If you've given a listen to Drake's latest album, that dropped this morning, you might have noticed a nod to the 409 in the form of a shout-out to a Beaumont car dealership and a mention by Snoop Dogg.
At the end of the second track, "Amen," on Drake's anticipated new album "For All The Dogs" the outgoing voice message for Mercedes Benz of Beaumont can clearly be heard.
MORE: https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/drake-gives-shoutout-to-beaumont/502-fd192b4a-8b19-4d2c-985d-330b92aa48fd About 21 seconds from the end of the track the trill of a phone line ringing can be heard twice over the lyrics followed by the voice message.
The sound of what we can only assume is the number one key being pushed is then heard followed by the trill of the line ringing and then the song ends.
Teezo Touchdown, a rapper from Beaumont, is featured on the song, "Amen," so we can assume he may have had something to do with it.
The Beaumont rapper released his debut album, "How do you sleep at night?," in early September 2023.
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If you've been living under a rock you've been missing that.
Rapper Drake is the talk of the 409 today.
Now his album For All the Dogs dropped at six this morning
and to the surprise of everyone here,
the 409, the rap superstar, gave some nods here to Beaumont.
Now take a listen.
Thank you for calling Mercedes-Benz of Beaumont.
If you know your party's extension,
you may dial it at any time.
Now that was his song Amen
and at the end of the second track
you can hear the outgoing voice message
from Mercedes-Benz of Beaumont.
Now rapper Teezo Touchdown is featured on that song
so we can only wonder if this local rapper
inspired the Beaumont shout out.
Now we reached out to that Mercedes-Benz
of Beaumont dealership and they said
they were aware of Drake's song
but had no official comment.
Now we can only wonder here and speculate here on this desk
what that backstory is.
Right, right, right.
It's gonna be big.
Look, this has been a long time coming for Southeast Texas.
Now Drake has been pretty open about his love
for everything Lone Star.
Last week Drake posted this video
announcing he bought a home in Houston.
I guess Canadian rapper wanted to live
in some warmer weather.
Yep, definitely here.
He brought a ranch in the Houston area
and even has horses on it.
Now that's definitely a Texas welcome.
Yeehaw.
Now let's not forget that just in June
he ate at Trill Burgers in Houston
and said that it was the best he's ever had.
Like a son.
Exactly, see what I did there?
Bun B owns Trill Burgers and he's originally
from Port Arthur and rose to fame with the rap group UGK.
So there's another Southeast Texas connection
and perhaps another clue as to why Drake is showing
our area here in the 409 some love
in Drake's new song 9769 Santa.
At about three minutes and 40 seconds in
Snoop Dogg even mentions Beaumont.
Now what is going on?
Hey man, everything is bigger in Texas
and Beaumont has got it going on.
So look throughout the rest of the album
you can hear 23 songs and tons of other artists.
Drake, we'd love to shout out
and of course we'd love to show you around the 409.
Absolutely.
If you're ever in town, you know where to find us.
Right here.
Oh, right here at this desk on the beat.
So we would love to have Drake and even Teezo touch down.
Come on, show some love to your hometown here on the beat.
But we just know Drake has announced
that he is taking an official break from music
to focus on his health.
So, you know, here at the 409
we're sending you some well wishes
so you can rest up and enjoy your time in Texas.
