As part of DJ Khaled’s 12th studio album, Khaled Khaled, he dropped the project’s first two singles, “Popstar” and Greece, “which both present Drake on July 17. The rapper is known for celebrities who dropped their names in his music, so when you’ve a song called “Popstar”, it should come as no surprise when he references famous faces in his lyrics. From Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber to Ariana Grande, Drake’s lyrics “Popstar” refer to so many stars.
This is not the first time that Drake and DJ Khaled have teamed up, as their collaborations go back a long way. In 2010, they released “Fed Up” with Usher, Young Jeezy, and Rick Ross, then dropped “For Free” in 2016 and “I’m On One” in 2017.
Knowing their story, DJ Khaled just had to rework with Drake on his next album Khaled Khaled. The DJ announced his album title on July 16, and the next day he dropped his first two singles, “Popstar” and “Greece”.
While Drake apparently refers to Sophie Brussaux, who is the mother of his 2 year old son Adonis in “Greece”, he calls just about everyone in the music industry in “Popstar” by name. .
In the first verse, Drake mentions Scooter Braun, Grande and Gomez, as he sings,
I’m a popstar, but it’s not chewing gum, yeah / You’d probably think my manager is Scooter Braun, yeah / But my manager with twenty hoes in Buddakan, yeah, ayy / Look, Ariana, Selena, my Visa / It can take as many charges as necessary, daughter.
In the second verse, he names Canadian musician David Foster, actor Kevin Costner and music icon Whitney Houston.
If we’re talking about joints, it’s just me and David Foster / Bodyguards don’t look like Kevin Costner, you’re tweaking / You just went to Whitney Houston, Texas for the evening
He ends the second verse by mentioning Bieber.
Crown in my hand and I’m playing real away / Sh * t don’t usually even do that fat without a Bieber face
Listen to “Popstar” below.
You can read the lyrics to “Popstar” by DJ Khaled and Drake in full below.
Intro: DJ Khaled and Drake
B * tasks
We the best music
Another (yeah)
DJ Khaled
Chorus: Drake
B * tches calling my phone like I’m locked up, nonstop
From the plane to the f * ckin ‘helicopter, yeah
Cops come on like I’m giving drugs, no, no
I’m a popstar, not a doctor
B * tasks calling my phone like I’m locked up, nonstop
From the plane to the helicopter f * ckin ‘, yeah
Cops come on like I’m giving drugs, no, no
I’m a popstar, not a doctor
Verse 1: Drake
Ayy, shawty with the long text I don’t speak, ayy
Shawty with long legs, she doesn’t walk, ayy
Yeah, last year I kept it on the edge, ayy
2020, I came for the fuck, yeah
I want a long life, legendary (yeah)
I want a quick (yeah) and easy (yeah) death
I want a pretty girl (Yeah), and an honest (Yeah)
I want that drink (yeah), and another, yeah
And I’m embarrassing, yeah
I’m a popstar, but this shit isn’t bubblegum, yeah
You would probably think my manager is Scooter Braun, yeah
But my manager with twenty bitches in Buddakan, yeah, ayy
Look, Ariana, Selena, my Visa
It can take as many charges as necessary, my daughter
This platinum shit like all my outings, girl
N * ggas come for me, I tear them all apart, my daughter
I’ma show your sexy ass what relief is girl
Please don’t take shit that’s about to make you geek
And I don’t drive anything that I have to put the keys in
Wonder how I got this way? I swear I have the
Chorus: Drake
B * tches calling my phone like I’m locked up, nonstop
From the plane to the fucking helicopter, yeah
Cops come on like I’m giving drugs, no, no
I’m a popstar, not a doctor
B * tches calling my phone like I’m locked up, nonstop
From the plane to the helicopter f * ckin ‘, yeah
The cops come like I give drugs, no, no
I’m a popstar, not a doctor
Verse 2: Drake
I’m a popstar, not a doctor, look at her
Say she represent a whole different block so I blocked her
Busy nursery, cooking salmon with lobster
If we’re talking about joints, it’s just me and David Foster
Bodyguards don’t look like Kevin Costner, you tweakin ‘
I just arrived in Whitney Houston, Texas for the evening
They tell so much the same story, they start to believe it
The ones that start out like “Drizzy’s shit was cool, but we even”
Man, how the f * ck?
Two, four, six, eight watches, factory, so they appreciate
Crown in my hand and I really play away
Sh * t don’t even usually get that fat without a Bieber face
Naw, naw, piece of cake, naw, naw, Turks and Caic ‘, yeah, yeah
Go get your friends, we can sneak in, yeah, yeah
Yeah i keep one like i keep faith
I wonder how I got there this way? I swear I have the
Chorus: Drake
B * tches calling my phone like I’m locked up, nonstop
From the plane to the helicopter f * ckin ‘, yeah
The cops come like I give drugs, no, no
I’m a popstar, not a doctor
B * tches calling my phone like I’m locked up, nonstop
From the plane to the fucking helicopter, yeah
Cops come on like I’m giving drugs, no, no
I’m a popstar, not a doctor
Drake really outdid himself with all these celebrities in “Popstar”.