Drake might be onto something about the future of celebrity documentaries. On Tuesday, he shared a huge data dump, purportedly 100 gigabytes worth of behind-the-scenes footage and unreleased music, via a burner Instagram account he appears to have kept under wraps for several months. Pilfering through the files feels like constructing a fan-made documentary of Drake’s generation-spanning career.
There’s footage of a baby-faced Drake in 2008, reminiscing about the Chevy Malibu with the stained seats he used to drive, a rehearsal video of Drake and Rihanna in the Take Care era, a clip of Drake talking to his mom as he and Rihanna record “Too Good,” from Views (apparently the song is about Serena Williams). The collection is certainly one of the first times a star as big as Drake has approached this level of transparency. There are moments of goofy celebration and a plethora of scrapped ideas, including an alternate Certified Lover Boy cover that the world should be grateful never saw the light of day.
Overall, it’s an effective reprieve from a summer defined by disses made against him. Despite how one might feel about him, Drake has been at the center of popular culture for the better part of two decades, and a window into the moments that got us here is compelling for any music fan. Still, 100 gigs is a lot, and it could take some time to wade through it all.
So, here are some of the big takeaways from Drizzy’s big data dump. Three Unreleased Songs The big news fro.