The guy looks like all he does is have a good time.” He lives the kind of on-the-go lifestyle that made Chance The Rapper once tweet “I can’t be the only person that wakes up wishing he could hang out with Drake more.
Let alone his global travels, dating life and growing business portfolio.
It was the type of introspection provided by time, which Drake rarely affords himself between recording, releasing and performing new music. He closed by adding that he’s spent an “incalculable amount of hours trying to analyze what I did wrong.” Feeling so lucky and blessed that the fear of losing it keeps you up at night.” “It’s being so unsure how you’re getting it done, that you just kind of keep going in hopes of figuring out the formula. Instead, he offered advice about his come up. “I rarely celebrate anything,” he told the audience. For all this effort, he was honored as the Artist of the Decade by Billboard earlier this year, where he gave a memorable speech. His melange of melody, rap and crooning as he explores the inner-working of his psyche has went from innovative to becoming de rigueur for the next generation of rappers (Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, to name a few who’ve sampled from the Book of Aubrey Graham). Drake has used his ubiquity over the past decade to transform the sound of pop music writ large, all the while expanding his personal real estate on the charts. Whether it’s via official albums ( Thank Me Later, Take Care, Nothing Was The Same, Views, Scorpion) Soundcloud loosies (“0 to 100/The Catch Up”), a “playlist” LP ( More Life), collaboration projects ( What A Time To Be Alive), culled together outtakes ( Care Package, Dark Lane Demo Tapes), guest appearances (“Amen,” I’m On One,” “Life Is Good,” etc.) or his Scary Hours digital EP series. Since his star turn in 2009 with his So Far Gone mixtape, the Toronto titan has turned himself into a one-man factory of music.