Drakeo The Ruler Recruits Drake For 'Talk to Me': Listen

Drakeo takes the second verse, dropping his own moves in his signature mellow, rough-edged voice, "Don't be shy, I got killers with me, stupid/ I march with sticks, I ain't worried 'bout no groupies/ I know you want me 'cause your BD is a goofy/ Boss you up, your lifestyle could be exclusive/ But I don't know, 'cause you be hangin' 'round with losers."

The 17-track The Truth Hurts is South Central rapper Drakeo's first release since last year's Thank You For Using GTL and it follows his release in November after  a 34-month stint in jail on a controversial murder charge. The collection features additional guest spots from Don Toliver, Icewear Vezzo and Stinc Team members Ralfy the Plug and Ketchy the Great.

"I think about everything that I have gone through, and I'm motivated never to go back to jail," Drakeo (born Darrell Caldwell) said in a statement. "It's been fun. I'm dealing with cars, jewelry — all the stuff I imagined doing while I was in jail and couldn't do. Now I've got a song with Drake." The rapper said that he and Drake discussed a potential collaboration for years, only to have it interrupted by his sentence.

"Drake hit me up, and we made it happen," Drakeo said of their early 2021 session. "There's a lot of people that have worked their whole careers to get songs from him."

Listen to "Talk to Me" below.