Canadian rapper (who is best known for his role as “) has empowered many people — from frat guys to daredevils to other Canadian rappers — to remember that they only live once. And now,
On Wednesday, Drake chastised Macy’s and Walgreens on Instagram for selling clothes emblazoned with “YOLO,” (you only live once) a term that he helped popularize YOLO later became one of
“Walgreens… you gotta either chill or cut the cheque,” Drake wrote underneath a He also took Macy’s to task for selling a t-shirt with Snoopy and Charlie Brown printed on it that reads, “YOLO is my motto,” writing,
While Drake wants credit for it now, , when Adam Mesh, the star of the reality show “Average Joe,” popularized it. He even sold his own line of YOLO t-shirts.
While Mesh was paving the way for YOLO to become the term it is today, in 2004, Drake was trying to break into .
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Pop music blogger Allison Sylte is a Fort Collins-based writer and new contributor to Reverb.
