"No New Friends" is a hip hop and trap song by American musicianDJ Khaled, released as the lead single from his seventh studio album,Suffering from Success. The song features rappersDrake,Rick Ross andLil Wayne, and features production from Robert Bullock,Boi-1da,Vinylz, andNoah "40" Shebib. The song was released for digital download in the United States on April 19, 2013. The song has peaked at number 37 on the USBillboard Hot 100, making it his sixth top 40 single on that chart.
The song was first announced byDrake on April 12, 2013, during an interview withElliott Wilson on hisEVR radio show.[2] On April 14, 2013,DJ Khaled released a promotional video titled "No New Friends" The Movie.[3] The song was premiered byFunkmaster Flex on April 15, 2013.[4] The song,produced by Robert Bullock,Boi-1da,Noah "40" Shebib andVinylz, features Drake,Rick Ross andLil Wayne, the same rappers from Khaled's most successful hit "I'm on One".[1][5] The lineup was originally the officialremix to Drake's single "Started from the Bottom", but Drake decided to give the song to Khaled.[6] The song had an earlier version that featured an outro by Atlanta rapperFuture, but his vocals were taken out for unknown reasons.[7]
The song's music video was shot on May 15 and 16, 2013 inMiami,Florida. The video features cameos byAce Hood andBirdman among others.[8][9] The music video was co-directed byColin Tilley and Drake. It premiered onMTV Jams on June 9, 2013.[10][11]
