Internet Sensation Druski Talks About New Partnerships, Will Ferrell, & Recent Text With Jack Harlow!

You can't get on social media without seeing a meme or skit from Druski.

The Blast correspondent Ty Cole was able to chat with the northeast Atlanta native about his new partnership with Mountain Dew and Ruffles for NBAAll-Star weekend, his relationships with celebrities like Jack Harlow and Drake, and how he wants to work with Will Ferrell on a future skit.

NBA All-Star Weekend is taking place in Cleveland, Ohio this weekend, and Ruffles is joining forces with Mountain Dew to host a star-studded consumer activation with some celebrities we love called The Block. The three-day experience will feature appearances from the likes of Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum rap star Gunna, NBA and WNBA athletes Zach LaVine, Jayson Tatum, Collin Sexton, A’ja Wilson, Comedian Druski, and Dr. Disrespect. 

'The Block' opened on Friday, February 18, and will continue to allow fans to experience the activation on Saturday, February 19, and Sunday, February 20 from 12 to 7 p.m. ET.

Druski is also participating in a major way as the soda brand returns as the official sponsor of the fan-favorite 3-Point Contest and has the social media star's podcast, The Dew Zone, covering the contest and testing the league’s top players in the star-studded MTN DEW 3-Point Contest.  The content takes place on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. ET on TNT during NBA All-Star in Cleveland. 

When asked about partnering with both brands for the weekend and his involvement in the 3-Point content, the internet sensation tells The Blast he always wanted to be involved in some capacity.

"I always wanted to be involved in the 3-Point content as my family takes watching this as a big deal," he shared. "My mom would get excited to watch All-Star weekend so I look at this as a great opportunity for sure."

Now, while he can cross this achievement off his bucket list, he also tells us he wants to also check off having a "successful stand-up tour" and wants to have his fans give him their "honest opinion," as he wants to give it his best.

It's no secret that Druski has a great relationship with some of today's biggest celebrities, but one must wonder, what do they talk about when on their downtime?

He tells us if someone were to look in his phone and see what the type of conversations he has with his celebrity friends, you more than likely will find a lot of "joking around."

"A lot of joking around one would see I have with some of these people," he tells The Blast. "We like to joke around a lot and I have some good celebrity friends - super down to earth. For me, I like to see the real person from behind the screen so I'm pretty close with them - a lot of funny conversations for sure."

He then shares that one of the recent funny conversations he had was with Harlow, which he called a "good knowledgable conversation."

Their budding friendship has been brewing for months and was even discussed in Complex for their September cover story. It began when a fan met the 23-year-old rapper and told him how they "share the same bestie" in Druski. The comedian commented on his friendship with the 3x BET Award recipient, telling the publication their in "two different lanes in the same transition."

"I think we share a lot of the same goals, just likewise," Druski told Complex.

"So I think the biggest thing with us is just, I could talk to him about, like, “Yo, so in this situation, how do I move with this?” And he’ll give me advice, like, “Yo, I actually just went through that.” You know what I’m saying? I’m like, “Damn, I needed that.” It’s to be going up with the same person that you started—not necessarily started with, but we’re in two different lanes, but we’re doing the same transition."

Harlow commented on the friendship in the piece, saying they both discovered they have "true ambitions."

"We got the world’s attention around the same time," Harlow told the publication.

"While we were on that first tour on the bus, one thing we discovered about each other was that we both have true ambitions. We’re not some people that just fell into this. We both are very hungry. He has aspirations. I have aspirations. We spend time together. But when we’re apart, he’s working hard as hell where he wants. I’m doing the same. And then we come back to each other like, “Yo, I’ve been doing this.” And we push each other. We just admire each other. We never force nothing. Everything that’s happened for us on the internet is because we’re just with each other at the time and the camera was rolling."

For every All-Star weekend, you definitely want to come in the gate swinging with your starting five - or you're doing it wrong. The meme sensation told The Blast if the NBA allowed him to have an All-Star team next year, who he would choose - and the team seems pretty solid.

"Definitely Jack Harlow will have to be a point guard," he told us. "I have to have YK Osiris on the team somewhere whether as a center or a point guard. I would also have to have Petey Pablo on the team as he's a well respective name. And for the last two, I would have to say the Ying Yang Twins."

Interesting team for sure.

Like we said earlier, you can't be on social media and not see Druski on your timeline.

He tells The Blast while he has so many iconic memes to choose from, his favorite meme has to be the What Do You Mean By That meme with the side profile that he actually uses a lot on Twitter he mentions.

Of course, we're sure every phone is piled with one of his memes ready to use in conversation.

During the interview, as he has worked with so many people in his skits, tells The Blast he would love to have Will Ferrell participate in one of his skits.

"Will Ferrell is definitely on the top of my list," he tells us. "Not just skit wise, but in general in terms of movies and television."

Druski is set to use his stardom and open up some business ventures with a production company called 4Lifers and his recording label called Coulda Been Records, which initially was used as a joke in response to Meek Mill and his label issues.

"I definitely am working on my production company 4Lifers and Could've Been Records as a real label," he shares. "Yall will see a lot coming from both of these platforms. In terms of stories I want to create with my production company, I definitely would like to tell the real side of comedians and the real ways of life. I'm from the suburbs but from the area, I'm from - Gwinett County - it's a jack of all trades. As for the label, I'm looking for artists who are serious and we really are singing people - trying to get straight to it."