{"id":91018,"date":"2015-06-24T19:23:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T17:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=91018"},"modified":"2015-06-24T19:23:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T17:23:56","slug":"video-drake-obey-your-thirst-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-drake-obey-your-thirst-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Drake &#8211; Obey Your Thirst (Episode 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VqIdFWZyYXQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Drake is a superstar\u2014the only guy who could dethrone Taylor Swift on the charts with a mixtape. In a rare interview, he spoke with The FADER.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up in Toronto, people told Drake to move to New York if he was serious about making it. Instead, he stayed where he was and made history by proving that if you\u2019re a truly multi-layered artist, you can make it from anywhere. \u201cDo it the way I did it,&#8221; he says in the above Obey Your Thirst documentary. &#8220;Do it from where you\u2019re at. If you have the music, that&#8217;s all it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, at the top of his game, Drake says he competes not with established legends or other top-sellers, but with the countless kids itching to take his spot.<\/p>\n<p>Now that hip-hop&#8217;s playing field is more open than ever before, Drake knows<br \/>\nthere are countless kids itching to take his spot. Those up-and-comers are now his competition, not any established rapper. \u201cThat\u2019s how I try to keep pushing this forward,\u201d he says. \u201cJust to let that kid know that I\u2019m not done yet.\u201d Watch the full documentary above, and stay tuned for three more by Sprite and The FADER, sharing the stories of Nas, Vince Staples, and Isaiah Rashad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-drake-obey-your-thirst-episode-1\/screen-shot-2015-06-24-at-12-34-35-pm-630x356\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-12.34.35-PM-630x356.png?fit=630%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,356\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"drake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-12.34.35-PM-630x356.png?fit=540%2C305&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-12.34.35-PM-630x356.png?fit=630%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-12.34.35-PM-630x356.png?fit=640%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"drake\" width=\"640\" height=\"305\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-91019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-12.34.35-PM-630x356.png?resize=540%2C305&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-12.34.35-PM-630x356.png?resize=630%2C356&amp;ssl=1 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake is a superstar\u2014the only guy who could dethrone Taylor Swift on the charts with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-nG2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}