“I made a decision last night that I would die for it,” Drake raps on “9.” “Just to show the city what it takes to be alive for it.” Drake’s presence eclipsed Toronto just about as soon as So Far Gone dropped, but the city-and what it thinks of him-was never far from his mind. Views, which followed two wildly successful projects in 2015 that he’d branded as mixtapes- If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and the Future collab What a Time to Be Alive-would confirm him as both, his penchant for immaculate songwriting still fully intact and the pressures of existing as the most popular voice in rap, as well as his hometown’s most successful export, weighing heavy on his mind. He looks less like the superhero he’d made himself into over the course of a roughly six-year rise as singer-songwriter extraordinaire and more like a troubled monarch.
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Grammy Award nomination - Best Rap Performance, 2016 - Pop Style Grammy Award nomination - Best Rap Album, 2016 Grammy Award nomination - Album of the Year, 2016 Grammy Award - Best Rap/Sung Performance, 2016 - Hotline Bling Grammy Award - Best Rap Song, 2016 - Hotline Bling Billboard Hot 100 - #2, 2016 - One Dance Billboard Hot 100 - #6, 2016 - Summer Sixteen