cantgohomeagain:

I know I haven’t delved into hip hop too much on this thing, but I’ve written about everything else that interests me on this blog, and might as well keep that theme going. And the reason I’m interested in Drake, as opposed to other rappers out there, is that when I first encountered his music I was totally and completely into it. And now, after some time, I find myself just getting more and more pissed at the dude. And I’m trying to figure out why.

So let’s try and figure out why. Drake, as you all know, used to be a Canadian child actor who played a cripple on a soap opera. As in really. You can see pictures of this and everything.

Now he’s a certified rap star. Big albums. Huge guest appearances. Adoring fans. Etc. We can all agree this wasn’t an easy transition to make. To go from playing the crippled kid on a TV show (does anyone see this kid going platinum any time soon?), and not only on a TV show, a Canadian TV show, to a bigger-than-life rap star is mind-boggling. But Drake did it. And what’s so interesting to me isn’t that he made the transition, but rather how he made that transition.

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