Note the time that he goofily hovered above the audience of his concert on a flying stripper pole, as if it were a magic carpet. He left when he wasn't seated in the same VIP as French Montana, but not before standing on the sofa so everyone in the club could see him and hold up a sea of iPhones set to record.ĭrake's relationship to strippers has become a calculated part of his identity.
Another dancer reported that Drake stopped into her club for just twenty minutes. In a "celebrity" thread on Stripper Web, a private forum for those in the adult entertainment industry, a user reported dancing for Drake, who was "a super fun customer." She claims he came in with Trey Songs and the two kept the club open after-hours, throwing money on the girls as they danced for his entourage. Drake may not be from Houston, Atlanta, the West Coast, or the many other "hometowns" he claims along with the Six, but in the authenticity-obsessed world of hip-hop, the rapper at least has dancers. But the centerpiece of Drake's crisis has always been the problem love and it is real-life strippers who have provided the substance for this drama. You danced all night, girl, you deserve it."ĭrake's albums are about contradictions, the shallow joys of wealth, and basic unhappiness. After, presumably, littering the club with cash, he somberly sings, "Get a plastic bag. On the track, Drake returns to his roots and plays the patron saint of strippers. "Plastic Bag," the woozy track on Drake's recent collaboration with Future, What a Time to Be Alive, has Champagne Papi assume, lyrically, the most literal iteration of this role yet. There is a Drake for every occasion.Īnd the rapper as the stripper's champion is arguably his most convincing persona. Drake is our collective boyfriend, and he's doing a pretty okay job of it.
Read More: How to Become the Most Rachet Stripper in FloridaĪnd we buy it, even when we're aware that it's calculated branding. During his concerts, he pulls shy girls from the audience and serenades them on stage, boy-band style. Drake understands his appeal: "When my album drops bitches'll buy it for the picture," he raps knowingly on "Best I Ever Had," one of the standout tracks on his debut album. That Drake flatters women is no accident. Indeed, his discography is certainly heavy on songs about them. Since "Take Care" debuted in 2011, music journalists have been keen to explain that Drake writes songs women like to hear.