Drake

“You seem unquestionably bored out of your fucking mind,” which, yes.

“Life as a producer is always in waves.”

We sat down with the Epic Records recording artist to discuss his leap from songwriter to recording artist, modern R&B, and his forthcoming EP.

“Why must women rappers cleanse their material of stripper culture while the male rappers continue to profit from it?”

There’s no better example of a history-making career-artist than Beyoncé.

“A man, a myth, and a meme that mastered being widespread in the new age of virality.”

Ouch.

“Maybe I was naïve, but in 2009, it felt like artist growth was purely organic and fan-driven.”

Long live overstuffed new-music-Fridays.

Another perfect list.

We’ll see you in the comments.

“I could imagine raising children on this music.”

Why? Well, why not?

Yup, we did it.

Hip-hop doesn’t expect artists to be good; hip-hop demands they are golden.

Donna and Yoh discuss what heartbreak sounds like in hip-hop.

The rap game has delivered an endless array of seminal debut albums. We hand-picked the very best. You're welcome.

The Toronto Raptors global ambassador missed an easy layup.

The risks of Drake becoming Toronto’s de facto ambassador are clear.

"Know your worth."

In Drake, rap fans found a new, more “relatable” figure.

One year later, everything is finally coming into focus.

With hip-hop’s current melody-based wave taking over, and an influx of "rappers" rebranding themselves as singers/artists, how do we define R&B in 2019?

Not really, sort of.