Drake takes us behind the scenes during the first leg of his Club Paradise Tour with A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar and Chase N. Cashe. The second leg of the tour has just been announced and kicks off this Spring.

Drake is set to kick off his upcoming Spring tour this May and will bring a few special guests for the journey. The second leg of his widely successful Club Paradise Tour will feature special guests J. Cole, Waka Flocka, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, and French Montana.

The tour will begin in Concord, CA at the Sleep Train Pavilion on May 7 with stops in Las Vegas (May 11), Houston (May 17), Atlanta (May 20), Chicago (June 2), New York City (June 16), and many more.

Tickets go on sale March 23 at LiveNation.com. Full tour schedule after the jump.

ATL’s own Future taps T.I. (“Magic“), Drake (“Tony Montana“), Ludacris, R. Kelly and Snoop Dogg on his upcoming major label debut album titled, Pluto, out April 17. Tracklist after the jump.

To mark the occasion of his second GQ cover, Drake wrote “A Little Favour,” a brand new, never-before-heard verse. (Yes, really.) Here, he kicks it live for our cameras on the set of his cover shoot

READ: Drake’s Cover Story Interview w/ GQ (April 2012) [GQ.com]

A$AP Rocky goes over Drake’s Thank Me Later cut on this unreleased freestyle which was liberated earlier today. His major label debut LP Long.Live.A$AP arrives in July.

Drake takes us behind-the-scenes during his cover shoot for Gentleman’s Quarterly’s new Style Bible issue.

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Drake graces the cover of GQ’s Style Bible issue along with Mad Men’s John Slattery and Dave Franco. More flicks from the cover shoot after the jump.

Looks like Drake and Rihanna get a little close on the upcoming video for the title track off Drake’s Sophomore album.

The video, directed by Yoann Lemoine, features grayscaled, intimate scenes with the hit-making duo, cinematic close-up shots of a bird, bull, and fish moving in artsy rhythm to the Jamie XX produced cut, and a group of muscular male performers acting out tribal dance scenes.

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Last year, I had the opportunity to witness the Openair Frauenfeld Festival first hand as I was on tour with CunninLynguists. Such an amazing experience and from the looks of the line-up for this year’s festival I’d say the folks across the pond are in for one helluva treat. Interesting to see 50 Cent, Nas and Rick Ross performing at the same event. Those are just the headliners though. You can also expect performances from Mos Def, J. Cole, Mac Miller, Yelawolf, Jedi Mind Tricks, A$AP Rocky, Royce Da 5’9″, Dilated Peoples, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and more.

The Motto

Footage of Drake’s full set plus a few of Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky’s at the Club Paradise Tour in San Jose, CA.

For those that don’t know, before Drake and Melanie Fiona’s solo careers took off, the two were in a group called The Renaissance. During a sitdown, Melanie speaks on the group, why it disbanded, their relationships now and more.

Cons tries his hand over Drake’s “The Motto” during a recent visit on DJ Green Lantern’s Invasion Radio show.

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