On work ethic: “Doing long runs is kind of the norm for me. Listen to the interview and see more highlights from the conversation below. I just want to put on Tom Ford every night and sit with a glass of wine and laugh with people I’ve spent years with in the industry or friends of mine and give people something to watch every night that makes them feel good. “As I continue on along this journey, I hope to get there one day as well, where I get to put on amazing suits every night.
“My end goal, crazy enough, is I want to do like, another person I really look up to and a point in time that I miss is Johnny Carson and the appeal of that sexy late night TV that’s funny,” he said. In fact, he says that hosting is part of his industry end game.
I love being in a room full of iconic legendary people I look up to and having that pressure to make them laugh and enjoy their evening. “I get to take the reins on it…I love hosting. “I’m actually producing and hosting the first annual NBA Awards this year,” he said. Part of that initiative, he revealed, is a new award show for the National Basketball Association. I’m working on producing things and developing. I think I’m gonna really start to position myself in the acting world and hopefully take some great roles. Acting is another thing that I can’t wait to dive into after I release More Life, the playlist I’m working on, and finish this tour. “Not that I haven’t in the past, but to reevaluate that goal. “I finally have taken a deep breath, exhaled, let all that pressure go, and now I just want to make music that I’ll want to live with forever,” he added. In the past, he says he’s faced hitmaking expectations, but now, he feels he’s on a different path. That conversation with self set me on anew path musically and I’m excited to move forward.” I want to say things I want people to remember me by. I want to be remembered, much like those people we just discussed as an emotion-evoking artist. “I’m doing it to be remembered as a forward thinker. “In working on that, I had to ask myself the other day, ‘Why are you doing, not only this project, but why are you still doing music? What are you still doing it for?’ This was my conclusion,” he said. It’s not an album but it is a body of work I’m creating, just to bridge the gap between my major releases, to keep people excited, give people new music, let people know I’m still hungry.”Īccording to Drake, the More Life process has also reinvigorated his musical goals. “Usually, in between albums, artists would do a mixtape but I’m doing a playlist with Apple. “It’s something I’m doing in conjunction with Apple,” said the 6 God. The in-depth interview focuses on a variety of topics, including Drake’s early success with “Degrassi,” but it also features new information about Drizzy’s upcoming More Life “playlist.” Notorious for granting few interviews at this stage in his career, Drake surprised fans by appearing on an hour-long episode of “Cal Cast,” a podcast hosted by Drizzy’s mentor, University of Kentucky basketball head coach, John “Coach Cal” Calipari.