Key Takeaways:

• A snowy hockey video from Drake has followers speculating about his subsequent album, Iceman.
• Lyrics from 21 Savage’s new album embrace a direct reference to Drake’s Iceman persona.
• Drake confirmed there shall be not less than yet one more livestream earlier than the album drops, that includes unreleased tracks.

Drake retains dropping hints that his subsequent solo album, Iceman, is on the best way. On Saturday (Dec. 13), the “God’s Plan” rapper posted a video of himself taking part in hockey out within the snow.

Shared on Instagram, the clip confirmed Drake taking pictures a puck throughout an outside ice rink coated in October’s Very Own logos, courtesy of Sherwood. “Ice for what,” he captioned the submit, seemingly referencing “Nice For What” from 2018’s Scorpion.

“I’ve seen enough. Suit up, the [Toronto Maple] Leafs need you,” one consumer mentioned within the feedback, joking a few doable NHL debut. “Bro, did you put a hockey rink in your backyard?!” one other consumer hilariously requested, whereas another person known as it a “Canadian citizenship test.”

Unsurprisingly, there have been additionally many references to Wayne Gretzky, whom Drake name-dropped on February’s “NOKIA.” See the submit under.

On Friday (Dec. 12), Drake appeared on 21 Savage’s shock fourth studio album, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?, the place he referenced Iceman on “MR RECOUP.” The Canadian artist spat, “Damn, Alex Moss, that’s a really big chain / Really, it’s no wonder why my neck is in pain / Damn, Iceman, your initials just changed / Mr. Recoup, that’s my other nickname.”

There’s no telling when the undertaking will drop, although Drake instructed Complex final month that there shall be not less than yet one more livestream earlier than it arrives. “The finale will be our best work,” he teased. Across the three broadcasts thus far, followers have heard songs like “What Did I Miss?” that includes vocals from EVÎN, the Central Cee-assisted “Which One,” “SOMEBODY LOVES ME PT. 2,” and “DOG HOUSE” with Julia Wolf and Yeat.

In that very same dialog, the “Hotline Bling” hitmaker mentioned the “biggest misconception” in regards to the streams is the idea that they’re easy to execute. “When you try to do something new or different, people can be overly critical before really understanding what it takes,” he defined.