Drake breeds hate. It’s been a journey for Thank Me Later, after a year of squashing the charts and outrunning everyone from hood chicks to your girlfriend. But what’s the word? He’s “not real.” Well, let’s get real, kids. Jay-Z wears Aldo scarves, Rick Ross was a cop and Biggie had a Super Nintendo when he was a kid. Drake’s a half-Jewish Canadian, fusing R&B choruses with passionate rap verses. No faking here. Thank Me Later will be inescapable for the next six months, so will you give him a chance or punch your steering wheel every time he comes on the radio?
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2010.
I bring lots of CDs of music that I like in the car, that way I don’t have to make these types of decisions!