Drake

Drake’s climate change problem

As Canada declared a climate change emergency, Drake’s private jet was burning the equivalent of 25,000 lbs of coal above Toronto. It gets worse.

Five to Watch in 2018: Culture

Drake, Tatiana Maslany and three more Canadian in culture with major projects in the works for 2018.

Why the police have no business asking Drake for help

Opinion: The rapper’s perceived inaction after the killing of his friend speaks to systemic and institutional issues

Why Drake’s ‘More Life’ works as a ‘playlist’

‘More Life?’ More like ‘more plays.’ Drake’s latest project is a sonic joyride that works because of its platform: music streaming

The head of the Junos on #JunosSoMale, politics in music, and more

Allan Reid, the head of CARAS, on Canada’s musical and political moment, and the criticisms that the Juno Awards are too male

OVO Fest 2016: Drake, rap’s paranoid king, shores up his borders

At the seventh annual State of the Drake, a king defends his crown against an uprising both nascent and imagined

A plea: Why won’t we engage with pop culture anymore?

Art is distinct from the artist, and neither one needs to fit societal norms. These days, we’re less willing to accept that.

Beyond the 6: Drake’s global vision

How Drake rode Toronto boosterism, pop’s affection for tropical sounds, and a globalized music industry to the top with his new album, ‘Views’

Drake’s incomplete views from the Six

Drake’s new album ‘Views’ is a triumph of so-called ‘Toronto sound’—and yet it reveals how much more than Drake that sound can be

What Canadian pop moment?

Are Drake, Bieber and Co. on the Billboard charts a tipping point—or a warning?

Newsmakers 2015: Canadians conquer the pop charts

Canadians dominated the Billboard charts this year. Here are the artists that locked down pop’s Northern touch

OVO Fest 2015: Drake, in wartime

Amid a high-profile rap beef, his OVO Fest had the potential to deliver a defining moment. But Drake let his show do the talking.