Drake has actually headed a lot of headlines this year and also Meek Mill's feelings aside, 2015 was the year Drake killed the game. And for this rapper, the game is not to be taken lightly — Drake set out to win. Victory was had, as Drake headlined major festivals, racked up streams and album sales galore, resurged as a radio presence and became perhaps the most meme-able artist of all time.
After a quiet 2014 for Toronto's resident 6 God, Drake made sure to dole out more than enough material in 2015 to keep the Internet spinning in a perpetual Drizzy daze. The innumerable GIFs and parodies were enough to crown him king of Internet buzz, but Drake's mission was primarily musical: February's masterful If You're Reading This It's Too Late, a couple of impromptu diss tracks, and his hit single and video "Hotline Bling" all helped make him one of the year's most talked-about artists in the months leading up to the Adele takeover.
Figure in the Serena Williams romance rumors, a new Beats 1 show and that unforgettable Madonna kiss, and you've got a pretty impressive 12 months.
If there was any one song that solidified Drake's status as 2015's cultural giant it was "Hotline Bling." Drizzy aired the new single during his second episode as host of OVO Sound Radio. The swaggy song quickly climbed the charts, reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 and giving Drake his highest-charting single to date. The hypnotic track features Drake reminiscing about the booty-call days with a past lover and samples Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together." (Allegations that the song also sampled D.R.A.M.'s "Cha Cha" remain unconfirmed.)
Everyone seemed to catch the "Hotline" fever, including the many prominent artists who covered the song. Disclosure and Sam Smith,Alessia Cara and Katy B, Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas, Erykah Badu, and even Cleveland Cavaliers player Iman Shumpert dutifully paid tribute to the 6 God.
After months of Drake-dominated social media, it felt fitting to see the rapper tease his much-awaited Views From the 6 album with a six-second clip on Vine. Though he told Faderthat the release would be imminent, there have been no other signs of his elusive third full-length of 2015. Drake is admittedly taking his time on the record, hunkering down with 40 in Toronto. "If I want to make the album I want to make, I have to go find him," he said. "I have to go sit with him, and we have to really put in effort." An official release date has yet to emerge, but speculation suggests a January release.
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