Loé Shimmy HOT 97 Drake effect

    by Beats mogul: Loe Shimmy

    Loé Shimmy opened up on HOT 97 about Drake reposting his music at a vulnerable moment, he was feeling defeated, sleeping on his mom's couch in Florida when the texts hit. That co-sign gave him the push to keep going and he calls it the Drake effect, saying it opened doors for people to hear his music

    Transcript (en)

    We know that there's a connection between you and Drake and he was posting your music years before People actually know who you are or what you do How much did that support mean to you? Like what did it mean for you? How did it happen by the way? Like how did you notice? Wait, Drake? Drake? You were posting my music at a vulnerable moment in life, you know what I'm saying? Like to where I'm not sure if this is going to keep going So like that was what I needed right there, you know what I'm saying? To keep going like Do you feel like him just showing you that kind of love opened up doors for other people to know your music? Did you feel it? One thousand percent. The Drake effect. Yeah, he's solid. I appreciate him for everything, you know what I'm saying? Because don't nobody owe me nothing. So any little thing, you get like, I appreciate everything. Yeah, and you know what? Especially when it happens at a vulnerable moment. Yeah, for real. No doubt. How did you find out? Do you remember that day? I was at my mom's house. So is this in Florida? You're in Florida? Yeah, this is in Florida. I remember getting on the car the day before. My dog was like, man, what we doing? You know what I'm saying? I'm doing other stuff. I ain't even focused on the music. You know what I'm saying? And you're feeling defeated this moment. I'm feeling defeated. You know what I'm saying? I ain't going to lie to you. I was sleeping on my mama's couch. No doubt. I woke up. Man, bruh. Everybody just texted me. Like, man, Drake just reposted. He was just reposted. And you know what? It just shows that he loves music. Right? Like, he just saw something. He heard something he likes. And he just wanted to show it love. There was nothing else to it. Again, very rare. Very rare. You're not going to find that. That's why I can't nobody tell me.