Michael Jackson appears in Drake's catalog through 'Don't Matter to Me' on Scorpion in 2018, which features a previously unreleased Jackson vocal sourced from an archived 1980s recording session. The song was framed as a posthumous duet, with Jackson's estate cooperating on the release. The track became a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and prompted significant public discussion about the use of archival vocals from deceased artists. Jackson is not a peer collaborator but rather a sample-source presence in Drake's discography, and one Drake has repeatedly cited in interviews as a foundational influence on his approach to vocal performance, melody, and pop crossover ambition. The Scorpion track remains the clearest direct link between Drake's catalog and Jackson's, framed in production as an estate-sanctioned tribute and reissue of unreleased material rather than a contemporary collaboration.
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