What Does Drake Collect? The Singer’s New Music Video Lets Viewers See Inside His Art-Filled Mansion

If you, like the rest of the world, are feeling the walls
closing in as yet another week of self-isolation takes effect,
perhaps you can comfort knowing that Drake is in isolation too…
just in a much, much bigger house. The Canadian crooner just
dropped a new song accompanied by a music video that is essentially
a tour of his palatial estate—and gives a glimpse of his pricy art
collection.

The video opens with panoramic views of an eerily quiet downtown
Toronto with shops and restaurants shuttered, like in most cities
around the world. It then transitions to follow the rapper,
face-masked, and presumably on lockdown at home (stars, they’re
just like us).

As Drizzy walks through rows of his Grammy and MTV awards
encased in glass vitrines, eagle-eyed viewers can spot an Andy
Warhol Mao painting on the back wall, one of the few
spots of color among the monochrome decor. With ample space, Drake
performs the “Toosie Slide,” named for the 23-year-old dancer from
Atlanta who invented the dance, which has already prompted various
Tik Tok challenges.

Continuing throughout the house, more art is on display in an
oval-shaped foyer that’s flanked by two KAWS companions, one of
whom actually winks his “x” eye at around 1:07.

For such a public figure, Drake has been less flashy about
publicizing his art collecting habits, though it may come as no
surprise that his taste falls in line with fellow musicians Jay-Z
and Justin Bieber who all favor blue-chip artists such as KAWS.
Beyond Drake’s viral video “Hotline Bling,” which seemed to
replicate a James Turrell light installation, the singer
has posted a few images of other treasures, including a
smiling sculpture created by Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh that
was on view at Gagosian’s Beverly Hills gallery in 2018.

Earlier this week, the 33-year-old revealed a portrait of
himself holding his son Adonis, which was taken by artist Catherine
Opie. It was the first time the public glimpsed Drake’s progeny,
whose delightful blonde corkscrew curls are captured in Opie’s
dramatically lit tableau. The photographer reposted the intimate
photograph on her social media account with the caption reading “It
was so nice to see this post while I’m staying in isolation/staying
home. Photographs of Drake and his son Adonis.”

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