Rapper Drake Rakes It In

The chart-topping rapper-singer-ladies’ man on his debut, Thank Me Later.

You played a kid in a wheelchair on the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. So who gets more groupies, actors or rappers?

That’s a tough one. You’d have to be more specific. Because Johnny Depp gets more groupies than, like, Plies.

So what about Drake the actor versus Drake the musician?

Oh, I definitely get better women now. You’ll always find more attractive women by making music about women than by being on a show about teen pregnancy.

You were pursued by every major label before you got signed. What’s the most ridiculous thing you were promised?

It was like, “Whatever he wants,” so I joked: “Tell them I want to be on the cover of O magazine,” and, “Say I want to be Obama’s VP.”

Describe your new album?

It’s an emotional journey through the last year of my life. I’ve got songs where I sing the whole way through. I’ve got songs where I rap for 32 bars. And I’ve got songs where I just spit. Because I think that’s important, too.

Pop quiz: Better Canadian rapper—you or Snow?

Man, I don’t want to step on toes! I think I might be a tad more lyrical. But fame and swag? He might have me beat.