Another lesser known example of personal themes being incorporated into his well known songs can be heard when listening to his hit “Marvin’s Room”. Therefore, because his Bar Mitzvah is obviously a very big part of his personal life, it’s understandable that he would want to find an attention grabbing way for him to share it with his fans. This is because his videography has a distinct running trend of either subtly or overtly incorporating themes from his personal life. However, controversies aside, it does stay within the running theme of Drake’s artistic music video history.
Needless to say, this unusual mix of religious sincerity and Hip Hop swag initially threw us for a loop.Īt first glance this video could easily be see and dismissed as highly blasphemous. This solemn expression of religious faith, that we remind you, has the soundtracked of “Hell Yeah, F***ing Right Hell Yeah “, is that much more complete with cameos by the likes of Birdman, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, and Trey Songz as well as longtime Drake producer and friend Noah”40” Shebib. While at the Temple, he proceeds to recommit himself to the Jewish faith with a second Bar Mitzvah. In the video Drake AKA Aubrey Graham, provides himself with the religiously oriented sets of Miami’s Temple Israel Synagog as well as a local school and a daycare center.
While we originally may have been incline to agree, the fact of the matter is it does. Because some fans probably already know that the acronym H.Y.F.R actually stands for Hell Yeah, F***ing Right, they may also be skeptical to believe its video to has the special meaning that we’re implying to have. Taking advantage of the fact that fans are still digging the freshly released music video for his hit “Take Care” featuring Rihanna, Drake has enlisted Cash Money’s online promo team to help him release a very personally influenced video for his “street single” called H.Y.F.R. I learned my Torah portions they had to come hear me read it," he said.Įarlier this month, Drake unveiled the video for 'Take Care', his collaboration with Rihanna.Video Still From Drake's "H.Y.F. Stunna Man and Khaled had to come and show their support. "I have some of my mother's friends, some of my friends. That's the concept for the video."ĭrake went on to reveal that the 'HYFR' clip stayed true to his roots while also bringing in many of his rap contemporaries, including Lil Wayne, Birdman, Trey Songz and DJ Khaled. I told myself that if I ever got rich, I'd throw myself a re-Bar Mitzvah. We kinda just did it in the basement of an Italian restaurant, which I guess is kinda like a faux pas. "When I had a Bar Mitzvah back in the day, my mom really didn't have that much money. "I'm proud, a proud young Jewish boy," he explained in a behind-the-scenes video filmed by Young Money Records videographer Derrick G.
The Take Care star revealed that the clip's concept was based upon being too poor as a child to have a proper Bar Mitzvah, an experience which he always wanted to properly re-enact once he had the money to do so. Drake has said that he wanted to use his music video for 'HYFR' to reconnect with his Jewish heritage.