Drake Nominated for 2009 MTV VMA Award

Drizzy Drake continues to burn up the hip hop scene.  He’s been nominated for “Best New Artist” at this year’s VMA’s for his “Best I Ever Had” music video.  You can click here to vote for Drake’s video. 

Winning a VMA would be the icing on one layer of a humongous cake for Drake, who is having a stellar 2009.  He’s gone from being a virtual nobody, to networking and hooking up with one of the top rappers right now, Lil’ Wayne, to getting signed to Wayne’s Young Money label.

The only bump in the road has been Drake’s injury.  He tore his ACL a while back, and recently had surgery after he fell and re-injured his leg while on tour.  The other day he talked about the ordeal on his blog:

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This bottle of Opus One is low but my spirits are high my friends. I am about 2 hours away from Toronto, CA where I will be spending the next chunk of time recovering from a surgery that I now must have. I embarked on this tour with a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL and due to the events that happened the other night lord only knows what other damage I have done. On the bright side I will begin the reflecting and soul searching that its going to take to make this album and my outfit on the night I fell was crack. I will forever push myself beyond the limits despite advice and recommendations given because even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world. Its funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have. I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone elses formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to gain entry to this game.

Drizzy
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We hope he has a speedy recovery, and good luck to Drake that the VMAs!! They air Sunday, September 13th at 9pm on MTV.