Since 2011, <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a> and <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> have dominated the thriving hip-hop/R&amp;B scene in Toronto, though their  relationship hasn&#8217;t always been squeaky clean. Now, with <a href="/profile/TheWeeknd" class="text-word" target="_blank" >The Weeknd</a>&#8217;s new album out today, and <a href="/profile/Drake" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Drake</a>&#8217;s following soon after, the spotlight has never been brighter. Will Drizzy and <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> continue to feed off each other? Or will the  two finally go their separate routes.
<a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a>’s Grammy award-winning Take Care album couldn&#8217;t be done alone. Big-name artists like <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Andre3000/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andre 3000</a>, <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/LilWayne/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lil Wayne</a>, <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/RickRoss/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rick Ross</a>, and <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/NickiMinaj/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicki Minaj</a> were featured on the project, but <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> really made the biggest impact in shaping the sound. His  presence was felt throughout the album, as most of the songs had a dark and gloomy mood, traits that are reflected  in his music. In fact, the singer born as Abel Tesfaye had writing credits on a handful of songs on the album,  including “Shot For Me” and “The Ride”. The starry “Crew Love” was a major breakthrough for <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a>, who had  been previously been exposed to little mainstream play. The two had collaborated once before on <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a>’s track  “The Zone”, but on a much smaller scale. It wasn&#8217;t until Take Care where <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> truly left his mark.
In a sense, it seems that <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a> helped put <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> on. After all, to many of us, The Weeknd was an unknown before Drake co-signed his debut project <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/the-weeknd-house-of-balloons-mixtape.94910.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Of Balloons</a> for the world to see on his blog. According to Tesfaye in an interview  with Complex magazine, aforementioned tracks “Crew Love”, “Shot For Me”, and “The Ride” were actually supposed to be on his  mixtape House of Balloons until <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a> got a hold of them. Hungry at the time, he seized the opportunity and  let Drizzy use those songs without hesitation. &#8220;He really wanted to incorporate my sound, which was inspired by his  sound.&#8221; The Weeknd said in the interview. &#8220;It’s not like, “Oh, I had the ‘new sound.’” It was just  easier for him to relate to me, because it was his sound with an edge. It was that Toronto sound.&#8221; Now recognized  as one of the top R&amp;B singers in the game, <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> can easily fly on his own. It wasn&#8217;t until recently when the  two Toronto natives finally linked up again.
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On August 19th, <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> released &#8220;Live For&#8221; featuring <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a>. This was a big deal because it was their  first collaboration since their rumored beef earlier this year. In the interview with Complex, <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a> said that  there was never any tension between them, however there are still many unanswered questions. Last December, <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a>  tweeted &#8220;You won&#8217;t get away with just a thank you&#8230;you owe me a favor.&#8221; The tweet was implicitly a shot at  Tesfaye, who had signed with Universal Republic instead of <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/Drake/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a>&#8216;s OVO label a few months earlier. To add fuel to  the fire, Drizzy had some controversial lyrics on &#8220;5AM In Toronto&#8221;. He rapped, &#8220;I show love, never get the same out  of niggas/ Guess it’s funny how money can make change out of niggas&#8221;. It can only be assumed that those lyrics were  also aimed at <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TheWeeknd/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weeknd</a>, but if there was never any beef to begin with, then who can be sure? Both artists have denied problems or beef.
For now, all is well between the fellow Canadians. Hopefully their relationship remains strong, and we&#8217;ll get many more collaborations to come. Kiss Land arrives today, September 10th, and Nothing Was The Same is  scheduled for a September 24th release. Both albums will bring their own unique flavor, but expect that OVOXO sound to  be incorporated into each project.  <h2>ovoxo</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/gallery/15/16/1378921615_f04e0a08c7109bbf669972497c94add6.png" alt="Toronto Sounds: A Look At The Relationship Between Drake &amp; The Weeknd"></figure>