So, it seems like D.R.A.M. aka the Cha Cha guy is upset that Drake’s “Hotline bling ” is getting more play than Cha Cha right now. The Cha Cha guy went on Twitter and tweeted, “Yeah, I feel I got jacked for my record…But I’m GOOD.” Even though Drake hasn’t responded directly to the accusations, he did address the uncanny comparisons in a recent interview with The FADER. Drake acknowledges that “Hotline Bling” was based on “Cha Cha.”
“You know, like in Jamaica, you’ll have a riddim and it’s like, everyone has to do a song on that,” said Drake. “Imagine that in rap, or imagine that in R&B. Imagine if we got one beat and every single person—me, this guy, this guy, all these guys—had to do a song on that one beat. So sometimes I’ll pick a beat that’s a bit, like, sunnier, I guess is the word you used, than usual, and I just try my hand at it. And that’s kind of what ‘Hotline Bling’ was. And I loved it. It’s cool. I’ve been excited by that sort of creative process.”
