Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Feb. 13, 2015: Drake dropped his surprise mixtape, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, on this day in 2015. The project was wildly successful and allowed the 6 God to gain a No. 1 spot on the Billboard Artist 100 chart.In 2015, while fans were anxiously waiting for his upcoming album, Views, Drizzy released the 17-track mixtape without any warning or promotion. Much like Beyoncé's self-titled album in 2013, the release was completely under wraps until the moment it dropped.Once the project hit DSPs, Drake announced the project on both Twitter and Facebook, and it was originally uploaded to OVO Sound's official SoundCloud account, but was quickly removed. The surprise release just one day...