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Condé Nast is suing four-time Grammy winner Drake and Grammy winner 21 Savage for $4 million in damages for creating fake Vogue magazines, which they blatantly promoted as authentic to their imprisoned combined 281 million social media followers.
“Me and my brother at the newsstand tomorrow!” the Canadian 35 year old announced on October 30.
“Thank you @voguemagazine and Anna Wintour for the love and support at this historic moment.”
Fake News: Condé Nast is suing four-time Grammy winner Drake (R, pictured October 19) and Grammy winner 21 Savage (L) for $4 million in damages for making fake Vogue magazines, which they blatantly promoted as authentic for their imprisoned combined 281 million social media followers
It was all a publicity stunt to promote Drake and the London-born, Atlanta-raised 30-year-old’s joint studio album Her Loss, which came out last Friday.
Vogue and its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour ‘have not endorsed Her Loss in any way’, asked the Privileged Rappers ‘several times’ to remove the covers, which never happened – according to TMZ Hip Hop.
Drake (née Aubrey Graham) and 21 Savage (née Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) also reportedly did an email explosion, enlisting street teams to hand out physical copies of their fake Vogue and cover cities with the covers.
In reality, Emmy-winning writer Michaela Coel was on the November cover of Vogue, and Grammy-nominated pop diva Jennifer Lopez is currently on the December cover of the 130-year-old fashion magazine.
The Canadian 35-year-old announced on October 30, “Me and my brother at the newsstand tomorrow! Thank you @voguemagazine and Anna Wintour for the love and support in this historic moment’
“Available everywhere!” It was all a publicity stunt to promote Drake and the London-born, Atlanta-raised 30-year-old’s joint studio album Her Loss, which came out last Friday.
Denied: Vogue and its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour (R, pictured in 2015) ‘have not condoned her loss in any way’, asked the Privileged Rappers ‘several times’ to remove the covers, which never happened
Pranksters: Drake (née Aubrey Graham) and 21 Savage (née Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) also reportedly did an email blast, enlisting street teams to hand out physical copies of their fake Vogue and cover cities
The real deal: In reality, Emmy-winning writer Michaela Coel (L) was on the November cover of Vogue, and Grammy-nominated pop diva Jennifer Lopez (R) is currently on the December cover of 130-year-old fashion mag.
The Rich Flex duo also took their deepfake promotional tour to SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show and several news outlets were fooled by the cleverly edited interview reportedly shot on October 26.
“He did such an interesting thing. Instead of doing a press tour, he made up a fake press tour and released it,” said the 68-year-old rock jock. amazed on Monday.
“And then he even cut a clip where I interviewed him. He fitted himself in to look like he’s in our studio, and he’s answering questions of mine using clips from another interview… He put this whole thing together and I was like, “Jesus Christ!”
“Like, when I have to promote something. I should have done it. Damn, whenever I have to visit my mom, I wish I could do this. Drake has done such a good job that the news outlets are reporting it like it’s real and that’s kind of the weird thing about our lives right now. The video has 16 million views.’
‘Absolutely No Filter’: The Rich Flex duo also took their deepfake promotional tour to SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show and several news outlets were fooled by the cleverly edited interview reportedly taped on October 26
The 68-year-old rock jock was amazed on Monday: ‘He even released a clip where I interview him. He fitted himself in to look like he’s in our studio, and he’s answering questions of mine using clips from another interview… He put this whole thing together and I was like, “Jesus Christ!” ‘
Drake and 21 Savage even enlisted A Journal for Jordan actor Michael B. Jordan to introduce them fake performance on the set of NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
It prompted rapper-turned-rocker Machine Gun Kelly—who is engaged to Megan Fox—to say, “You’re all as smart as f***.”
The hip-hop two also expertly recreated the set from NPR’s Tiny Desk to pretend they were there at.
‘Musical guest again’: Drake and 21 Savage even enlisted A Journal for Jordan actor Michael B. Jordan to introduce their fake performance on the set of NBC’s Saturday Night Live
It prompted rapper-turned-rocker Machine Gun Kelly – who is engaged to Megan Fox – to say: ‘You are all as smart as f***’
Bluff through it! The hip-hop duo also expertly recreated the set of NPR’s Tiny Desk to pretend they were there too
Drake’s concert scheduled for this Friday at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan was postponed until December 6-7 in honor of the funeral of the late Migos rapper Takeoff.
Euphoria’s executive producer is also up for a chance to win six trophies, including Artist of the Year, at the 50th Annual American Music Awards, airing November 20 on ABC.
Drake also scored three nominations – including Male Performer of 2022 – at the fan-voted 48th People’s Choice Awards, airing December 6 on NBC/E!
‘Pay respect to our best friend’: Drake’s concert scheduled for this Friday at the Apollo Theater in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood was postponed to December 6-7 in honor of the funeral of the late Migos rapper Takeoff