Roddy Ricch and Drake

Roddy Ricch has reacted to a leaked song with Drake.

With a string of notable number one hits to his proper name, newcomer Roddy Ricch is enjoying a level of success in the business that many his age don't get to experience. More recently, however, one of the industry's inconveniences caught up with his unmatched success as a collaboration with Drake got leaked late last week. Few are allowed to the experience, as Metropolis Girls, Lady Gaga, A$AP Rocky and Drake himself take all been impacted by early releases, which can bargain a deadly blow to an artist's entire process and plans. Ricch took to his Instagram Live on the weekend to react to the hackers, appearing unbothered while playing the song in the groundwork for his already amped up fanbase.

The 21-year-old nautical chart-topper had an out of 'the box' improvement to the so-called setback, an almost playful acceptance of the pre-release situation. The rising "Rockstar" doesn't seem mad at all, puffing on a joint and saying very little so we could catch the vocal beingness previewed equally he rapped the lyrics. "Tell these n****southward to finish leaking that due south**t human being. Human, n****s leakin' the music and due south**t like that. Tha't s** crazy.." he says eventually. He then asks "What'due south upwardly with everybody? Y'all wanna see where I look at?" earlier showing us the panoramic urban center view from an undisclosed simply no doubt lavish location every bit the lyrics play out—"And I'thou way up at the top of the loft."

From the looks of things, Roddy Ricch who's copped a Grammy and 2 BET Awards since the start of 2022 knows he's still got a hit regardless of the leak and doesn't spend time screwing over the inner workings of the internet as long as the fans are enjoying the music. DJ Akademiks has already hinted that the whole song is burn down, and Ricch is ready to continue on his hit-making, winning streak.

Roddy Ricch's calm, cocky-assured embracing of the leak might have been on the communication of his heavy-hitting collaborator Drake who said back in a 2011 Billboard interview that "if it's a reasonable leak, I await forwards to it." In the wake of 'Take Care' appearing on the internet ahead of fourth dimension, Drake explained why he thought information technology helped rather than harmed the numbers. "I call up that giving people the opportunity to gauge before they go and buy, I think that can but aid. In that location'south a loyal fan base that's gonna go and support you merely based off the fact that they want to ain a copy of your material, and I recollect those leaks are very beneficial to artists who accept the product, who can reel people in with their music every bit opposed to turning people off."

Drizzy let on last night that he'll exist heating upwards the summer also, sharing in a ambiguous message via his Instagram stories that his album is "80%" complete. In the concurrently, his followers can stay posted for more feedback from the "antisocial" star who's at present so famous that fans take him dislocated with DaBaby.