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OVO and G.O.O.D. Music are teaming up yet again. Fresh off the release of Views, Drake has revealed a potential joint project with Kanye West.

During Thursday’s interview with Zane Lowe on OVOSOUND Radio, the 6 God teased the exciting news.

“We have a few things that we’ve worked on, and it’s always just about finding a place for it,” said Drake. “With him, you never know: He might call me tonight, and be like, ‘Yo, these two songs that we did are coming out.’

“‘Ye is one of my favorite people period, in the world, man,” he continued. “I love ‘Ye, man. He’s a really good guy. I always grew up with him as a role model. I’ve always given him that credit, that he’s part of the reason that I’m even here right now, that he’s opened doors for us. It’s just amazing to be his friend. I think we have a really great friendship.”

It’s so great, in fact, that Drake thinks it’s different from most other bonds he has in hip-hop.

“We have one of those friendships that you don’t really get often in rap, because we can link each other and discuss anything whether it’s you feeling a way about this, or us working on this, or just leisure talk, it is what it is,” he said.

Kanye co-produced “U With Me?” off Views, and a larger joint project could still be in the works.

“We had plans, we were supposed to do a mixtape together, album together, so maybe we’ll get that done.”

One person Aubrey isn’t as close to is Jay Z. According to Drake, he didn’t exactly ask for the two lines that Hov dropped on “Pop Style” and he ended up taking both Jigga and Yeezy off the track on the album version.

“Jay didn’t really do a verse,” he said. “Really, I was trying to get ‘Ye on it at first, and ‘Ye just sent it to me like that. Like, ‘Yo, Jay just kind of did my first few lines for me, and he was just here, and that’s how we flexed it.’ It was cool, you know, and he was excited about it. ‘Yo, put the Throne, it’ll be a crazy moment.’ I mean, of course, people want to hear Jay Z rap, right? So hearing him do two lines might be frustrating to a certain audience…It didn’t exactly play out how I would’ve wanted it to, as far as business or whatever goes, so I figured it would be easier to go with my version.”

Then, he went into the rumors of an alleged feud with Hova, though he remained a bit coy on the matter.

“I’ve expressed my admiration and respect for Jay countless times,” he said. “That’ll never change. Sometimes we just fall on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the rap world, and again, it’s always mutual respect, but sometimes it has to be from afar.”

During the interview, Drake also spoke about Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, and Lil Wayne and Birdman’s fallout.

Drake speaks. In addition to dropping Views on Apple Music last night, the Toronto rapper spoke with Zane Lowe about a series of hot topics, including his relationship with Nicki Minaj.

“I don’t really talk to Nicki,” he revealed during the interview. “[She’s] another person that I have a lot of love for, man, a lot of love and a lot of respect, not only for our past and the time and work we put in, but even the way she dealt with the situation at hand.”

The situation he’s referring to is Nicki’s romantic relationship with his rival Meek Mill. Nicki stood by her man’s side through their feud, a decision Drake respects.

“I understand what love is and I understand the personal situation,” he said. “She dealt with me how I would expect her to, which is with class. I could only ever do the same…I always have respect and love for Nicki.”

The convo then turned to Cash Money, a label that’s been plagued by internal conflict due to Lil Wayne and Birdman’s ongoing dispute.

“It is a situation that I pray gets resolved,” Drake said of his bosses’ quarrel. “It’s people’s lives and it’s a legacy. I saw Kobe go out and score 60 points. I want to see them go out and score 60 points.”

Nicki isn’t the only relationship that’s soured. Another person Drake no longer speaks to is his fellow Canadian The Weeknd. After being allies, the two have seemingly been at odds for years. However, Drizzy says he has no ill will towards his former collaborator.

“That’s my guy,” he said. “We’re from the same city. We grew up with the same goal, trying to do this, and a lot of the time, we spent trying to do it together. There’s memories I’ll never forget…We put in real work together so I’m proud of his success. We’ve both had our moments where we’ve felt a way and taken it maybe a little left, but I can sit here in front of you and say that I have nothing but love for everybody over there. I loved watching him last year. It made me super happy…What a year. Well deserved.”

Listen to the full interview below: