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"A lot of artists don't get the opportunity to even [do] that these days. So I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful for the feedback that's coming back in the streets. It's all humbling — a humble journey to take," DeVaughn said.While calling the album a "MasterPeace" would suggest otherwise, DeVaughn said that it's simply a play on words. "When you hear the word 'masterpiece,' you initially think, 'Oh aight, this better be a masterpiece,' " he explained. "Or it's a level of arrogance like, 'How could you call your own album a masterpiece?' "
He clarified that the title is about people mastering peace within their world. Whether it's dealing with inner peace, your love life or a peace of mind at work or home, DeVaughn hopes his music helps listeners gain that. "I feel like music can be therapeutic for all of us, not just music lovers, but the artists that create it."
A family spokesman told The Associated Press that Parker died at his home of natural causes. Parker was said to be coherent and communicating with his family just minutes before his passing.
Parker launched "Davy Crockett" in December 1954, quickly inspiring an American fad for the coonskin cap his character wore in the show. The three episodes were repurposed the following year as a feature film called "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier." He followed up that success with a string of Disney films like "Old Yeller" and "Westward Ho the Wagons!"
In the 1960s, Parker again found fame on TV as the star of "Daniel Boone," another show about a frontiersman wearing a coonskin cap. The series ran for six seasons, from 1964 until 1970. Following the conclusion of "Boone," Parker would rarely be seen on the small screen and instead became a real-estate developer and winemaker.
"It's just me and Jay both rapping on it for an extended period of time," Drake told MTV News on the set of his video for "Over." "It's real rap. It's real rap. I do sing on it, but it's just on the hook — but it's rap. It's great. The perspective, the dynamic on the track — it's me and Jay's relationship on the song, basically. When you hear it, people will be like, 'Oh man.' That's how we are — just the two. He definitely has guided me a lot, as far as his words and his advice. We have a real funny rapport. I always enjoy my conversations with Jay. It's good."
Drake also said the jewels Jay drops on him are almost like the advice Lil Wayne gives, but different.
"Sort of the same thing. [Jay] does it in this way — when Jay says something, it's different from anyone else. It just means that much more. Jay just has this aura about him. It's like, 'That's why you're Jay-Z.' For a guy like me who grew up wanting to be Jay-Z, it's influential — it's very, very influential. We have great conversations. Just life. I'm not an AWOL type of character that you have to sit down and instruct. I'm pretty aware of myself and how to go through this whole process. The conversations are just funny and good and settles my mind."