CBC launches This Is Not A Drake Podcast series June 3
TORONTO — CBC announced today its new original podcast series, This Is Not a Drake Podcast, will launch Wednesday, June 3. The five-part series explores the history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B and Black culture through the lens of Drake’s career, 10 years after the release of his first studio album. The series provides context on Drake’s deep musical roots and his transition from an actor on teen series Degrassi to his top-tier music stardom. It also explores rap and R&B’s complicated history, the evolution of gender dynamics in hip-hop, the rise of the Nice Guy rapper, and how the...