I did the drums and then sent it to Drake. Shortly after the release of the song, OZ explained the production process: "He sent me a sample and I flipped his sample to make it more uptempo and clubby. DJ Khaled and Drake have collaborated various times, first in 2009 with " Fed Up", and during the 2010s, on " I'm on One" (2011), " No New Friends" (2013), " For Free" (2016) and " To the Max" (2017).
He also announced two songs would be released on July 17, "Greece" and " Popstar", both featuring Drake. The announcement was accompanied with a video trailer documenting his life and career, including the birth of his sons, and winning his first Grammy Award. On July 15, two days before the song's release, Khaled announced his 12th studio album would be titled Khaled Khaled. After fans inundated Khaled with questions on the Drake references, he said fans would have to wait a little longer for new music, but did not confirm any music with Drake. Khaled further revealed that "the first single been ready" and confirmed that he was working on a new album. In June, both Drake and Khaled teased the collaboration by captioning various posts with emojis of an owl and a key, the owl being the mascot of Drake's OVO label and the key unofficially standing for DJ Khaled. On May 1, Drake previewed the record during a livestream on Instagram. After spending time together in the studio, Khaled stated "It's amazing what you can get done in 24 hours". Speculation of a new DJ Khaled and Drake song first arose in January 2020, when Khaled flew to Drake's hometown Toronto. The original video by OZ was later removed from Instagram. The German lyrics heard in OZ's original release are very similar in meaning and vocal melody to those later used by Drake on the final song. This sparked rumors that the producer, who had previously never come into the spotlight as a lyricist, would release the song as his first fully independent music project. He accompanied the video with the description "oz - greece" and the hashtag #SOLOCAREER.
The video featured the same beat later used on "Greece", together with vocals in German by OZ himself. In August 2019, Swiss record producer OZ released a 40-second video on Instagram, showcasing a new project he had been working on. This song also samples Tupac’s voice at exactly 2:04.”Might just have to go in on that”. Outside Canada, the song topped the charts in Greece, peaked within the top ten of the charts in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, the top twenty of the charts in Switzerland and the top forty of the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Germany and Ireland. "Greece" peaked at number three on the Canadian Hot 100. Critics deemed "Greece" a "luxurious" song, comparing Drake's vocals to fellow Canadian singer the Weeknd. Both tracks were produced by frequent Drake collaborator OZ. The songs marked the reunion between Khaled and Drake, who collaborated on various songs since 2010. It was released on July 17, 2020, simultaneously with their other collaboration " Popstar", as the dual lead singles from Khaled's twelfth studio album, Khaled Khaled. " Greece" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American musician DJ Khaled, featuring Canadian rapper Drake. 2020 single by DJ Khaled featuring Drake "Greece"