Amidst rumors of monumental label advances, offers, and co-signs from industry heavyweights like Lil Wayne, it seemed like people were lost in the hype surrounding the twenty-three year old and forgot about the music that him a star. After taking the music world by storm from a mixtape released independently, anything seemed possible for Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake. He’s gone on to release Certified Lover Boy, Honestly, Nevermind, and Her Loss.About a year ago, my colleagues and I at iHipHop sat around debating whether the actor who once played a paralyzed high-school student on Degrassi would be able to sell a million copies in his first week. Dark Lane Demo Tapes, Drake’s first full-length project in two years, was released in 2020. 2019’s Care Package collected tracks released between 20 that were previously unavailable for commercial purchase. His experimental streak continued with the following year’s double album, Scorpion, which found Drake dividing his rap persona and R&B persona into separate discs. A year after releasing the massively successful album Views in 2016, Drake offered up what he termed a “playlist” instead of a traditional album, More Life, on which he embraced diasporic musical influences like South African house and tropicália. The indelible pop hooks and bleeding-heart lyricism found on his early albums, especially 2010’s Thank Me Later and 2011’s Take Care, won him legions of fans and plenty of scorn. In less than half a decade, the Toronto-born rapper Drake went from being a former child actor and Lil Wayne’s protégé to one of the world’s biggest entertainers.

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