Drake’s new album causes an online frenzy

29 April 2016 - 14:27 By Kyle Zeeman

International rap icon Drake finally released his much anticipated album Views on Friday‚ making it one of the most talked about releases since Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Heck‚ even AKA got in on the action! Drake‚ the album’s title‚ and pretty much anthing else associated with it quickly trended locally as fans rushed to share their‚ uh‚ views on the record.I'm all about #VIEWStoday — Yannick Oli OROUNLA (@ORYANOL777) April 29, 2016async This new @Drake album #VIEWS is about to give people months worth of instagram quotes. — IG: Mfundo_Mahlangu (@HermaineM) April 29, 2016async The boy @Drake delivers once again#VIEWS — kyle (@_kylehannah) April 29, 2016async As critics rushed to get their opinions of the album out‚ local celebs also weighed in.Some of them‚ like AKA‚ are just grateful that the internet finally had something else to talk about after the release of Beyoncé’s Lemonade this past weekend.I'm not the biggest Drake fan .... But THANK YOU DRIZZY for wiping all of this nonsense off my TL .... It was getting a bit much.— AKA (@akaworldwide) April 29, 2016async AKA’s comments didn’t sit well with some of the Beyhive who tried their best to sting him for his comment. But as he swotted them away‚ he made this observation.Drake's Hive seems pretty lit as well. — AKA (@akaworldwide) April 29, 2016async ..

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