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By Sophie Lloyd
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Drake is being slammed on social media after collaborating with "canceled" country music star Morgan Wallen.
The former Voice contestant was caught on video using a racial slur in 2021. Wallen publicly apologized, but his music was pulled from radio stations and Country Music Television as a result.
Drake dropped the video for his new track "You Broke My Heart" on Thursday, featuring a cameo from the singer. Directed by Theo Skudra, the video opens with Wallen, 30, consoling the rapper over a recent break up.
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"I didn't like her," Wallen tells the 37-year-old. "I think she might have been the wrong girl anyway."
"Well, what now?" Drake asks, as the pair toast glasses in a deserted bar. The duo exit the venue and climb into the MOBO winner's car, which explodes shortly after driving off.
The collab angered Drake's fans, who took to social media to express their frustration.
"Drake supporting Morgan Wallen," wrote K, on X—formerly Twitter—alongside the vomiting emoji.
"This is just pathetic," commented Joey.
"Quite literally the exact OPPOSITE of 2 queens coming together to maximize their joint slay," said AJ Del Rey.
"LOL every time you think drake has hot rock bottom it somehow gets worse," wrote @Fhizydrizyy.
"It's really hard to tell people that country music fans aren't necessarily racists when Morgan Wallen continues to be the most successful act in the genre," said Captain Renault. "It's profoundly disappointing and angering."
Echo agreed, writing: "From Kanye to Doja Cat to Morgan Wallen, there HAS to be a conversation had about how careers skyrocket after an artist expresses anti-Black sentiments."
However, not everyone was unimpressed, as one user wrote: "Great guys, always cool [to] see them together," and another said: "2 goats."
A third added: "We need a collab."
Newsweek has reached out to Morgan Wallen for comment via Instagram and Drake by email.
What Did Morgan Wallen Say?
After a drunken night out in 2021, Wallen was filmed yelling the N-word at a friend as they entered his Nashville home. The moment was caught on camera by a neighbor, who shared the footage with TMZ.
The clip threatened to destroy the singer's career. His label, Big Loud Records, "indefinitely suspended" him and his music was banned from over 400 radio playlists.
However, the controversy appeared to boost the CMA winner's popularity on streaming services. Wallen's third album, Dangerous, continued its stint atop of the U.S. charts, while his first album, If You Know Me, jumped from #54 to #2 on iTunes.
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He repeated the success on Spotify. In the week following the incident, 15 of Wallen's songs appeared in Spotify's Top 200 U.S. chart, with his tracks "Somebody's Problem" and "Wasted On You" ranking in the streamer's Global chart.
In an apology video shared to Instagram, the "Last Night" singer said he'd been on a "72-hour bender" when he used the slur, and that he was "not proud" of his behavior.
"I let so many people down," Wallen said in the clip. "I'm the furthest thing from the person in that video."
Wallen told followers that he'd accepted invitations from "some amazing Black organizations and executives and leaders to engage in some very real and honest conversations."
Since the incident, Wallen's career has got back on track. He scored 11 accolades at this year's Billboard Music Awards—including top male artist, top country artist, top 100 song and top Billboard 200 album—with 10 percent of all country music streams in 2023 belonging to Wallen.
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