History Music / Drake

Chris Breezy with the dance moves\\

* FreestyleVersion: Around a quarter of the mixtape ''So Far Gone'' is freestyles, using songs by Music/JayZ ("Ignorant Shit"), Kanye West ("Say You Will"), Lykke Li ("Little Bit"), Santogold ("Unstoppable") and Peter Bjorn and John ("Let's Call It Off"). [[note]]Should also be noted that Drake's [[UnacceptableTargets controversial]] 2012 track "Jodeci Freestyle" is ''not'' an example of this trope, as it is over an original beat.[[/note]]

* SpokenWordInMusic: The end of the album version of "Headlines" stands out as a excellent example.

* TelephoneSong: "Hotline Bling" is about a guy angsting that his ex-girlfriend used to call him for casual sex.

* ''Dark Lane Demo Tapes'' (2020)

* PosthumousCollaboration: "Don't Matter to Me" samples an unreleased Music/MichaelJackson recording.

-->"''What am I doin? What am I doin?\\

-->--'''Drake''', "''Over''"

In 2012, Drake and producer Noah “40” Shebib launched the label imprint OVO Sound, which is currently distributed by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords.

* VoiceTypes: Tenor mostly - as the lead singer throughout his [[{{RAndB}} R&B]][=/=]Rap albums, this is to be expected.

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), known professionally as just [[OneNameOnly Drake]], is a Canadian rapper and actor. Drake's father is an African-American from Memphis, Tennessee, and his mother is a white Jewish Canadian.

He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series ''Series/{{Degrassi}}: The Next Generation'' (which, up until his guest host spot on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', he [[OldShame didn't want]] to admit).

* ''Nothing Was The Same'' (2013)

** In DJ Khaled's "For Free", he pays homage to Music/KendrickLamar's song "For Free? (Interlude)" with the following line:

His British counterpart is Craig David who not only has a black father and white Jewish mother but is also a hit R&B singer who help popularize the UK Garage music genre during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

* BreatherEpisode: [[SweetDreamsFuel "Wednesday Night Interlude"]] is a slow jam to help calm listeners down after the rap-dense first half of ''If You're Reading This It's Too Late''.

+ Music/KanyeWest, Music/{{JAY Z}}, Music/LilWayne, Music/{{Usher}}, Music/{{Aaliyah}}]

His YMMV page is [[YMMV/{{Drake}} here]].

!!! "Trope Me Later":

* AllStarCast: The video for "Nice for What" features Creator/OliviaWilde, [[Series/{{Insecure}} Issa Rae]], Creator/RashidaJones, [[Series/{{Blackish}} Tracee Ellis Ross]], Creator/TiffanyHaddish, Yara Shahidi, Creator/LetitiaWright, Creator/MichelleRodriguez, Creator/EmmaRoberts, and many more.

-->''Then I hit them with the hotline

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986), aka Drake, is a Canadian rapper and actor. Drake's father is an African-American from Memphis, Tennessee, and his mother is a white Jewish Canadian.

* AllLowercaseLetters: How the liner notes for ''IYRTITL'' are presented.

* BreatherEpisode: [[SweetDreamsFuel "Wednesday Night Interlude"]] is a slow jam to help calm listeners down after the rap-dense first half of ''IYRTITL''.

-->''Then I hit them with the hotline/Chris Breezy with the dance moves/Moe G with the dance moves/Ave Boy with the dance moves.''

--> '''From "The Presentation"''':
--> "Tryna make some cheese off a single is a process/ Get it? Kraft, single, cheese, process"
--> '''From "Man of the Year"''':
--> "I never copied nor bit like Eddie, man/ Did you get it? Eddie Murphy was in Norbit/ Or was it way over your head? Did you forfeit?"

* TheMuse: Several of his songs ("Firework", "Take Care" and possibly "Made Man") based on his relationship with Music/{{Rihanna}} and frequently collaborate with her.

* SoProudOfYou: In addition to "Make Me Proud", he includes a meta-example from his grandmother on "Look What You've Done".

* OneOfUs: In 2018, Drake was seen playing Fortnite with popular Twitch streamer Ninja and fellow rapper Travi$ Scott.