Drake celebrates tying Michael Jackson\u2019s record with a Blazblue reference Arc System Works \/ Sundae ConversationDrake has tied with Michael Jackson\u2019s legendary record for male solo artist with the most #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 \u2014 and he celebrated with a fighting game reference. Drizzy is coming fresh off the release of his latest album, \u2018For All the Dogs,\u2019 which saw the Canadian rapper link up with fellow artist J. Cole for a track called \u2018First Person Shooter.\u2019 The song shot up to the number one spot on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100, officially tying Drake with the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, for male solo artist with the most number one songs in Billboard Hot 100\u2019s history. This means that Drake now boasts 13 total songs that have landed in the Hot 100\u2019s top spot \u2014 a record that hasn\u2019t been smashed since Michael Jackson\u2019s \u2018You Are Not Alone\u2019 released way back in 1995. (Yes, millennials \u2014 you\u2019re old now.) To celebrate, \u2018Champagne Papi\u2019 posted a humorous edited photo of MJ on his Instagram page, showing the late artist posing for a mirror selfie holding an iPhone. He also posted a few pics to his Instagram stories, arguing in one that he technically has 14 songs that charted at number 1, but Billboard seemingly doesn\u2019t count his feature on Travis Scott\u2019s \u2018Sicko Mode.\u2019 Drake celebrates Billboard Hot 100 record with fighting game reference However, one of his celebratory Insta stories caught the eye of fighting game fans, in particular. The story showed a pic of Drake, overlaid with a GIF of an anime character pulling off some Michael Jackson-inspired moves. It turns out that this isn\u2019t just a generic anime version of MJ; instead, it\u2019s a playable character from the Blazblue fighting game franchise named Hazama. It\u2019s no secret that some of his moves and even one of his alternate color palettes were inspired by Michael Jackson. In fact, Hazama\u2019s birthday falls on International Dance Day, further referencing the King of Pop. The character\u2019s smooth moves have made him a favorite among fighting game fans \u2014 but this wouldn\u2019t be Drake\u2019s first foray into gaming, by far. After all, who could forget the rapper famously linking up with Ninja on Twitch back in the day, not to mention the very name of the song that caused him to tie with MJ: \u2018First Person Shooter?\u2019 In fact, Drake apparently penned his bars on \u2018Nice for What\u2019 while playing 2K. It\u2019s nice to see him spread a little love toward the FGC\u2026 now when can we see him perform at EVO?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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