Drake Releases Iceman and Surprises Fans With Two More New Albums

Drake spent most of the past year dangling Iceman in front of listeners, and by the time he buried the release date inside a massive block of ice in Toronto this spring, the rollout had already curdled into a small spectacle. The April stunt sparked a melee, but it also delivered the date: May 15. Yesterday’s fourth episode of his Iceman web series, with Shane Gillis and Akademiks both making appearances, only made the whole thing feel more like a long-form rollout than a simple album campaign.

Then, late last night, Drake made the move that turned the release into something much bigger. Iceman was coming, but so were two additional albums, Habibti and Maid Of Honour. Altogether, that’s 43 tracks and 150 minutes of new Drake music landing at once. The Hot 100 should be looking noticeably Drake-heavy in about 10 days. This piece isn’t a review, but even without getting into the records themselves, it’s hard not to note how much momentum he’s managed to recover. After the public beatdown in his 2024 feud with Kendrick Lamar and the even messier legal fight with Universal Music Group in 2025, Drake has somehow gotten back to the point where a single album from him can still feel like an event. A triple release is another matter entirely.

Iceman is the main attraction, or at least the one built like the standard big-budget Drake album. It runs 69 minutes and spends much of that time circling the wreckage of the Kendrick conflict. “Run To Atlanta” is the most obvious example, its title nodding to the line from “Not Like Us” that paints Drake as a culture vulture chasing Atlanta cred. The track brings him back alongside Future, whose Kendrick collaboration “Like That” helped kick off the larger feud two years ago. Molly Santana appears too, and 21 Savage turns up on “B’s On The Table.” Beyond that, there are no more guests, which means the album is already carrying a heavy dose of Drake self-containment before the other two even enter the picture.

He’s also still working through old enemies by name. On “Make Them Pay,” Drake takes aim at former friend DJ Khaled and questions his silence on Palestine: “And, Khaled, you know what I mean/ The beef was fully live, you went halal and got on your deen/ And your people are still waitin’ for a free Palestine/ But apparently everything isn’t black and white and red and green.” On “2 Hard 4 The Radio,” he turns to Pusha T and references his name showing up in the Epstein files: “Damn, y’all was really island hoppin’ back then/ Huh, now y’all names got redacted.”

Habibti is the more R&B-minded of the pair, and it feels closer in spirit to last year’s PARTYNEXTDOOR collaboration Some Sexy Songs 4 U. It’s the shortest of the three, with 11 songs across 36 minutes, and the guest list includes PARTYNEXTDOOR, Sexyy Red, Loe Shimmy, and Qendresa. Maid Of Honour, by contrast, stretches to 14 tracks over 45 minutes and leans into a more dance-oriented lane, in the vein of Honestly, Nevermind, while folding in some of the international reach that defined More Life. That’s where the Central Cee collaboration “Which One” appears. Popcaan, Stunna Sandy, Iconic Savvy, and another Sexyy Red feature round out the album’s guest list.

It’s a lot to take in, and even by Drake standards this is the kind of release that asks for a fairly deep commitment. Still, if you want the full thing, all three albums are embedded below. Iceman, Habibti, and Maid Of Honour are out now via OVO/Republic.