Drake By Destiny L. Stokes
Aubrey Graham, the artist known as Drake, has the music world going crazy. First, he’s proven an artist from Canada can dominate the U.S market without their last name being Dion. Second, he’s proven a rapper can win if they are hot enough. Many artists put their hood or their block on their back. Drake put on his entire country and is an artist they can be proud of. After planting a hundred seeds, his garden is now enormous. The triple threat took command of his many talents, stuck to his plan, and dropped a mixtape that sounds like an album. Somehow, it got into the hands of hottest artist on the planet, Lil’ Wayne. Young Money’s main man instantly recognized Drake’s potential and made history. With Wayne’s cosign, Drake’s, charisma, word play, swag and backpack lyrics made him the number one prospect. The real beauty of it is that without being gangster or faking tough guy attitude, Drake succeeds. Drake did it his way, you have to show some respect. But that’s just rap––hate it or love it––you have to give him props for spitting his sound unique. Think Kanye mixed with Snoop stirred up with a touch of Prince and Sade. Yeah, Drake is able to take different tempos and make you feel him. You can hear his passion. The only question left is will the wonder boy be more than a one hit wonder? When you have the biggest artists knocking at your door to be featured on your records, then it’s hard to not believe the hype. Either way, right now he’s on a ride only the privileged are allowed to board. The kid is on fire, just like the rest of the Young Money block. If there were a debate about the top five artists on the streets, Wayne would be having the last laugh. Even from behind bars, he’s still running the streets.
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