The song debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with first-week sales of 124,000. The song received a nomination at the 2013 Grammy Awards. The phrase "you only live once" is commonly attributed to Mae West, but variations of the phrase have been in use for over 100 years, including as far back as (the German equivalent of) "one lives but once in the world" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the play Clavigo in 1774, and as the title of a waltz Man lebt nur einmal! ("You Only Live Once!") by Johann Strauss II in 1855. The Huffington Post says: "YOLO is dumb."
The Washington Post describes YOLO as "the newest acronym you'll love to hate". The hip-hop magazine Da South reported that the rapper Lecrae has deconstructed the motto YOLO in his answer song " No Regrets". Some youth at the time had said that it was their motto for some time. It had become a popular Twitter hashtag by the end of the following year. The phrase can be seen in youth culture: for example, a high school prank in Chicago, Illinois, involved high school students chanting "YOLO." Some people have graffitied YOLO on walls. The song uses the phrase YOLO, an acronym for "you only live once". Nekfeu, Alpha Wann, Sneazzy West ( 1995) (France).Nelly (Released through the Mixtape O.E.MO).Drake, featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official remix).
It was dedicated to West Coast hip hop Bay Area artist Mac Dre. The music video for the remix with Tyga was filmed in San Francisco, California. It is best known for popularizing the acronym YOLO (You Only Live Once). A music video directed by Lamar Taylor and Hyghly Alleyne was released on YouTube on Februand features cameos from E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. Peaking at number 14, the song is one of the few songs to rank within the top 20 in the year-end chart without reaching the top ten.
"The Motto" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 55th Grammy Awards. It peaked atop both the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and US Rap Songs charts, and was ranked 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart. The track has sold over three million copies in the United States. Drake says in the song Spanish girls ( Latinas) love him like the band Aventura. It was first played on rhythmic top 40 radio stations on Novemas the album's fourth single. Drake released the song on his OVO blog a day later. "The Motto" premiered on Power 106 on October 31, 2011. It is a digital iTunes Store bonus track from Drake's second studio album Take Care. " The Motto" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake featuring American rapper Lil Wayne.