This week's Pop Star Performance Review episode of the 'Greatest Pop Stars' podcast looks at some of the early wins and more complicated long-term results of the rap superstar's new era.
Drake performs during day two of Lollapalooza Chile 2023 on March 18, 2023 in Santiago, Chile.
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The entire music-listening and social-media-habitating world was stormed this past weekend by the rapper born Aubrey Graham. After years of waiting and seemingly countless delays for his much-anticipated Iceman album, Drake not only released that full album on Friday (May 15), he dropped another two brand-new LPs to go with it: the upbeat Maid of Honour and the more downcast Habibti. Together, the three albums and 43 combined songs made for a mountain of online discourse — and as of next week, should also result in one of the biggest chart avalanches in Billboard Hot 100 (and Billboard 200) history.
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