This infatuation is the inspiration behind Drake’s yearning tale ( “I better find your lovin’ / I better find your heart”) which is still relatable to this day. Everyone had that one crush who they fantasised over, and everyone could relate. ‘Find Your Love’ was that slow-jam to instantly put you in your feelings. Yet when we weren’t thinking about how cute Nicki would be with the Degrassi star, Drake was showing off his smooth singing vocals on ‘Find Your Love’, his first song without a rap. He stood out from conscious boombappers and gangster rappers like – respectively – Kanye and Black Thought, who were massively popular at the time, and injected fun into rap again. Full of one-liners such as “Time heals all and heels hurt to walk in”, the outlandish wordplay just made you fall in love with Drake even more. Inheriting his sombre singing voice from his soulful father – and his serene rap skills from… who knows? – Drake crafted one of the biggest cultural resets in pop and hip hop culture of all time.Ī sparkly affair, ‘Fancy’ is that hype track you can put on before the club, slapping on your lippy as you let Drake and Atlanta’s T.I. Former teen soap star Aubrey Graham broke away from the popular jock persona of Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation and began soundtracking bedroom concerts all over the world (including my own!). Yes: I may have said Drake isn’t cool any more – and I still stand by that claim – but when it comes to his stellar debut, 2010’s ‘Thank Me Later’ – which turns 10 on this very day – is one for the books. But don’t let the trend-hopper – who even jumped on UK drill with his last mixtape – get memed into irrelevance: it’s well worth remember what an amazing musical force he once was. Whether his rad dance moves in ‘Hotline Bling’ are being turned into gifs or he’s causing pandemonium online by posting a pic of his once-secret son, Drake’s pop cultural cachet often overshadows his music. Nowadays, all Drake seems to be good for is a great meme.

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