{"id":859531,"date":"2026-09-24T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859531\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T23:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:40:13","slug":"druski-says-drake-changed-his-life-career-with-2020-video-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859531\/","title":{"rendered":"Druski Says Drake Changed His Life, Career With 2020 Video Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDruski<\/a> has proven to be a trailblazer in paving the way for the next generation of comedians. It all may have never played out the same for Druski if it wasn\u2019t for a massive cosign from Drake.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\tDuring an appearance on The Diary of a CEO on Thursday (Sept. 24), the sketch comedian credited Drake with changing his life and legitimizing his career after casting him in his 2020 \u201cLaugh Now Cry Later\u201d music video. <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe thing that changed my life at the time was Drake calling for the \u2018Laugh Now Cry Later\u2019 music video. Everything shifted after that because brands started to take me seriously,\u201d he explained. \u201cNow it\u2019s transactional with everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDruski continued: \u201cOnce I was seen with Drake, Lil Durk, <\/a>we had Marshawn Lynch, Kevin Durant, Odell Beckham Jr. all in this video alongside me. Me being the comedic relief in this video, which was called \u2018Laugh Now, Cry Later,\u2019 this meant a lot more than another music video.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake was just a fan of Druski\u2019s content at the time, but he wasn\u2019t making much money from it. That all changed with the music video appearance, as Druski detailed how brands began to see him in a \u201cbroader light\u201d and the price started to go up. \u201cThey started to see me as an actual star, instead of just another amongst all these other guys who are doing comedian things,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe OVO boss was an early believer in Druski and saw him as the leader in the next generation of comedy. \u201cThis is wild to hear from somebody who, in my eyes, is a megastar,\u201d he said. \u201cIt shifted everything almost immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDruski is always finding new ways to elevate his profile and comedy career, as he became the first comedian to cover Billboard\u2018s No. 1s <\/a>issue, hosted the 2026 BET Awards in June, won a 2026 Webby Special Achievement Award, toured arenas with Coulda Fest and appeared on Justin Bieber\u2019s<\/a> SWAG album in 2025. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLaugh Now Cry Later\u201d saw Drake join forces with Lil Durk during the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> and picked up a pair of Grammy nominations. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDruski has made appearances in other music videos like Jack Harlow\u2019s <\/a>\u201cTyler Herro,\u201d \u201cChurchill Downs\u201d and Lil Yachty\u2019s \u201c<\/a>Oprah\u2019s Bank Account.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the full interview with Druski below. Talk about Drake takes place about an hour and eight minutes in. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Druski has proven to be a trailblazer in paving the way for the next generation of comedians. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,3867,216,498],"class_list":["post-859531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-hiphop","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}