Kanye West in 'Ye's newfound happy place in Jackson Hole, Wyo. to reportedly work on new music.

Before N.E.R.D.'s 2017 hit went sour, Drake hopped on the remix to "Lemon," unveilingthe track on OVO Sound Radio.

Drake and Migos paid homage to Soul Train in thefun video for "Walk It Talk It,"theirCulture II collaboration.