Poppy's laced in an OVO T-shirt spouting his lines with a bottle of Henny in hand. The video, directed by OVO Niko, was shot in a Toronto club. Popcaan's diehard fans took notice, wondering if a collaboration would follow, but Drake went on to push Take Care on the Club Paradise Tour and Poppy was hard at work on his debut album, Where We Come From.įast forward to June 2013 when Popcaan's video for "Unruly Rave" drew eyes from fans outside the core dancehall world again. That summer, Popcaan hit up Toronto's Caribana weekend when Drizzy invited him to the third annual OVO Fest to chop it up and watch headliners like Snoop Dogg (a Popcaan collaborator) Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, and more. Either way, Drake had already tapped the man ready to breathe new life into Jamaica's music scene and take it to a brighter place than his mentor left it.
He'd later be sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Clive "Lizzard " Williams.
Dancehall visionary, Gaza frontman, and Popcaan's mentor Kartel was charged with murder in October 2011. For the first time Popcaan broke onto Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop charts.Ī few months later, Drake tweeted "Free Kartel ," expressing solidarity with the Gaza camp Popcaan came up with. "Only Man She Want" was also the first of Popcaan's releases that demonstrated his skill for infusing his genre with a mainstream pop allure that hadn't really been done in that way before. It was a huge song for Popcaan, one that distinguished him as a solo artist after being known solely as Vybz Kartel's protege. Her man say she very special.but drizzy drake a di only man she wannnn A few weeks later Drizzy tweeted some lyrics from Popcaan's breakout club hit "Only Man She Wants." So how did Drake start repping Popcaan's signature catchphrases, like the not-so-humble-brag "Way Up" on singles and features alike? Let's take it back to 2012, when Drake got his hands on Popcaan's mixtape Yiy Change, released by Chromatic that January. In a handwritten note that accompanied the tape, Drake thanked the Unruly boss himself, Chromatic, Aidonia, and producer and studio-owner Jamie YVP who worked at length on Poppy's debut, among the list of "bad skoolys" who helped make the tape possible: Then you'll hit th e minute-long interlude toward the end of "Know Yourself." It's Popcaan-riffing on an a capella version of his song "Ghetto (Tired of Crying)," one of the tracks that pushed us to rank his debut album, Where We Come From, one of the best of 2014. Unruly is the name of Popcaan's crew and record label in Jamaica. The first nod comes through on "No Tellin ," with an OVO Unruly shout out in Poppy's voice. Almost all of the dancehall influence and a handful of his patois ad-libs that give IYRTITL its flavor can be chalked up to Popcaan's influence on Drake-well that, and the fact that Drake is sampling from Toronto's West Indian population.
When the 6 God dropped his surprise mixtape, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, earlier this month, it was clear that he's more than just a casual fan of Popcaan's music. TikTokers began to pick up the meme in 2019 after the user _adrlen uploaded a remix of “Know Yourself” featuring dialogue from an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. The sound has since been used in over 533,000 videos.Jamaica's reigning dancehall champ Popcaan has been in Drake's inner circle for quite some time. One of the more popular Vines showed a scene from Degrassi: The Next Generation where Drake’s character Jimmy ran from a school shooter. In 2015, people began posting Vine videos scored to “Know Yourself.” The part used from the song included the lyrics, “Running through the six with my woes.” The Vines showed people running as the snippet of the song played, often in a comedic way. “ Running through the six with my woes” on Vine
Now, thanks to a mashup with a scene from SpongeBob SquarePants TikTokers are picking up right where Vine left off. 13, 2015, Drake released the album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. The track “ Know Yourself” would soon spawn a viral Vine meme. Here’s everything you need to know about the throwback trend. An old Drake meme from Vine is experiencing a resurgence on social media. TikTokers are running through the six with their woes.