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There's a joke about Drake, the mega-popular and melodramatic rapper, liking just about every successful sports team. Being a bandwagoner isn't as bad when you learn that pro athletes from all teams love Drake too.
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Rolling Stone crunched some numbers and found out that Drake has the most popular walk-up music in baseball. It's not just one song, of course, because Drizzy is quite prolific, especially when you count all the songs he guests on. Here's what Rolling Stone figured out:
Baseball players choosing Drake for their walk-up music isn't a new phenomenon*either. Last year, they were using "Started from the Bottom" and various other Drake-featured tracks. Drake isn't the greatest rapper, lyricist or personality in hip-hop, but he has a consistently good ear for beats and has a talent for getting that one line to stick in your head for a week.
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Behind Drake, as you see from the Rolling Stone graphic, were AC/DC, a tried-and-true choice, country star Jason Alden and rap mogul Jay-Z, who's also a consistent choice among ballplayers. But, again, if you add the songs that feature Drake, he doubles up everyone. A big chunk of those features come from Big Sean's "Blessings," which is the most popular walk-up song in MLB this season, according to Rolling Stone's data. Eight players, including David Ortiz, Justin Upton and Robinson Cano, use it and Drake has a guest spot.
We'll wait and see whether the recent allegations from fellow hip-hopper Meek Mill that Drake doesn't write his own lyrics will cause him to lose favor in MLB clubhouses. We kinda doubt it, though.
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Rolling Stone crunched some numbers and found out that Drake has the most popular walk-up music in baseball. It's not just one song, of course, because Drizzy is quite prolific, especially when you count all the songs he guests on. Here's what Rolling Stone figured out:
In an analysis of MLB walkup and warm up songs provided by the league, Billboard discovered the all-star rapper is this season’s most common artist among the walkup tracks. Drizzy appeared 17 separate times as a lead artist (not to mention a further 13 as a featured act), and players proved they’re up to date with the rapper’s catalog. The two most popular cuts, “6 God” and “Energy,” are both from Drake’s latest project, the surprise album*If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, released in February.
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Behind Drake, as you see from the Rolling Stone graphic, were AC/DC, a tried-and-true choice, country star Jason Alden and rap mogul Jay-Z, who's also a consistent choice among ballplayers. But, again, if you add the songs that feature Drake, he doubles up everyone. A big chunk of those features come from Big Sean's "Blessings," which is the most popular walk-up song in MLB this season, according to Rolling Stone's data. Eight players, including David Ortiz, Justin Upton and Robinson Cano, use it and Drake has a guest spot.
We'll wait and see whether the recent allegations from fellow hip-hopper Meek Mill that Drake doesn't write his own lyrics will cause him to lose favor in MLB clubhouses. We kinda doubt it, though.
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