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This is not a Drake podcast

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  • Prologue

    July 7, 2020 · 12 min

    One of the most popular rappers in America isn’t American. But this podcast isn’t really about him. Drake’s success is a culmination of many unheard moments, songs, and artists that made hip-hop and Black music the dominant cultural force…

  • Ep 1: Toronto was always a hip-hop city

    July 7, 2020 · 48 min

    Drake is the poster boy of Toronto, although the city's hip-hop scene was thriving long before it became known to his fans as 'The 6ix.' But the Canadian music industry’s history with its homegrown hip-hop talent is long and fraught—this…

  • Ep 2: How the mixtape went digital

    July 7, 2020 · 37 min

    Even as its popularity grew, hip-hop was ignored by most commercial radio. DJs and artists intervened and underground mixtapes became *the* medium for distributing new music and gaining clout — But then, a raid by the FBI in Atlanta…

  • Ep 3: The rise of the Nice Guy rapper

    July 7, 2020 · 44 min

    This episode contains explicit lyrics. Hip-hop feminists took the alpha male rapper and his critics to task in the 90s and 2000’s. Guest host Anupa Mistry finds out why. She goes on a journey with three Black women, to see how Drake's…

  • Ep 4: The rise of the singing rapper

    July 7, 2020 · 55 min

    It's pretty common to hear rap and R&B influences on the same track, but that wasn’t always the case. Hip-hop was not received with open arms by many in the R&B establishment. Still, rappers found creative ways of being heard on the radio…

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  • Epilogue

    July 7, 2020 · 14 min

    Host Ty Harper examines how making this podcast during a pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests has underlined the importance of telling the stories of hip hop, R&B and Black culture For transcripts of this series, please visit…

  • This is not a Drake podcast: trailer

    May 21, 2020 · 2 min

    This is a story about hip-hop and how its journey to mainstream dominance gave us Drake in the first place. The mixtape revolution that made his success possible. The evolution of gender dynamics in hip-hop. Rap and R&B’s long complicated…

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About the show

Breaking down seminal moments in Drake's career to explore the broader history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B, gender dynamics, and Black culture. Hosted by Ty Harper.