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Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century Podcast: Drake (No. 4)
Drake is Billboard's No. 4 Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century -- listen to our podcast explaining why.
Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop deputy director Carl Lamarre and staff writer Michael Saponara to remember the crazy journey of one Aubrey “Drake” Graham from teen TV phenom to mixtape hype to globe-conquering superstar. Then, as we get into the mid-2010s, we wax rhapsodic about how Drake faced a pair of challenges from mighty foes that he not only weathered, but brilliantly used to springboard to even greater success, until he’d become the biggest artist of the entire early streaming era and the no-doubt top-dog in hip-hop every time out — before finally facing the one opponent he couldn’t vanquish or rocket past earlier this year. We end by remembering our favorite Drake videos and interviews, sizing up Adonis Graham’s chances of making the NBA in the next couple decades and wondering how the hell “Feel No Ways” was never released as a single.
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