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Drake Releases Three Albums at Midnight: Iceman, Maid Of Honour and Habibti

The surprise rollout tests whether Drake can regain cultural footing after his 2024 feud with Kendrick Lamar.

Overview

  • Drake’s triple release, which arrived early Friday, includes Iceman with 18 tracks and features from Future, Molly Santana and 21 Savage, plus the companion projects Maid Of Honour and Habibti.
  • Hours before the drop on Thursday, alleged Iceman cuts circulated across X, YouTube and TikTok, with many posts later removed after platforms cited copyright owner takedowns.
  • Fans fixated on a leaked track labeled 1 AM In Albany for lines interpreted as shots at Kendrick Lamar, LeBron James, Dr. Dre and Joe Budden, though some questioned if portions were AI-generated.
  • The albums cap a yearlong ice‑themed campaign that used a giant Toronto ice installation, a pyrotechnic shoot and a YouTube livestream slated for May 14 at 9:45 p.m. ET to stoke anticipation.
  • Industry coverage from AP and Billboard frames the release as a career checkpoint for Drake, with features and early streaming performance seen as measures of his pull after a lull in durable No. 1 hits.