Drake Teams Up With Rising Toronto Rapper Smiley On 'Over The Top'

Drake has reunited with rising Toronto rapper Smiley.

On Friday (July 23), the up-and-coming lyricist dropped his Drake-assisted single, "Over The Top," marking his second collab with Drizzy.

"Got a verse from the boy & it leaked, he sent me a new one said use this instead," Smiley wrote on Instagram Story following the song's release. Drake also promoted the track on Instagram, captioning a photo of the song's artwork: "Buy or bye we really live this @thareal_smiley."

The two previously connected on Smiley’s 2019 song “Organization." The collab came after Drake shared that Smiley was one of his inspirations for his 2018 album Scorpion.

In a recent interview with Complex Canada, Smiley revealed how he first got Drake's attention.

“A long time ago, it was 2014 or something like that. He heard those songs and I guess he paid close attention,” Smiley recalled. “And then when I took a break and I came back, I dropped this one song called ‘Hit’ … That was the first time I’d ever seen that Drake knew who I was or anything; one of his boys posted my song, and he commented under it and said, ‘Smiley = G.O.A.T.’ And then that’s when I was like, ‘Oh f**k, this guy knows who I am and shit.’ So then, probably a couple of days later, he follow me on Insta.”