"Pop Style" is a song by Canadian rapperDrake, featuring American rappersKanye West andJay-Z, collectively known as The Throne.[2] The song was released alongside "One Dance", as singles promoting Drake's fourth studio albumViews, initially for exclusive digital download on iTunes on April 5, 2016.[3][4] The album version features only Drake with a new verse. The single version was nominated forBest Rap Performance at the59th Grammy Awards.
The song is a collaboration between Drake andKanye West andJay-Z (collectively known as "The Throne", a reference to their collaborative album,Watch The Throne). It is the first time the three have appeared on the same track.[5] However, the contribution from Jay-Z is limited in the song, with only two lines from Jay-Z making the cut ("They still out to get me, they don't get it/ I can not be gotten, that's a given").[6][7] In an extended version of the song the lines by Jay-Z were used as the start of a new verse.[8] Also appearing in the song is Kanye saying "Imma let you finish", referencing hiscontroversial statement[9][10][11] during the2009 MTV Video Music Awards, and the "Perfect" sample (Street Fighter II) used in his seventh studio album,The Life of Pablo.[5] Kanye West has also performed the song live.[12][13] In the lyrics, Drake mentionsChanning Tatum,Justin Timberlake and his song "Rock Your Body".[14]
In the United States, "Pop Style" debuted and peaked at No. 16 on the USBillboard Hot 100 on the chart dating April 23, 2016; it sold 128,000 copies on two days of sales, also debuting atop the USDigital Songs chart.[15][16] It also debuted at No. 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs charts.[17] As of October 2016, it has sold 539,000 copies in the United States.[18]
^"ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic.Note: Select 18. týden 2016 in the date selector. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
