Streets takeover: Charting Drake's progress

As Mike Skinner explains in his guardian.co.uk/music takeover video, Drake is one of his favourite MCs. That's why he asked Ben Thompson to dissect the Canadian rapper's geniusThe first time I experienced Drake, it was as an absence. Cough-syrup laureate Lil Wayne was making a rare UK appearance at Hammersmith Apollo, and his smooth-talking Young Money protege was meant to be the support act.Whatever the perfectly valid-sounding excuse for Drake's no-show in October 2009 – it might have been h...

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