- Le track evela Drake kaThixo sophomore release Zikhathalele ufumana i-MC yaseCanada iza phezu kwayo yonke introspective kwaye, 'ukuba nzima ukulungelelanisa udumo.' Siva inzalelwane yaseToronto inxila ifowunela owayesakuba yintombi yakhe esamkhathaleleyo ofumene enye indoda. Ujonge imveliso engathethiyo: 'Nditsho nje ukuba ungenza ngcono/ Ndixelele ukuba uyivile mva nje loo nto/ Nditsho nje ukuba ungenza ngcono/ Kwaye ndiya kuyeka intiyo kuphela ukuba uyandenza.'
- Umculi / umbhali weengoma uJoJo urekhode inguqu yowesifazane, ebizwa ngokuthi 'Igumbi likaMarvin (Ayikwazi ukwenza ngcono).' 'Nditsalwe kukukhalipha kunye nokunyaniseka kwamazwi kaDrake,' utshilo uJoJo Ibhodi yezaziso iphephancwadi. 'Ukuba kukho into ethetha nam, ndiye ndirhawuzelele ukuba ndihlatywe.'
- Umdlali wepiyano osekwe eParis waseKhanada kunye nomvelisi uChilly Gonzales wadlala ipiyano outro. Baqala ukudibana ngo-2010, ngotata kaGonzales, ohlala kwisakhiwo esinye neToronto MC, nangona uDrake wayekhe wayisampula ingoma yomdlali wepiyano 'The Tourist' kwimixtape yakhe ka-2009, So Far Gomke .
UGonzales waphula irekhodi yehlabathi kwintsebenzo ye-solo-artist ende kakhulu ngoMeyi 18, 2009, eCiné 13 Théâtre eParis kunye nexesha elipheleleyo leeyure ze-27, imizuzu ye-3 kunye nemizuzwana ye-44. - Ethetha ne-MTV's RapFix, u-Boi-1da ukhumbule igalelo lakhe 'Ukunyaniseka, inkqubo yokuyila yee-'Headlines' ivele ngokuphuma kwam. Bendingekho semdleni wokwenza isingqi, kodwa ndazinyanzela,' utshilo. 'Yayilula kakhulu yobulumko bomculo kwaye ndibeke nje amagubu amabi kuwo ndawathumela kuDrake, njengoko ndisenza ngazo zonke izingqi endizenzayo. Ndandingazi ukuba angayithanda, nditsho nomntu wokuqala. Isingqi siyankqonkqoza ewe--kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo senziwa kwimeko engakhathaliyo.'
- Ibhinqa eligama lingu-Ericka Lee lafaka isimangalo kwinkundla yaseLos Angeles ngoFebruwari 2, 2012, libanga ukuba yena noDrake babelane ngobudlelwane bothando kunye nobuchwephesha ukusuka ekuqaleni kuka-2010 ukuya phakathi ku-2011. Utyhole ukuba ngelo xesha, isibini sasebenzisana kumagama eengoma ezininzi kwaye sarekhoda ihuku kunye nokuvula i-monologue yale ngoma kwaye kwavunyelwana ukuba ahlawulwe i-50% yengeniso ye-'Marvin's Room' ngegalelo lakhe. UDrake, nangona kunjalo, kuxelwe ukuba unike uLee isi-4 ukuya kwisi-5 sepesenti yopapasho, kunye ne-50,000 yeedola. Ngokutsho kwe-rep kaDrake, u-Lee wacela kuphela ukuba athathwe njenge 'Syren Lyric Muse,' kwaye akazange acele nayiphi na imbuyekezo. Kuphela kwaba semva kokuba egcine igqwetha apho kwafunwa intlawulo. 'I-Syren Lyric Muse' inikwe ikhredithi 'yezwi elongezelelweyo' kwi Zikhathalele amanqaku liner.
UDrake no-Lee ekugqibeleni balungisa iingxabano zabo kwaye ityala lachithwa ngoFebruwari 2, 2013, kodwa imimiselo yokulungiswa ayizange ibhengezwe.
- UDrake utyhile kudliwanondlebe ne-CBC ukuba nangona ehlala ejongana nentliziyo ebuhlungu kumculo wakhe, oko akuthethi ukuba ulilolo kubomi bakhe bobuqu. 'Ndikhathazwa ngabantu abathi ndinesithukuthezi neemvakalelo, kwaye bandidibanisa noku kulangazelela umfazi,' wadanduluka watsho i-MC yaseToronto.
'Ndiyayithiya loo nto, iyandikhathaza kakhulu,' uDrake wongezelela, 'kuba ndenza umculo okwenza uzive into, kodwa ngokwenene andinguye loo mfana ebomini bokwenyani, ndonwabile... ndinemincili, ubomi bam buhlala buchulumancisa ayilobali elidakumbisayo elidanisayo.'
'Ngokubhekiselele kwimizobo yesandi,' waqhubeka, 'ngumculo endikhethe ukuwenza, ndenza umculo ngokungqongqo ngenjongo yokuqhuba ebusuku.'
