An unauthorized album by rapper Drake entitled, The Girls Love Drake, has been released this week without permission from the artist or his label, Young Money. The album includes two songs credited to Young Money ("The Best I Ever Had" and "Every Girl"). If the album was authorized, the album would've debuted at #101 on Billboard Hot 200 album chart and #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers.
After finding the album on iTunes, Drake's management sent a cease-and-desist notice to the retailer, which has since removed it. At press time, the album was still available on Rhapsody and Amazon, although Drake's manager Al Branch says he's having it removed from these retailers as well.
"This is a straight bootleg, a scandal. We are behind promoting records at radio, but haven't sold it," Al Branch, Drake's manager, tells Billboard.com. "iTunes' position is that they are a store and they stock everything. They have a waiver and as long as people sign it and are responsible for the product they submit, then they go for it."
Branch also says that Drake plans to file a lawsuit against Canadian Money Entertainment, which he says isn't in connection with Drake or Young Money, the Lil Wayne-owned label that Drake is affiliated with.
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