Chris Kirkpatrick Reacts to Drake Sampling *NSYNC, Says the Boy Band Is Up for a Collab (EXCLUSIVE)
Leena Tailor As they crammed into a closet lined with mattresses at the home of their manager Johnny Wright to put their spin on Christopher Cross’ Yacht Rock classic “Sailing,” little did the members of *NSYNC realize how the casual recording might impact music 25 years later.Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Justin Timberlake were in the early days of putting together their debut album when Wright suggested they record the 1980 song, which Drake has now sampled in “TSU” on his just-released new album, “Certified Lover Boy.”“It’s flattering when things like this happen and with us, it doesn’t happen that often,” Kirkpatrick tells Variety.