Drake Has Been "Ducking" Rolling Loud For Years, According To Co-Founder

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Drake has apparently turned down all sorts of major events throughout his career.

There's no doubt that when you think of the premier music festivals relative to hip-hop, Rolling Loud immediately comes to mind. It's one of the longer running live events in the genre, with it recently celebrating 10 years just last month. They went all out to celebrate it too, grabbing headliners Travis Scott, Future, and Playboi Carti. That's also a major reason why Rolling Loud continues to bring millions of fans every year; they can grab the big names. However, one artist in particular they cannot seem to wrangle in is Drake.

If they collaborated it would most likely be a smashing success. However, given the current temperature on Drizzy, that may not be so. But in all the years before the Kendrick Lamar feud it definitely would have "fed families," as kids these days say. It's unclear to many as to why this still hasn't gone through, and its especially baffling to one of Rolling Loud's co-founders. According to Uproxx, Tariq Cherif made an appearance on Big Boy's radio show to talk about their recent Rolling Loud California roster announcement among other pertinent details.

Drake Had Apparently Received A Triple Headlining Offer Too

However, at one point during their chat, Big Boy asked if there was someone Tariq and the crew have been wanting to perform. The host even said he didn't have to name names, but he went ahead and spoke it into existence. "I’ll say it, I don’t care. I feel like Drake’s ducking us," Tariq began. "I got no beef with Drake... like Drake, I feel like he’s a great artist. We’ve been trying to book him forever."

He then went onto reveal just how badly they were trying to persuade him to come, offering him a special triple headlining event. "We even offered Drake three nights of Drake… he’d be the headliner for three nights." But it still was not enough for whatever reason. This is not the first time The Boy has supposedly turned down incredible events, as there was a lot of chatter late last year about him declining the Super Bowl multiple times as well.

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.
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