Paula Patton splits the December/January cover of Complex with Drizzy.
Read the full feature and peep the gallery here. You can also read Drake’s cover story in its entirety here.
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Complex’s Damien Scott takes a trip to Toronto to interview Drake for the cover story of Complex’s December/January issue. The issue, seen above, will be released December 6th.
Read the cover story here.
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Drizzy Drake graces the cover of the November / Power 30 issue of The Source magazine. The 8-page-long feature story was written by former EIC of The Source, Kim Osorio where Drake talks about inspirations, his upbringing, his music and more.
Here is a small excerpt from the article where Drake acknowledges that the throne is for the taking.
“When I was a kid trying to figure out what I liked, it was [Kanye] who I related to the most. He was an artist, in every sense, from his cover art to his music. Now, I would say he was a really great competitor….”
The issue hits newsstands on November 15th along with Drake’s album Take Care.
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For the November issue, GQ gets Eminem, Lil Wayne and The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards on the cover with interviews with 43 other artists for their ‘The Survivors’ feature. The interviews can be read here starting with Eminem’s. A new one will be put up each day.
Behind the scenes footage from the shoot below.
XXL has revealed the cover for their latest issue which features Nas celebrating 20 years in Hip Hop.
When asked if he was happy with how everything turned out, Nas had this to say:
“Dawg, I was naming my album Life Is Good because of how happy I am about how happy things have turned out,” Nas answered. “Sometimes I may wake up and wish my kids were living with me. That’s the only thing, you know what I mean? Our loved ones that are not around no more, like my mom. That’s the only thing. But other than that, everything is great, even when I’m alone. Even when there’s no one around.”
Check out more excerpts over at XXL.
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Here’s the cover for Boo-Boo’s new work of fiction, Playground, which is set for a November 1st release.
Thirteen-year-old Butterball doesn’t have much going for him. He’s teased mercilessly about his weight. He hates the Long Island suburb his mom moved them to and wishes he still lived with his dad in the city. And now he’s stuck talking to a totally out-of-touch therapist named Liz.
Liz tries to uncover what happened that day on the playground – a day that landed one kid in the hospital and Butterball in detention. Butterball refuses to let her in on the truth, and while he evades her questions, he takes readers on a journey through the moments that made him into the playground bully he is today.
This devastating yet ultimately redemptive story is told in voice-driven prose and accented with drawings and photographs, making it a natural successor to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Loosely inspired by 50 Cent’s own adolescence, and written with his fourteen-year-old son in mind, Playground is sure to captivate wide attention – and spark intense discussion.
Pre-order here.
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A sober and clear-minded KiD CuDi speaks to Complex Editor In Chief Noah Callahan-Bever for their October/November issue. In the magazine’s third cover story with the rapper/actor in three years, he speaks about cleaning up his act, recent career moves such as his highly publicized separation from managers Pat & Emile, his relationship with women, fucking with other people musically (he still doesn’t, btw), making up with Wale, working on a rock album, being sober and the TV show.
So not a lot of features in your future?
I’m not interested in being someone’s look. And that’s what it is nowadays—a look. It’s hard for me to charge people, because I do my stuff for free. I do all my stuff with Jay and Kanye on the house, because it’s a brotherhood. Besides them, I can’t really hit nobody with a fee, because then that’s a dispute. What I want to charge, motherfuckers might not have a budget for!On top of that, it’s a commitment when you do a song with somebody. Like, “We need a single, we need the video.” And then—like I said in the last interview, being that I don’t fuck with most people musically—it’s tough for me to want to bend and be a part of people’s projects.
Full story: Complex.
Behind the scenes from the cover shoot after the jump.
Here’s the cover for Tip’s upcoming novel Power & Beauty which he penned with author David Ritz. The book is due out through Harper-Collins in October and is available for pre-order now.
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