After dropping his new album Views , Canadian rapper/singer/producer Drake, one of the youths favorite, sit down for an hour long interview with Nardwuar.
In the interview Drake talks about Jamaica, dancehall music, Vybz Kartel, Beenie Man, almost getting arrested with Mavado and gives also a shout out to Popcaan.
As legendary Mick Jagger from Rolling Stones before him, Drake confesses that Vybz Kartel is his inspiration and his favorite artist, check it out below, in his own words.
Is not a mystery that Drake was aiming to have a Kartel’s featuring included on his latest album, Views From The 6, but since Adidja Palmer is still incarcerated and awaiting for the appeal, the collaboration song among the two popular music artists has to wait a bit more.
It’s pretty sure that as soon as Kartel will be free he will be voicing new songs, internationally, because a lot of people would like to have a song with Addi the Teacha.
“Vybz Kartel is one of my biggest inspirations, one of my favorite artists. You want to talk about a guy coming out of a place that has their own thing, their own culture and absolutely taking over, becoming the one person to idolize.
I been to Jamaica when the Gully Gaza thing was going on, was there before, was there after and no matter what, people are always holding up Vybz as an icon. Big up Vybz, man. He’s definitely an inspiration to myself and Partynextdoor.” – Drake
During one of his many stays in Jamaica Drake was almost arrested during his live performance at Brit Jam Awards 2011, watch the video below, and risked the same thing with Mavado, as he tells below.
WATCH DRAKE MAVADO LIVE SHOW IN JAMAICA BRIT JAM 2011
“Yeah, kind of. I almost did get arrested because in Jamaica, at a stage show, the way police monitors shows is that they don’t try to incite the crowd so they don’t like you to swear and obviously, my first thing, I was just excited to be in Jamaica so I started cussing up a storm and they were about to arrest me but luckily, I think Beenie Man and a bunch of people were there, they just kinda tried to explain to the police that I didn’t understand.
Big up to all the guys that were there that night ’cause they saved my life. That was a wild night. Mavado came and picked me up in a caravan of cars with somebody — I won’t say her name but I was with somebody that night and it was our first time ever going out together and needless to say, she did not stick around. She definitely left and never spoke to me again.” – Drake
On his love for dancehall
“I am into any dancehall, any reggae, conscious, whatever, it doesn’t matter I’ll listen to anything. I feel like the writing, the melodies and the layering of the music in the genre is incredible.” – Drake
