Featured Artist

Trey Songz

Trey Songz and Drake collaborated extensively in the early phase of Drake's career, anchored by 'Successful' from So Far Gone in 2009, which became one of Drake's first commercial successes and Trey Songz's biggest collaboration of that era. They followed with 'I Invented Sex (Remix),' 'Replacement Girl,' and additional tracks across mixtapes and Trey Songz's albums Ready and Passion, Pain & Pleasure. Their early partnership was foundational for Drake's R&B-leaning melodic style - Trey Songz was an established R&B star when Drake was still a mixtape rapper, and their pairing helped legitimize Drake's vocal performance ambitions at a moment when rappers singing was still treated skeptically. Their direct collaboration slowed after the early 2010s as Drake's career eclipsed Trey Songz's commercially, but the So Far Gone-era records remain among the most influential R&B-rap collaborations of Drake's early discography.