About “For Free”

“For Free” is DJ Khaled and Drake’s summer ode to good sex. In it, Drake references Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 song “For Free?” and intentionally keeps the hook ambiguous, playing with the idea of men and women paying for sex.

Earlier, on Khaled’s Snapchat, he talked about “the Drake vocals finally [being] in,” referencing the then unreleased song.

The song samples lyrics and cadences from Too $hort’s “Blow The Whistle” and interpolates Akinyele’s “Fuck Me For Free.” The funky guitar riff underpinning the beat is sampled from 17:30 in [|] by Majid Jordan.

“For Free” is the fourth collaboration between DJ Khaled and Drake, following “No New Friends,” “I’m On One,” and “Fed Up.” Khaled also put an ad-lib at the end of Drake’s “Summer Sixteen.”

The track was just certified gold by the RIAA, meaning it’s sold over 500,000 copies.