Drake Is Funding Toronto Legend K-Os' First Album In Over A Decade

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Drake Funding K Os First Album Over A Decade
Oct 11, 2021; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Recording artist Drake sits courtside during a game between the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect
Drake's executive production of K-Os' upcoming album is a full circle moment considering their previous collaborations and history.

Drake has been very busy with his own new music all throughout 2026, but that doesn't mean he isn't working hard on other artists' material. Toronto legend K-Os is going to drop his first album in over a decade soon, and just dropped the single "Guns & Roses" for it. The whole project has the financial backing of Drizzy himself, a wonderful full circle moment considering their history and shared connection to Toronto.

In a collaborative post from K-Os and Complex Canada on Instagram, his sophomore album Joyful Rebellion appears as an inspiration or comparison point for this new song. The post states the OVO mogul financed the upcoming album and that Matte Babel managed it. Babel is the chief brand officer at DreamCrew, the management and entertainment company The Boy co-founded.

This follows K-Os' previous revelation of Drake's involvement in this new era, stating that the 6ix God told him, "I’m going to give you this money to go make a record. But please make a K-Os record."

"Sometimes it takes your younger brother or someone who was witnessing you more in that stage of, ‘Oh my God, you’re amazing,’ for them to point out things you were doing that you forgot about," K-Os, who also goes by Kheaven, shared.

K-Os & Drake

Drake and K-Os have collaborated before. Back when the former was starting out as a rapper, he was a huge fan of the latter's work and sent him various tracks in hopes of a collaboration. They eventually made it happen on the "Faith" (parts one and two, an original version and a rework) tracks in the early 2010s.

This is very heartening to see, as it's always dope to see two legends showing each other love and supporting each other in their careers as hometown heroes. They wouldn't be where they are today without each other.

Elsewhere, Drake is commenting on his generous spirit, making it clear his good deeds for others are less about compensation and more about fulfillment. He recently responded to a new Victoria Monét interview in which the interviewer called him a "professional trick," expanding on his view of the term and its implications.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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