Drake to drop album in June
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hip-hop superstar drake teased a new album monday that he is slating for release in june1 the teaser came as the canadian star dethroned himself on top of the singles chart1 the toronto artist posted on instagram a picture of himself with his back to the camera sporting a jacket that read scorpion and june 20181 drake who separately put out a picture of a necklace with a scorpion pendant did not reveal an exact release date or other details1 he has often played with the traditional album format instead putting out sprawling song collections marketed as mixtapes1 but one consistency in his prodigious output has been commercial achievement1 his song gods plan topped the us singles chart for 11 weeks until being dethroned monday by another of his songs nice for what1 his latest song was streamed in the united states more than 60 million times and downloaded 88000 times in the week through thursday tracking service nielsen music said1 drake 31 has roots as a rapper but has increasingly gone in a pop direction and incorporated the infectious beats of jamaican dancehall most notably on his hit one dance which is the second most-streamed song ever on spotify1