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May 15, 2015 Liam Mathews

NYU undergrad Chris Cole’s final project for one of his classes was a short film about a college student obsessed with the rapper Drake. The film shares its title with Drake’s most recent release, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, but where Drake’s use of the title is inscrutable, Cole’s is clear: If you’re […]

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February 13, 2015 Bucky Turco

Hordes of people who gave zero fucks about the plummeting temperature packed Manhattan’s Flatiron Plaza on Thursday night to see rapper and artiste Kanye West perform in his fancy new sneakers. The police had it barricaded like a parade route. To get in, concertgoers had to show a ticket or a special lanyard. I had […]

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April 11, 2014 Andy Cush

On Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, Drake donned a fake beard and wig and took to the streets, interviewing people about Drake. It is all very funny. At one point, a guy in MLB-style sunglasses and a goofy polo tells Drake he thinks Drake is a “chickenhead.” The fun begins at about 1:50 in the clip […]

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September 24, 2013 David Turner

Major album releases typically have long and involved promotional hype cycles–by the time an LP drops, there may be a long enough list of rumored songs and collaborators to make an entire other album. And the best way to keep up with these rumors and loose reporting is to look at Wikipedia. Drake’s Nothing Was […]

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September 20, 2013 Yossera Bouchtia

Yesterday, ANIMAL headed to Alife which was transformed into a Drake pop-up store on Rivington Street to talk to the fans who had assembled there in hopes of getting a free t-shirt. Unfortunately, we left the scene before the box cutters came out and the cops arrived, but we did manage to speak to a […]

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