Just Rankin’ Sh!t
Drake’s 5 Most Convincing Accents, Ranked
Dude, where’s my country?
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5. Spanish
Drake’s Rosetta Stone namedrop on “Over” presaged his Spanish rhyming on collaborations with Bad Bunny and Romeo Santos. ¿Ya tú sabes?
4. U.K.
Mans is no wasteman. Mans been hittin’ the Brit glossary extra, innit.
3. Patois
Shaky warrior, shaky accent. Ya dun know, seen?
2. Southern
Spending so much time in Houstatlantavegas and with family in Memphis, you’re bound to pick up a drawl somewhere along the way.
1. Toronto
“It’s actually funny because I think when I first came in the industry, I think I felt this pressure to ‘be American’ and sound American,” Drake told BBC’s 1Xtra Rap Show last year. “I think now that we are all so proud to be from Toronto, we start talking more like how we talk.” Eh?